Vuelta 2011

ninja100

Does anybody know the date the Vuelta starts in 2011 and when will the full route be revealed.

I know it starts in benidorm but thats all.

Thanks guys

sonny73

August 27, 2011 (Saturday) - September 18, 2011 (Sunday)
To quote Velo News:

The Spanish beach resort of Benidorm will play host to the start of the 2011 Vuelta a España.
Officials also said that the race would start with a time trial, but did not specify if it would be a team time trial or individual.

No idea on route presentation dates though sorry

sonny73

Going to feature a Sierra Nevada summit finish too: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sierra-nevada-on-2011-vuelta-route

victorponf

January in Alicante.

Some romours:

- 2 stages in Vasque Country (Bilbao and Victoria)

- Sierra Nevada

- Ancares (Ancares Mountain Pass. The best climb of the Iberian Peninsula , you can downloud in
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QB1OUQ20)

- Fonte da Cova

victorponf

Vuelta starts before next year, in 20th of august, and end 11ht of september (two weeks before Wordls, that move dates as well)

Route is going to be known in january

lucybears

Wednesday 12th Jan

lucybears

unofficial route
http://www.diariodeleon.es/comunes/recu ... /56022.GIF

sonny73

lucybears wrote:

unofficial route
http://www.diariodeleon.es/comunes/recu ... /56022.GIF

So if that turns out to be true it's back to the Basque country for the first time in ages.

micron

4 MTFs and 3 TTs? Looks a bit like ASO have got their hands on the parcours (if it's true)

sonny73

If it is true someone will be getting a b*llocking:
http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6382/Spanish-newspaper-leaks-what-it-says-is-2011-Vuelta-a-Espana-route.aspx

victorponf

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/new-cli ... for-vuelta

blazing_saddles

The Vuelta route is up early, with all the profiles here:
http://www.lavuelta.com/11pr/es/recorrido/index.html#z1

Another hatful of mountaintop finishes!
stage 4



stage 8



stage 9



stage 11



stage 13



stage 14



stage 15



stage 17



+A couple of lumpy ones to round off the race.

rick_chasey

It's the wrong decade to be a TTer with GC ambitions isn't it!

sonny73

Great to see the Angliru back, I think it looks like a great route. Let's hope the action is as good as last years cracker.

sonny73

In summary: http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/7068/Vuelta-2011-launched-will-return-to-lAngliru-and-includes-two-new-summit-finishes.aspx

Starting in Benidorm on August 20th, the third Grand Tour of the season will feature 21 stages, a total distance of 3295 kilometres, two time trials and six summit finishes. With ten mountain stages in all, the advantage is definitely handed to the climbers as one of those time trials is a 16 kilometre team effort, while the individual test is just 40 kilometres long.
Following a penultimate day mountains showdown in Vitoria, the race will conclude on September 11th in Madrid.

sonny73

Stone Glider

Blimey, that route looks a bit "Farewell to Catalonia". Who has offended whom?

victorponf

Amazing route!

I like San Lorenzo del Escorial, Ponferrada (with Ancares Pass at least!) and Farrapona stages (climbs very good linked each other)

Angliru is nice too, but in my opinion never happens anything before last 7 km, a “youtube highlights”

Not enough TT and a bit boring last week

rick_chasey

Anyone think it's a coincidence that this is the first year for years they're going into the basque country, in the same year ETA call a permanent ceasefire?

FJS

Good to see a good number of stages in Galicia again - a beautiful part of the country; and some proper mountains there too.

Loads of climbing, but unlike the Giro no crazy multiple-hors-categorie-all-day-mountain stages ; hard to pick a real queen stage - the farrapona stage perhaps

victorponf

Farrapona is the qeen, no far from Angliru, but Ponferrada and San Lorenzo del Escorial are very hard as well

victorponf

Almost forget! TTT in Benidorm

Andy can't miss that night