The hardest edition of this race, at least since its reincarnation.
Startlist
Stage 1: Orihuela - Altea, 190.0k
The least difficult one, but certainly not a nailed-on sprint.
Rates:
Alto de
Stage 2: Novelda - Alto de Pinos (Benissa), 178.5k
First GC day, with Cumbre del Sol as the penultimate climb and the hardest uphill finish of the race.
Maimo (final 12.4k onl
Tibi:
Benifallim:
Confrides (final 5.5k only):
La Fustera:
Cumbre del Sol (only the first 3.2k, just like at the 2019 Vuelta):
Alto de Pinos (finish): the profile below minus the final 2k, then 300 metres at 2% to the finis
Stage 3: Bétera - Sagunto, 145.0k
The return of Garbí, from its conventional side. This is another GC day, the summit is a bit closer to the line than in the 2018 stage won by Valverde in a three-up sprint and significantly closer than in the 2017 Vuelta stage lit up by Contador.
The uncategorised climb in the first part of the stage (first 15.4k only):
Las Canteras (the little bumps before Oronet):
Oronet (final 4.8k only):
Garbí:
(stages 4 and 5 in a separate post)
Startlist
Stage 1: Orihuela - Altea, 190.0k
The least difficult one, but certainly not a nailed-on sprint.
Rates:
Alto de
Stage 2: Novelda - Alto de Pinos (Benissa), 178.5k
First GC day, with Cumbre del Sol as the penultimate climb and the hardest uphill finish of the race.
Maimo (final 12.4k onl
Tibi:
Benifallim:
Confrides (final 5.5k only):
La Fustera:
Cumbre del Sol (only the first 3.2k, just like at the 2019 Vuelta):
Alto de Pinos (finish): the profile below minus the final 2k, then 300 metres at 2% to the finis
Stage 3: Bétera - Sagunto, 145.0k
The return of Garbí, from its conventional side. This is another GC day, the summit is a bit closer to the line than in the 2018 stage won by Valverde in a three-up sprint and significantly closer than in the 2017 Vuelta stage lit up by Contador.
The uncategorised climb in the first part of the stage (first 15.4k only):
Las Canteras (the little bumps before Oronet):
Oronet (final 4.8k only):
Garbí:
(stages 4 and 5 in a separate post)