Ciclismo Internacional

By David Hunter Don Benito > Pico Villuercas 166km Back to the mountains we go.

By David Hunter Belmez > Villanueva de la Serena 204km Just a boring old sprint stage. Maybe we need it.

By David Hunter Jaén > Córdoba 175km We head to the baking heat of Cordoba.

By David Hunter Antequera > Valdepeñas de Jaén 134km We head back to Valdepeñas de Jaén for the first time in 8 years, how time flies.

By David Hunter Roquetas de Mar > Rincón de la Victoria 189km The second week begins and we’re now down in the Costa del Sol.

By David Hunter Puerto Lumbreras > Alto de Velefique 188km We might only have three categorised climbs, but this stage has the most climbing metres of any in the whole race.

By David Hunter Santa Pola > La Manga del Mar Menor 174km Another sprint stage where we’ll be waiting to see if we get some echelons.

By David Hunter Gandia > Balcón de Alicante 152km The break won today, will stage 7 bring more joy for the attackers?

By David Hunter Requena > Alto del Montaña de Cullera 158km It might not look it, but this is a big day in terms of the battle for the red jersey.

By David Hunter Tarancón > Albacete 184km A standard sprint stage.

By David Hunter El Burgo de Osma > Molina de Aragón 164km Either this stage will be another sprint, or the wind will blow, and the race will be utter chaos.

By David Hunter Santo Domingo de Silos > Picón Blanco 203km The first mountaintop finish.

By David Hunter Caleruega > Burgos 167km The first opportunity for the sprinters.

By David Hunter Zabrze > Kraków 145km

By David Hunter Katowice 19km ITT A time trial to settle the GC.

By David Hunter Burgos 7.1km ITT We begin with a TT.

By David Hunter Chochołów > Bielsko-Biała 172km A familiar looking stage.

By David Hunter Welcome to La Vuelta, my favourite grand tour of the year. This year we start up in the north, head down to the scorching south, then back up north for the finale. As usual the route is crammed full of tough mountain stages with eye watering gradients. Strap yourself in for three weeks…