22/02/2023
DCT is in the Spanish Pyrenees in 2023. Its time to visit the Vuelta and tackle some legendary slopes like Angliru. The organizers of the Vuelta a España wanted a mountain to rival the Alpe d'Huez and Mont Ventoux in the Tour de France and the Mortirolo Pass in the Giro d'Italia, which would go on in 2003 to add one of the world's most demanding climbs, the Zoncolan, in an attempt to compete with the new Spanish climb. The Angliru was first included in 1999, on stage eight from León. José María Jiménez won after catching Pavel Tonkov a kilometer from the finish (source Wikipedia)