PROS – The 2020 Vuelta route unveiled

Unipublic yesterday presented the route for the 75th edition of the Vuelta, which will take place from August 14 to September 6, 2020. The event will cross no less than four countries and will feature the Northwest of Spain, with many mountain stages on the program.

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The event will start in the Netherlands, more precisely in Utrecht, with a 23 km team time trial, followed by two other stages in s-Hertogenbosch and Breda.

Then the riders will enter Spain via the Basque Country with three difficult stages on the menu, including two uphill finishes for stages 4 and 6.

The route will then make a detour through France with a finish at the top of the Col du Tourmalet during stage 9 (August 23).

Then, the race returns to Asturias in the middle of the second week, with a finish at the summit of the mythical Angliru (stage 15).

Finally, the riders will make an incursion into Portugal during the third week. A crucial last week with first a 33.5 km individual time trial during stage 16 with sections at 30%, and a penultimate stage that will end at the summit of La Covatilla the day before the arrival in Madrid.