2012 Vuelta a España

2012 Vuelta a España
2012 UCI World Tour
Race details
Dates 18 August - 9 September
Stages 21
Palmarès
2011
2013 →

The 2012 Vuelta a España will start on 18 August 2012 and will be the 67th edition of te race. The race will begin in Pamplona with either a team time trial and will end, as traditional, on 9 september in Madrid. The 2012 edition will see the return of the Bola del Mundo mountain top finish. It was the venue of an exciting battle between winner Vincenzo Nibali and runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera in the 2010 edition. [1] [2]

It will be the first time since 1994 that the race will visit the region of Navarre. Pamplona was most recently visited by a Grand Tour in 1996, when the city hosted the finish of a memorable stage of the 1996 Tour de France. On that occasion, the race paid homage to Miguel Indurain by passing through his home village of Villava en route.

Stages

Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 18 August Pamplona (Team) Time Trial
2 19 August Pamplona - Viana Flat Stage

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