Key trio recon Vuelta climbs

Igor Antón, Beñat Intxausti and Mikel Nieve will tomorrow travel to the Asturias region in northern Spain to do some reconnaisance of the Vuelta route. The trio, ably supported by DS Gerrikagoitia, will take on stage 15's climb to the top of the Lagos de Covadonga and the Cotobello climb that marks the end of the following stage. The two stages will no doubt go a long way in establishing the final GC, so I reckon it's a good and necessary move to get familiar with them.