Barcelona rider, your posts are a really fun to read! FWIW, although I'm sure you have ridden it and will disagree, here's what cyclingnews.com says about gear ratios on the Angliru, "As those of us who ride sit back in awe, it all comes home in a most frightening and real manner when we think of the gearing used: chainrings of 30 or 32 teeth and rear sprockets of 25 or more." And that was their observation for racers in the Vuelta.