PTP2024 - La Vuelta ciclista a España - Saturday 17th August to Sunday 8th September
The 79th Vuelta is upon us, kicking off in Lisbon with another TT (individual this year) and ending up in Madrid for a TT too, via a bit of Southern Spain and a lot of the North.
Map from lavuelta.es
Cyclingnews preview and stages overview
The 2024 Vuelta a España celebrates its 79th edition this year with its first start in neighbouring Portugal since 1997 on Saturday August 17 in Lisbon and finishing in the Spanish capital, Madrid on Sunday September 8.
The route will cover 3,304 kilometres and contains 52,279 metres of vertical climbing over 21 days of racing.
Race organisers Unipublic have created a typically ultra-mountainous route with an opening and concluding time trial, nine summit finishes. With the exception of stage 9 through the mountains of Sierra Nevada, most of the toughest stages are concentrated in the second half of the race.
2023 champion Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) will be present in the 2024 Vuelta and is aiming for a repeat overall victory.
Other top names include - subject to confirmation - triple Vuelta a España winner Primoz Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), 20216 Vuelta champion Nairo Quintana (Movistar), Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike), Ben O’Connor (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale), Aleksandre Vlasov (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates)
Past winners:
- 2023 KUSS Sepp
- 2022 EVENEPOEL Remco
- 2021 ROGLIČ Primož
- 2020 ROGLIČ Primož
- 2019 ROGLIČ Primož
- 2018 YATES Simon
- 2017 FROOME Chris
- 2016 QUINTANA Nairo
- 2015 ARU Fabio
- 2014 CONTADOR Alberto
- 2013 HORNER Chris
- 2012 CONTADOR Alberto
- 2011 FROOME Chris
- 2010 NIBALI Vincenzo
Score spreadsheet will be updated here.
Cut off for all stages is 12:00 UK time on the day, except for the time trials when this will be when the first rider starts (at time of writing UK times are stage 1- 15:23, stage 21- 15:20).
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GC: Roglic
S1: Tarling
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PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230 -
GC: Adam Yates
St1: Tarling
Ta 👍️
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GC: Adam Yates
St1: Tarling
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GC - Rog
1 - Tarling
2 - Wout van Aert
3 - WVA
Please thanks
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GC - Adam Yates
Stage 1 - Josh Tarling pls
2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner0 -
GC: João ALMEIDA
Stage 1: Josh TARLING
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GC Almeida
Stage 1 Tarling
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GC: Sepp Kuss
Stage 1: Joshua Tarling please.
Cheers.
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GC Primož ROGLIČ
S1 Josh TARLING please
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GC Roglic
st 1 Tarling
St 2 WVA
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GC: João Almeida
S1: Josh Tarling
Ta
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GC Almeida
Stage 1 Adam Yates
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Stage 2 Narvaez
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GC : Almeida
Stg 1 : Tarling pls
Ta
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GC ; Roglic
S1 tarling
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Gc Roglic
S1 Tarling
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GC: Roglic
1: Tarling
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GC - Joao Almeida.
S1 - Joshua Tarling.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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GC - Roglic pls
S1 - Tarling pls
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GC Almeida
S1 WvA pls
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St 2: Kaden Groves pls
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S2: WVA
S3: WVA please
PTP Champion 2019, 2022 & 20230 -
St 2. WVA pls
2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner0 -
Stage 2 Kaden Groves
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S2 Kaden groves
"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
Stage 2: WVA
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2: WvA
***** Pro Tour Pundit Champion 2020, 2018, 2017 & 2011 *****0 -
Stage 2: Bryan Coquard please.
Cheers.
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S2 Wout VAN AERT please
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S2 WvA
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