We're still talking about Bradley Wiggins' victory in the Tour de France 2012 and the same Wiggins' victory in the time trial and Alexandre Vinokourov's victory in the road race of the Olympic Games in London and the cycling calendar already shows the start of the Tour of Spain, or Vuelta a España 2012 in its local language, for this Saturday!
In this article you'll find all details of the race route of this 3rd Grand Tour on the cycling calendar, on Google Maps/Google Earth but also with the time- and route schedules and the profiles of the Tour of Spain 2012.
As we already saw in January, the 2012 edition of the Vuelta completely ignores the south part of the country and the race doesn't go any further south than Madrid and is made up of ...
In addition to the 18 UCI ProTeams, 2 Spanish teams and 2 foreign teams (one from France and one from The Netherlands) will come to the start of the Tour of Spain 2012 in Pamplona on the 18th of August.
The 4 invited teams for the Tour of Spain 2012
4 Continental Pro teams have thus been invited with a wildcard for the Vuelta a España 2012: ...> Read the whole story | 4 comments | shown 5872x
This Wednesday afternoon, the Vuelta a España or, with its English name, Tour of Spain 2012, has been officially presented in Pamplona. As the last Grand Tour of 2012 being presented, after the Tour de France 2012 and the Giro d'Italia 2012, the Spanish race will only visit the north of the country, leaving completely aside everything south of Madrid (the city where the race finishes) and will have no less than 6 mountain top finishes.
Let's briefly visit the race route of the Vuelta a España 2012!
The Tour of Spain 2012 in numbers
The Spanish race will take place from Saturday 18 August until Sunday 9 September 2012 and this will be the 67th edition.
The 21 stages of the Tour of Spain 2012 will all together form a total distance of 3,300 k ...> Read the whole story | 43 comments | shown 10383x
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