Blog - Vuelta a España

Information about the Tour of Spain, one of the three great Tours which is called Vuelta a España in Spanish

Added: tuesday 26 December 2017 at 20:46:00
The UCI WorldTeams (UCI WorldTour) for 2018 and the other teams
The year is about to come to and end. That seems to be the perfect moment to catch up with the UCI's decisions about the registration of the UCI WorldTeams for 2018, the teams which will participate in all UCI WorldTour races. At the same time we'll have a look at the second division teams, the Pro Continental teams.
The 18 UCI WorldTeams for 2018
For the 18 UCI WorldTeams there are no changes between 2017 and 2018, except for some name changes.

Therefore, we'll seize the opportunity to give you a look at the 2018 team kits for the different top level teams! Here's the full list (the teams indicated with a star * are the teams which were submitted to validation by the licence committee, either because they didn't fulfill all the criteria or because their UCI WorldTeam licence expired at the end of 2017; you can have a look at ...
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Added: friday 23 June 2017 at 21:27:00
The Tour de France 2018 will start one week later .. and with less riders!
It was the surprise announcement made by the UCI yesterday and it was confirmed to velowire.com by A.S.O. today: the Tour de France 2018 will start one week later than planned and it will thus take place from 7 till 29 July 2018. Furthermore, the UCI announced that the number of riders will be reduced to 8 instead of 9 per team, as asked for by A.S.O. for 2017 already ...
The dates of the Tour de France 2018: from Saturday 7 till Sunday 29 July 2018
As usual, the Professional Cycling Council (PCC), of which Christian Prudhomme is one of the members, not directly in his role as the director of the Tour de France but in this case as a "Member designated by the other organisors of the UCI WorldTour, member of the AIOCC", which defines the calendar of the ...
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this article appears in the following categories: Tour de France| Tour de France 2018| UCI ProTour| Vuelta a España| Giro d Italia
Added: saturday 03 December 2016 at 17:52:00
One less rider in the Grand Tours (TDF, Vuelta, Giro) and the classics .. or not?
Through a common press release sent out on 25 November around 7PM, the three big cycling race organisors:
- Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O., organisor of the Tour de France, Paris-Nice, Paris-Roubaix, the Critérium du Dauphiné and Paris-Tours to mention just a few),

- RCS Sport (the Italian organisor of the Giro d'Italia, Tirreno Adriatico, Milan Sanremo and Il Lombardia for example) and

- Flanders Classics (the Belgian organisor of numerous classics: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Dwars door Vlaanderen [A travers la Flandre], Gent-W ...
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Added: saturday 20 August 2016 at 18:00:00
The participants list of the Tour of Spain 2016, their numbers and the time trial start order and -times
Tonight, the Tour of Spain, the Vuelta a España 2016, will start, with a 29.4 kilometer long team time trial, in the province of Ourese.

In this article, you'll find the start order and -times of the different teams for this time trial, as well as the complete participants list with all the riders of the different teams with their bib numbers.
The start order and -times for the team time trial - Ourense, Thermale station of Laias > Parque Náutico de Castrelo de Miño
The first stage, which will thus take place tonight, will be a race against the clock, for each of the 22 teams which participate in this Tour of Spain.

Here's their start order and -time for each of these teams:

1 BORA-ARGON 18 18h26
2 DIRECT ENERGIE 18h30
3 LOTTO SOUDAL 18h34
4 ASTANA PRO TEAM 18h38
5 LAMPRE-MERIDA 18h42
6 DIMENSION DATA 18h46
7 IAM CYCLING 18h50
8 CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA 18h54
9 FDJ 18h58
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Added: sunday 31 January 2016 at 1:19:00
The Tour of Spain Espagne 2016 race route announced: mountaineous with a visit to France!
A few weeks ago, the race route of the Tour of Spain 2016, the Vuelta a España 2016, has been officially presented in Santiago de Compostela.

The 71st edition of the Vuelta a España, which will start on 20 August 2016 from the province of Ourense will have a total of 3,277 kilometers across 16 Spanish provinces, but also in the French Pyrenees, with a finish on top of the Col de l'Aubisque!

No less than 12 high mountain stages will be surrounded by 7 flat stages and 2 time trial stages in a race which, as usual, mainly concentrates on the northern part of Spain.
The Tour of Spain 2016 race route in detail
1/ Saturday 20 August 2016 - Ourense termal. Balneario de Laias > Parque Náutico Castrelo de Miño - team time trial - 29.4 km
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Added: saturday 17 January 2015 at 18:25:00
The Vuelta a España celebrates its 80th anniversary in 2015 with yet another difficult race route
This article is not available in English. You can read it in French below.

Cette année la Vuelta a España fête son 80ème anniversaire avec sa 70ème édition, le Tour d'Espagne 2015. Ce sont neuf arrivées au sommet qui marqueront la course, en plus du contre-la-montre par équipes d'ouverture, un seul contre-la-montre individuel à 5 jours de l'arrivée.

Ci-dessous velowire.com retrace les principales informations disponibles sur le parcours présenté dimanche dernier.
Le Tour d'Espagne 2015 en quelques chiffres
Commençons par regarder quelques chiffres de cette Vuelta a España 2015 :
> 80 : cette année le Tour d'Espagne fête son 80ème anniversaire, avec sa 70ème édition (la course n'ayant pas eu lieu entre 1937 et 1940 à cause de la guerre civile ...
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Added: sunday 17 August 2014 at 21:47:00
The Tour of Spain 2014 race route on Google Maps
This Saturday the 3rd Grand Tour of the year, the Tour of Spain 2014, will start in Jerez de la Frontera with a nightly team time trial of 12.6 kilometers.

3,239.9 kilometers and 21 stages later, the Vuelta a España 2014 will end with an individual time trial around Santiago de Compostela.

In this article you'll find the race routes of this 69th edition of the Tour of Spain which will take place from 23 August till 14 September 2014 on Google Maps. Finally, you can open these maps in Google Earth in order to see a big version of them or to do a virtual fly-over of one or more of the stages!

If you'd like to know some background information and statistics of this Vuelta a España 2014, you can read the article ...
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this article appears in the following categories: Open Street Maps/Google Maps/Google Earth| Vuelta a España| Vuelta a España 2014
Added: wednesday 02 April 2014 at 23:16:00
The teams selection for the Tour of Spain 2014 announced: MTN-Qhubeka finally has its Grand Tour!
After having seen the wildcards for the Giro d'Italia being attributed to other teams and since they were not really able to get an invitation for the Tour de France 2014, the African team finally sees its dream become true with its participation in a Grand Tour this year: the Tour of Spain 2014, or Vuelta a España as they say in Spain.

Indeed, today the selection of the teams was anounced by the organisor of the race* and MTN-Qhubeka is one of the 4 teams in addition to the 18 UCI ProTeams which have a guaranteed entry in all UCI WorldTour races.
The 18 UCI ProTeams
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Added: thursday 16 January 2014 at 21:48:00
The Tour of Spain 2014: the riders on the road to Santiago de Compostela
On Saturday 11 January, the race route of the Tour of Spain 2014 was officially presented in the Conference Center of Cádiz and the Vuelta a España 2014, 69th edition of this Spanish Grand Tour, will take place from Saturday 23 August 2014 au Sunday 14 September 2014 between the province of Cádiz and Santiago de Compostela!

In this article you'll find all information which is currently available about the race route of the Tour of Spain 2014!
The race route of the Tour of Spain 2014 in numbers
With 3,181.5 kilometers awaiting the riders from 23 August till 14 September 2014, between Jerez de la Frontera and Santiago de Compostela, the race route of the Vuelta a España 2014 is shorter than the previous editions (3358.9 in 2013, 3285.3 in 2012 and 3319.8 in 201 ...
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Added: friday 23 August 2013 at 21:36:00
The Tour of Spain 2013 race route on Google Maps/Google Earth and the stage profiles
From Saturday 24 August till 15 September, 3319.1 kilometers will separate Vilanova de Arousa from Madrid, the city the peloton will reach in 21 stages in the Vuelta a España 2013. As usual, velowire.com allows you to discover in detail the race route of this last Grand Tour of the year, on Google Maps/Google Earth.

With the information in this article you'll get to know all towns and cities which will be visited by this Tour of Spain and it will thus allow you to prepare your visit of this race or simply to better understand the race!
A little bit of preliminary information ...
In this article you'll find all the details of the Tour of Spain 2013, with the race route on Google Maps, the time- and route schedules and the stage profiles, as well as information about the climbs, the sprints, the feeding zones, t ...
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