2016 Vuelta a España
| 2016 UCI World Tour, race 21 of 28 | |||
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 20 August – 11 September 2016 | ||
| Stages | 21 | ||
| Palmares | |||
The 2016 Vuelta a España is a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that will take place in Spain between 20 August and 11 September 2016. It will be the final Grand Tour of the 2016 cycling season.
The race will include 21 stages, beginning with a team time trial that will start in Balneario Laias. The subsequent stages will include 10 summit finishes. The race will end in Madrid.
The 2015 champion was Fabio Aru (Astana).
Route
The route of the 2016 Vuelta was announced on 9 January 2016. In contrast to the two previous editions of the Vuelta, which had begun in Andalusia, this edition will spend its first week in Galicia in the north-west of Spain. The first stage will be a team time trial in Castrelo de Miño. The first significant climb of the race will be at the end of the third stage, which is the first of ten summit finishes in the race. The route travels through Asturias before coming to the Basque Country; the thirteenth stage, described by Cyclingnews.com as the hardest of the race, will take place mainly just across the border in France. The route continues down the eastern coast of Spain over the next few days, with several mountainous stages, with the race's only individual time trial coming on stage 19. One more mountainous stage follows, finishing on the Alto de Aitana, before the riders travel to Madrid for the closing stage on a circuit in the city centre.[1]
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 August | Balneario Laias – Parque Náutico Castrelo de Miño | 29.4 km (18 mi) |  |
Team time trial | ||
| 2 | 21 August | Ourense – Baiona | 170 km (106 mi) |  |
Flat stage | ||
| 3 | 22 August | Marín – Dumbria, Mirador de Ézaro | 170 km (106 mi) |  |
Medium-mountain stage | ||
| 4 | 23 August | Betanzos – San Andrés de Teixido | 161 km (100 mi) | |
Medium-mountain stage | ||
| 5 | 24 August | Viveiro – Lugo | 170 km (106 mi) | |
Flat stage | ||
| 6 | 25 August | Monforte de Lemos – Luintra (Ribera Sacra) | 163 km (101 mi) |  |
Hilly stage | ||
| 7 | 26 August | Maceda – Puebla de Sanabria | 158.3 km (98 mi) | |
Medium-mountain stage | ||
| 8 | 27 August | Villalpando – La Camperona, Valle de Sabero | 177 km (110 mi) | |
Medium-mountain stage | ||
| 9 | 28 August | Cistierna – Alto del Naranco, Oviedo | 165 km (103 mi) | |
Medium-mountain stage | ||
| 10 | 29 August | Lugones – Lagos de Covadonga | 186.6 km (116 mi) |  |
Mountain stage | ||
| 30 August |  |
Rest day | |||||
| 11 | 31 August | Colunga, (Jurassic Museum of Asturias) – Peña Cabarga | 168.6 km (105 mi) | |
Medium-mountain stage | ||
| 12 | 1 September | Los Corrales de Buelna – Bilbao | 193.2 km (120 mi) | |
Hilly stage | ||
| 13 | 2 September | Bilbao – Urdax-Dantxarinea | 212.8 km (132 mi) | |
Hilly stage | ||
| 14 | 3 September | Urdatx-Dantxarinea – Aubisque, (Gourette) | 195.6 km (122 mi) | |
Mountain stage | ||
| 15 | 4 September | Sabiñánigo – Aramon Formigal, Sallent de Gállego | 120 km (75 mi) | |
Medium-mountain stage | ||
| 16 | 5 September | Alcañiz – Peniscola | 158 km (98 mi) | |
Flat stage | ||
| 6 September | |
Rest day | |||||
| 17 | 7 September | Castellón – Camins del Penyagolosa, Llucena | 173.3 km (108 mi) | |
Medium-mountain stage | ||
| 18 | 8 September | Requena – Gandia | 191 km (119 mi) | |
Flat stage | ||
| 19 | 9 September | Xàbia – Calp | 39 km (24 mi) | |
Individual time trial | ||
| 20 | 10 September | Benidorm – Alto de Aitana | 184 km (114 mi) | |
Mountain stage | ||
| 21 | 11 September | Las Rozas – Madrid | 102.5 km (64 mi) | |
Flat stage | ||
| Total | 3,277.3 km (2,036 mi) | ||||||
References
- ↑ "Vuelta a Espana 2016 race route revealed". Cyclingnews.com (Immediate Media Company). 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ↑ "Vuelta a Espana 2016 - General Classification (stages)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
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