Ian Boswell rejoins the team for stage 31 of The Grandest Tour, looking back at stage 16 of the Vuelta a España, ahead to Saturday’s decisive one, and also back at the Giro d’Italia.

Boswell tells us what to expect on the final climb of the Vuelta, to Alto de la Covatilla, which he rode himself when the race was last there in 2018 and the stage was won by his friend, Ben King.

We hear from our audio diarist, Scott Davies of Bahrain-McLaren, whose young British teammate Fred Wright managed a strong result on Thursday. And there’s an interview with Fran Reyes, who tells us about Equipo Kern Pharma, the new Spanish ProTeam that will launch in 2021.

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