Sport La Vuelta a España 2016 (Tour of Spain 2016)

With the Olympic road racing program behind us it's time to look ahead to the next big cycling race: The La Vuelta in Spain which will run from August 20th to September 11th 2016.

The Tour of Spain will consist of 21 stages covering a distance of well over 3000 kilometers in total.

• 7 flat stages (2 with high-altitude finales)
• 12 hill and mountain stages
• 1 individual time trial stage
• 1 team time trial stage

Distinctive aspects of the race

• 29,4 km individual time trial
• 39 km team time trial
• 51 summits
• 2 rest days

La Vuelta 2015 Highlights

Please post your thoughts below. Who are your favorites?

 

I don't think Tom is riding the Vuelta this year.

 

All ready for it @Flaviu Can't wait for the Olympics to end now haha.

 

Today is the day. Really looking forward to the TTT.

 

What a surprise: Sky in first

 

Oh yes it's on board time again. Stage 1 of yesterday

 

Stage 2

 

Stage 3

 

Can't wait for those camera's to become really live during a course. That is the day cycling will become much more interesting.

 

Stage 4

 

Stage 5

 

Stage 6

 

Stage 7

 

Stage 8

 

Stage 9