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Vuelta a España 2011

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Published on Thursday, 13 January 2011 10:36

Written by Luca Salvatelli

The start in Benidorm and the come back to the Pais Vasco, beginning and end of a 3295 kilometres race in 21 stages, 2 of them time trial and 6 mountain finishes.

Today, at the new Auditorium of Alicante, the Official Route of La Vuelta 2011 has been disclosed. It will take place from August 20th to September 11th. The 66th edition of the Spanish race will have 21 stages with an average length of 175 kilometres.

Six mountain finishes, 2 of them unpublished, will gather thousands of fans along the road to watch the peloton pass. With the classic end of Sierra Nevada, it will be the twelfth time that a stage ends in the Province of Granada mountains.

Also, after several years, La Vuelta will arrive again to La Covatilla and the impressive Alto de L’Angliru. Other stage finals like Peña Cabarga, where last year Igor Anton was involved in an accident and forced to withdraw, will be part of a spectacular route.

Together with these well known arrivals, 2 new finishes will thrill the spectators, the “Estacion de Montaña Manzaneda” in Galicia and La Farrapona in Asturias.

Like last edition, La Vuelta will include exciting arrivals like Valdepeñas de Jaen, again in 2011, and San Lorenzo del Escorial that promises to be a show with 23% ramps in the last mile. As for the time trial stages, there will be only one individual time trial and will be held in Salamanca just before the first rest day and transfer Galicia.

La Vuelta 2011 will also feature the return of the race to the Pais Vasco 33 years later. The last part of La Vuelta 2011, with the stages in Bilbao and Vitoria, promises to not leave anyone indifferent and provide a great show for fans.

The route

Running from Saturday Agust 20th to Sunday September 11th 2011, the 66th Vuelta a España will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,300 kilometres. These stages have the following profiless:

-9 flat stages,

-10 mountain stages

-1 team time-trial stage

-1 individual time-trial stage

Distinctive aspects of the race

-6 summit finishes

-2 rest days

-14 km. team time-trial

-40 km. individual time-trial stage

New stage towns

La Nucía, Petrer, Sierra Nevada, Úbeda, Almadén, Villacastín, Sarria, Villa Romana La Olmeda (Palencia), Faustino V and Noja

New finishes

Totana, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Estación de Montaña Manzaneda, La Farrapona-Lagos de Somiedo and Noja

Stage

1 Teams time-trial Saturday 20 August Benidorm > Benidorm 16,0 km

2 Plain Sunday 21 August La Nucía > Playas de Orihuela 171,5 km

3 Plain Monday 22 August Petrer > Totana 164,0 km

4 Mountains Tuesday 23 August Baza > Sierra Nevada 172,0 km

5 Plain Wednesday 24 August Sierra Nevada > Valdepeñas de Jaén 200,0 km

6 Plain Thursday 25 August Úbeda > Córdoba 185,7 km

7 Plain Friday 26 August Almadén > Talavera de la Reina 185,0 km

8 Mountains Saturday 27 August Talavera de la Reina > San Lorenzo de El Escorial 182,0 km

9 Mountains Sunday 28 August Villacastín > Sierra de Bejar. La Covatilla 179,5 km

10 Time-trial Monday 29 August Salamanca > Salamanca 40,0 km

Rest Day Tuesday 30 August

11 Mountains Wednesday 31 August Verín > Estación de Esquí Alto de la Manzaneda 171,0 km

12 Plain Thursday 01 September Ponteareas > Pontevedra 160,0 km

13 Mountains Friday 02 September Sarria > Ponferrada 150,0 km

14 Mountains Saturday 03 September Astorga > La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo 173,2 km

15 Mountains Sunday 04 September Avilés > Anglirú 144,0 km

Rest Day Monday 5 September

16 Plain Tuesday 06 September Villa Romana La Olmeda (Palencia) > Haro 180,0 km

17 Mountains Wednesday - 07 September Faustino V > Peña Cabarga 212,5 km

18 Mountains Thursday 08 September Solares > Noja 169,7 km

19 Plain Friday 09 September Noja > Bilbao 157,9 km

20 Mountains Saturday 10 September Bilbao > Vitoria 187,0 km

21 Plain Sunday 11 September Circuito del Jarama > Madrid 94,0 km

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