Fewer time trials, steeper hills and three stages in the Netherlands await a heavyweight field in the year’s final Grand Tour
When the Vuelta was relocated to its present late-season slot 27 years ago, the intention was that it would complete the year’s stage racing narrative by providing an opportunity for revenge or redemption for those who had missed the Tour or had fallen short.
Youngest of all is the Spaniard Juan Ayuso, who is not yet 20; trivia lovers will appreciate the fact he was still in nappies when the 42-year-old Valverde – riding what he swears is his final Vuelta – made his debut in the race in 2002. Nine of the 21 stages have difficult uphill finishes, beginning on stage six in the Basque country at Pico Jano, followed 48 hours later in Asturias by the monstrous Laviana, with its 17% slopes; the highest comes on the penultimate Sunday in the Sierra Nevada, topping out at more than 2,500m. There is a single individual time trial, at Alicante midway through, and a final bout of climbing in the Sierra de Guadarrama on the last Saturday.
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