Year: 2015

By David Hunter Puebla de Don Fadrique – Murcia 182.5km We head to Murcia, a city where a certain Alejandro Valverde was born. Will it be a happy homecoming?

By David Hunter Jodar – La Alpujarra 191.1km After a cracking opening week, the GC battle starts here. The first mountaintop finish is always a very revealing stage. We usually see one or two of the favourites struggle and the GC picture starts to reveal itself.

By David Hunter Cordoba – Sierra de Cazorla 200.3km Today was easy for the peloton, they needed a rest after a demanding start to the race. This stage is another hard day in the saddle.

By David Hunter Rota – Alcala de Guadaira 167.3km The opening 4 stages of the race have been stressful, difficult and full of incident. Today is like a rest day!

By David Hunter Estepona – Vejer de la Frontera 209.6km The Vuelta usually likes to keep the stage short, but this one is much longer. At 209.6km, it’s the second longest stage of the race, but it should be relatively easy.

By David Hunter Mijas – Malaga 158.4km It’s only stage 3 and we have our first cat 1 climb of the race. The race starts from Mijas and heads to the north of Malaga. It loops around at Torre del Mar, home of the excellent water park, Aqua Velas! At that point it crosses the A7,…

By David Hunter Alhaurin de la Torre – Caminito del Rey 165km After a nice little roll round the beach, the race can really get started. There is no messing around in the Vuelta, we are straight into a very hard finish.