Vuelta a Espana 2024: The most important facts in brief
- Date: 17.08. - 08.09.2024
- 1 flat stage
- 5 low mountain stages
- 8 mountain stages
- 5 hilly stages
- 2 individual time trials
- These are the first stages of the Vuelta a Espana 2025
- The favourites in the TOUR-Check
- The start list for the Vuelta a Espana 2024
- TV broadcast & live stream
All stages with elevation profiles and map at a glance
Stage 1 | Saturday, 17 August | Lisbon - Oeiras | 12 kilometres | individual time trial | 40 metres elevation gain*
Stage 2 | Sunday, 18 August | Cascais - Ourem | 194 kilometres | 2516 vertical metres
Stage 3 | Monday, 19 August | Lousa - Castelo Branco | 191.2 kilometres | 2471 vertical metres
Stage 4 | Tuesday, 20 August | Plasencia - Pico Villuercas | 170.4 kilometres | 3250 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 4th stage
Stage 5 | Wednesday, 21 August | Fuente del Maestre - Seville | 177 kilometres | 1720 vertical metres
Stage 6 | Thursday, 22 August | Jerez de la Frontera - Yunquera | 185.5 kilometres | 3580 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 6th stage
Stage 7 | Friday, 23 August | Archidona - Cordoba | 180.2 kilometres | 1875 vertical metres
Stage 8 | Saturday, 24 August | Ubeda - Cazorla | 158.7 kilometres | 2380 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 8th stage
Stage 9 | Sunday, 25 August | Motril - Granada | 178.2 kilometres | 4370 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 9th stage
Stage 10 | Tuesday, 27 August | Ponteareas - Baiona | 159.6 kilometres | 3047 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 10th stage
Stage 11 | Wednesday, 28 August | Padron - Padron | 166.4 kilometres | 3025 vertical metres
Stage 12 | Thursday, 29 August | Ourense Termal - Manzaneda | 137.4 kilometres | 3100 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 12th stage
Stage 13 | Friday, 30 August | Lugo - Puerto de Ancares | 175.6 kilometres | 3420 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 13th stage
Stage 14 | Saturday, 31 August | Villafranca del Bierzo - Villablino | 200.4 kilometres | 2883 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 14th stage
Stage 15 | Sunday, 1 September | Infiesto - Cuitu Negru | 142.9 kilometres | 3545 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 15th stage
Stage 16 | Tuesday, 3 September | Luanco - Lagos de Covadonga | 181.3 kilometres | 3820 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 16th stage
Stage 17 | Wednesday, 4 September | Arnuero - Santander | 141.5 kilometres | 2164 vertical metres
Stage 18 | Thursday, 5 September | Vitoria-Gasteiz - Maeztu | 179.3 kilometres | 2780 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 18th stage
Stage 19 | Friday, 6th September | Logrono - Alto de Moncalvillo | 173.2 kilometres | 2550 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 19th stage
Stage 20 | Saturday, 7 September | Villarcayo - Picon Blanco | 172 kilometres | 4730 vertical metres
Map and climbs of the 20th stage
Stage 21 | Sunday, 8 September | Madrid - Madrid | 24.6 kilometres | individual time trial | 230 metres of climbing
The route of the Vuelta 2024 in detail
The route presentation at the Marriott Auditorium Hotel in Madrid was accompanied and commented on by the two Spanish cycling stars Alejandro Valverde, who ended his career in 2022, and Carlos Rodriguez, who last finished fifth in the 2023 Tour de France.
Although the route of the Vuelta 2024 does not take the riders through the Pyrenees, it is - as is typical for the tour - mountainous. There are a total of nine mountain finishes, and race weeks two and three are particularly tough in terms of climbs.
Start in Portugal
The first three stages all take place in Portugal and are on flat to hilly terrain. Back in Spain, the first mountain finish on the Pico Villuercas awaits on the fourth day of the race. The riders then head to the south of the country, where the first week of the race ends with a tough mountain stage in the Sierra Nevada in Granada, Andalusia.
Video of the route of the Tour of Spain 2024
Final of the second race week at Cuitu Negru
After a rest day, the riders continue in Galicia, not far from the Portuguese border. The second week of the race is characterised by difficult mountain top finishes. Over the course of four days, the peloton must first tackle the mountain station of Mazaneda and the Puerto de Ancares - two 1st category climbs - before the Cuitu Negru, one of the toughest climbs of the tour, follows at the end of the week.
Vuelta a Espana 2024: Time trial as the finale in Madrid
The final week of the Vuelta 2024 begins as the previous one ended: The tough finish of the 16th stage at Lagos de Covadonga in the north of the country could create further gaps in the overall classification. The penultimate stage then includes another seven categorised climbs before the Tour of Spain concludes with an individual time trial in Madrid. The last time the Vuelta ended in a time trial was in 2002.
* Altitude metres according to the official road book
