Vuelta 2021
HIGHLIGHTS
RECAP: Last Stage of La Vuelta
La Vuelta Route
La Vuelta 2021 will start 14th of August in Burgos, Spain, with a short urban time trial (8 kilometres). La Vuelta come back to original number of stages and original month. 21 stages in august and September with 3.336 kilometres.
The Route will be very interesting with new mountain passes, two Individual Time Trial – ITT (first day in Burgos Cathedral and last day in the Santiago Cathedral, Galicia), great middle mountains stages and dangerous flat stages, some days crosswind can be decisive.
Stages you won’t want to miss at the 2021 Tour of Spain. Asturian roads become the judge of La Vuelta for another year. Gamoniteiro (14,9 km and 9.7% average slope), with a higher coefficient than Angliru. This mountain pass expected to go down in history.
In addition, there will be points in 45 climbs, including two big cols such as Alto de Velefique and the mythical climb to Covadonga Lakes (Lagos de Covadonga). The third stage finish in Picón Blanco climb (8,4km at 9.7%), this day some leader could lost an important time to general classification.
There are some great cyclists who are ready at La Vuelta 2021. Top four riders of the Grand Tours are ready to this race: Primoz Roglic, Richard Carapaz and Egan Bernal. Finally, Pogaçar won’t be at La Vuelta from 14 august.
Spaniards Mikel Landa and Enric Mas will fight for the podium. The Spanish team Movistar has other big climber to win mountain stages, Miguel Ángel ‘Superman’ López. Promising cyclist Thomas Pidcock will ride the first Grand Tour.
More details about stages profiles.
All Stage Profiles
Stage 01 - Sat. 14/08 | Burgos > Burgos Catedral (8 km) ***
La Vuelta 2021 will start with a prologue of 8 kilometers. Short differences in favourites riders are expected (10-25 seconds). Burgos is the place to start La Vuelta 21 with short urban time trial.
Stage 02 - Sun. 15/08 | Caleruega > Burgos. Gamonal (169.5 km) *
Second stage and first sprint finale. This Grand Tour has a lot of opportunities for sprinters.
Stage 03 - Mon. 16/08 | Santo Domingo de Silos > Picón Blanco (203 km) ****
Riders to fight of overall classification will need a good performance the first week. Picon Blanco, with slopes of up to 17% that may mark the first differences among the favourites.
Stage 04 - Tue. 17/08 | El Burgo de Osma > Molina de Aragón (163.6 km) *
Stage 05 - Wed. 18/08 | Tarancón > Albacete (184.4 km) **
Stage 06 - Thu. 19/08 | Requena > Alto de la Montaña de Cullera (159 km) **
The finale located in Cullera Castle is a short uphill of 1.5 kilometers. Cyclists like Pogaçar, Carapaz and Roglic are favourites with this final profile.
Stage 07 - Fri. 20/08 | Gandía > Balcón de Alicante (152 km) ***
Mountain is coming. Six mountain passes, including two 1st category climbs, this is the firts true mountain stage.
Stage 08 - Sat. 21/08 | Santa Pola > La Manga del Mar Menor (163.3 km) **
Stage 09 - Sun. 22/08 | Puerto-Lumbreras > Alto de Velefique (187.8 km) ****
New final climb in La Vuelta España. Alto Velefique is the big test with 12.8 kilometers and 7.3% average slope.
Rest Day
Stage 10 - Tue. 24/08 | Roquetas de Mar > Rincón de la Victoria (190.2 km) *
Stage 11 - Wed. 25/08 | Antequera > Valdepeñas de Jaén (131.6 km) **
Typical steep climb in La Vuelta. The arrival will be very tough, with slopes of over 20% in the final kilometre.
Stage 12 - Thu. 26/08 | Jaén > Córdoba (166.7 km) *
Another popular finale in La Vuelta, two climbs in the final part. Important day to get the right breakaway.
Stage 13 - Fri. 27/08 | Belmez > Villanueva de la Serena (197.2 km) *
Stage 14 - Sat. 28/08 | Don Benito > Pico Villuercas (159.7 km) ***
Mountain stage ending at Pico Villuercas, long and stretched pass of 16.3km at 6.3%. It is not considered a stage to make big differences.
Stage 15 - Sun. 29/08 | Navalmoral de la Mata > El Barraco (193.4 km) ***
Very important stage before the second rest day. Saturday's mountain stage of La Vuelta. There are two first category climb, Alto de Mijares, it is the great pass to break the peloton.
Rest Day
Stage 16 - Tue. 31/08 | Laredo > Santa Cruz de Bezana (170.8 km) *
Stage 17 - Wed. 01/09 | Unquera > Lagos de Covadonga (181.6 km) ****
Classic finale climb in Covadonga Lakes (Lagos de Covadonga). This year Covadonga Lakes looks really tough. Before, cyclists climb an unprecedented pass twice, Collada de Llomena, (almost 8 km long with slopes reaching an inclination of 14%).
Stage 18 - Thu. 02/09 | Salas > Altu d’El Gamoniteiru (159.2 km) *****
Queen stage (étape reine) of this edition. Gamoniteiro is a awesome new climb in La Vuelta. It is located very close to the Angliru. Gamoniteiro is 14,6kilometre-long climb at 9,8%. Cordal Pass ( translated as tailpiece) is dramatic if its raining, due to the slippery pavement of Asturian roads.
Stage 19 - Fri. 03/09 | Tapia > Monforte de Lemos (187.8 km)
Stage 20 - Sat. 04/09 | Sanxenxo > Mos. Castro de Herville (173.6 km)
Experimental stage before the final time trial. It is very difficult to take control in the last 100 kilometers of the stage.
Stage 21 - Sun. 05/09 | Padrón > Santiago de Compostela (33.7 km) ****
Favourites Riders La Vuelta 2021
Primoz Roglic
TEAM JUMBO VISMA
- 1º Vuelta a España (x2)
- 31 years
- 65kg
- 1,77m
- Slovenia
Egan Bernal
INEOS GRENADIERS
- First Participation
- 24 years
- 60kg
- 1,75m
- Colombia
Richard Carapaz
INEOS GRENADIERS
- 2º Vuelta a España 2020
- 28 years
- 62kg
- 1,70m
- Ecuador
Mikel Landa
BAHRAIN VICTORIUS
- 25º Vuelta a España 2015
- 31 years
- 60kg
- 1,73m
- Spain
Enric Mas
MOVISTAR TEAM
- 2º Vuelta a España 2018
- 26 years
- 61kg
- 1,77m
- Spain
Miguel Ángel López
MOVISTAR TEAM
- 3º Vuelta a España 2018
- 27 years
- 59kg
- 1,64m
- Colombia
Thomas Pidcock
INEOS GRENADIERS
- First Participation
- 21 years
- 58kg
- 1,70m
- Great Britain
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Teams
Team Jumbo-Visma
ROGLIČ Primož
GESINK Robert
KRUIJSWIJK Steven
VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
BOUWMAN Koen
HOFSTEDE Lennard
KUSS Sepp
OOMEN Sam
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VLASOV Aleksandr
ARANBURU Alex
RODRÍGUEZ Óscar
IZAGIRRE Gorka
SÁNCHEZ Luis León
FRAILE Omar
IZAGIRRE Ion
NATAROV Yuriy
AG2R Citroën Team
BORA - hansgrohe
BENEDETTI Cesare
ZWIEHOFF Ben
LAAS Martin
SCHACHMANN Maximilian
MEEUS Jordi
GROßSCHARTNER Felix
GAMPER Patrick
PALZER Anton
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EINHORN Itamar
WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads
VANMARCKE Sep
NIV Guy
CIMOLAI Davide
BERWICK Sebastian
CATAFORD Alexander
PICCOLI James
UAE-Team Emirates
DE LA CRUZ David
DOMBROWSKI Joe
GIBBONS Ryan
MAJKA Rafał
MOLANO Juan Sebastián
OLIVEIRA Rui
POLANC Jan
TRENTIN Matteo
Team BikeExchange
YATES Simon
CHAVES Esteban
HAMILTON Lucas
MATTHEWS Michael
GRMAY Tsgabu
NIEVE Mikel
HOWSON Damien
STANNARD Robert
Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux
Bahrain - Victorious
LANDA Mikel
ARASHIRO Yukiya
CARUSO Damiano
HAIG Jack
MÄDER Gino
PADUN Mark
POELS Wout
TRATNIK Jan
INEOS Grenadiers
BERNAL Egan
CARAPAZ Richard
NARVÁEZ Jhonatan
PIDCOCK Thomas
PUCCIO Salvatore
SIVAKOV Pavel
VAN BAARLE Dylan
YATES Adam
EF Education - Nippo
CAICEDO Jonathan Klever
CAMARGO Diego Andrés
CARR Simon
CARTHY Hugh
CRADDOCK Lawson
KEUKELEIRE Jens
CORT Magnus
SCULLY Tom
Movistar Team
LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
MAS Enric
VALVERDE Alejandro
OLIVEIRA Nelson
VERONA Carlos
JACOBS Johan
ROJAS José Joaquín
ERVITI Imanol
Trek - Segafredo
RIES Michel
SIMMONS Quinn
CICCONE Giulio
LÓPEZ Juan Pedro
BRAMBILLA Gianluca
Deceuninck - Quick Step
BAGIOLI Andrea
JAKOBSEN Fabio
ČERNÝ Josef
KNOX James
SÉNÉCHAL Florian
ŠTYBAR Zdeněk
VAN LERBERGHE Bert
VANSEVENANT Mauri
Lotto Soudal
CRAS Steff
FRISON Frederik
HOLMES Matthew
KRON Andreas
MONIQUET Sylvain
VAN GILS Maxim
VANHOUCKE Harm
VERMEERSCH Florian
Alpecin-Fenix
PLANCKAERT Edward
THWAITES Scott
PHILIPSEN Jasper
VINE Jay
MODOLO Sacha
KRIEGER Alexander
DE TIER Floris
BAYER Tobias
Burgos-BH
CANAL Carlos
SANCHEZ Pelayo
MADRAZO Ángel
CABEDO Óscar
OKAMIKA Ander
NAVARRO Daniel
BOL Jetse
RUBIO Diego
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA
LASTRA Jonathan
ABERASTURI Jon
AMEZQUETA Julen
CUADROS Álvaro
LAZKANO Oier
BAGÜES Aritz
CEPEDA Jefferson Alveiro
MARTÍN Sergio Roman
Euskaltel - Euskadi
AZPARREN Xabier Mikel
BIZKARRA Mikel
BOU Joan
ITURRIA Mikel
LOBATO Juan José
MARTÍN Gotzon
MATÉ Luis Ángel
SOTO Antonio Jesús
Team DSM
ARENSMAN Thymen
BARDET Romain
DAINESE Alberto
DENZ Nico
HAGA Chad
HAMILTON Chris
STORER Michael
TUSVELD Martijn
Groupama - FDJ
DÉMARE Arnaud
GENIETS Kevin
GUARNIERI Jacopo
LE GAC Olivier
LUDVIGSSON Tobias
MOLARD Rudy
ROUX Anthony
SINKELDAM Ramon
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
MARTIN Guillaume
HERRADA Jesús
ALLEGAERT Piet
BARCELÓ Fernando
FINÉ Eddy
HERRADA José
MORIN Emmanuel
ROCHAS Rémy
Team Qhubeka ASSOS
ARU Fabio
HENAO Sergio
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
CLAEYS Dimitri
SUNDERLAND Dylan
LINDEMAN Bert-Jan
ARMÉE Sander
BROWN Connor