Stage 1 | Saturday, 26 August | Barcelona - Barcelona | 14.8 kilometres | Team time trial
Just like last year, the 2023 Vuelta a Espana begins with a team time trial. It covers 14.8 kilometres and takes the teams past the Sagrada Familia and once through the centre of Barcelona. The Catalan metropolis is hosting the Tour of Spain for the first time since 1962 and has already hosted 54 stage arrivals.
The time trial starts for the teams at the Olympic harbour directly on the Mediterranean coast and leads them to the magical fountain of Montjuic, where the stage ends. The elevation profile is mostly flat: The start is just above sea level, the finish is at around 25 metres - a total of 66 metres in altitude have to be mastered. There is a time measurement 5.2 kilometres before the finish. There is another roundabout 300 metres before the finish before the team time trial ends on a straight and flat course.
Sporting assessment of the 1st stage
The team Jumbo-Visma celebrated victory in the opening team time trial last year and is also likely to do so in 2023 with riders like Jonas Vingegaard or Primoz Roglic have good cards. The team Soudal - Quick Step around the newly crowned Zeifahr world champion Remco Evenepoel can count itself in with a chance of victory. The team Ineos Grenadiers could also have a say in the decision.
Schedule, TV coverage & live stream of stage 1 of the Vuelta a Espana 2023
The first team will start the opening team time trial at 19:05. The teams need 16 minutes for the 14.8 kilometres - so the first team should finish at around 19:21. The last team will start at 20:29 and cross the finish line at around 20:45.
Eurosport will broadcast all stages of the Vuelta a Espana 2023. Stage 1 will be shown free-to-air on Eurosport 1 from 18:30. Including post-stage coverage, the broadcast will run until 20:50. The paid providers GCN+ and Discovery+ will also be showing a live stream on the internet.
Vuelta a Espana 2023 - Stage 1: The most important information at a glance
- Team time trial over 14.8 kilometres
- Start of the stage: 19:05
- Calculated end of the race: 20:45
- TV broadcast: 18:30 - 20:50 Eurosport 1
