The route of the 2024 Vuelta a España is as typically climb-heavy as any of the recent editions of Spain's Grand Tour, but it will also conclude with a final individual time trial through the streets of the capital city, Madrid, for the first time since 2002.
Neither the Angliru nor the Pyrenees, two key mountain features of the 2023 route, will form part of the 2024 route, which was revealed on Tuesday evening in Madrid.
However, nine summit finishes, including the ascents of the ultra-hard Cuitu Negru and mythical Lagos de Covadonga in the second and third weeks, will ensure that another top mountain specialist will certainly be in the running to succeed American climber Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) as the overall winner.
Then, after what is arguably the toughest climbing day of all to the dauntingly difficult ascent of Picón Blanco in the northern province of Burgos on stage 20, 24 hours later, the 2024 Vuelta concludes on September 8 with a fast, flat 22-kilometre individual time trial in Madrid.
See the full details of the 2024 Vuelta a España route.
