Carlos Rodriguez: ‘The 2024 Vuelta a Espana’s final time trial makes it exciting all the way to Madrid'

Carlos Rodriguez on the first stage of the Tour de France
Carlos Rodriguez on the first stage of the Tour de France (Image credit: Getty Images)

The inclusion of a final-stage time trial in the 2024 Vuelta a España guarantees excitement until the very end, Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) predicted after next year’s race route was presented in Madrid.

The Vuelta route is as mountainous as ever, with no less than nine summit finishes, but the inclusion of a 22-kilometre individual time trial through the streets of the Spanish capital on the final Sunday is arguably the most eye-catching innovation of the 2024 race route.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.