The Vuelta a España - the Tour of Spain - is an annual three-week road bicycle racing stage race and along with the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia one of the three big bicyle races (Grand Tours) in Europe. The race consists of at least 21 stages, 3,000+km and usually 20 teams.
The 2012 Vuelta a España takes place August 18-September 9, 2012. It starts in Benidorm and ends after 3300 km in Madrid.
Stages: 6 flat stages, 13 mountain stages, 1 team time-trial stage, and 1 individual time-trial stage.
ST DAY DATE TIME ROUTE TYPE
1 Sat. 18-Aug TBA Pamplona – Pamplona Teams Time Trial
2 Sun. 19-Aug TBA Pamplona – Viana Plain
3 Mon. 20-Aug TBA Faustino V – Eibar (Arrate) Mountains
4 Tues. 21-Aug TBA Barakaldo – Estación de Valdezcaray Mountains
5 Wed. 22-Aug TBA Logroño – Logroño Plain
6 Thu. 23-Aug TBA Tarazona – Jaca Plain
7 Fri. 24-Aug TBA Huesca – Alcañiz. Motorland Aragón Plain
8 Sat. 25-Aug TBA Lleida – Andorra. Collada de la Gallina Mountains
9 Sun. 26-Aug TBA Andorra – Barcelona Plain
10 Tues. 28-Aug TBA Ponteareas – Sanxenxo Plain
11 Wed. 29-Aug TBA Cambados – Pontevedra Time Trial
12 Thu. 30-Aug TBA Vilagarcía de Arousa – Dumbría. Mirador de Ézaro Plain
13 Fri. 31-Aug TBA Santiago de Compostela – Ferrol Plain
14 Sat. 1-Sep TBA Palas de Rei – Puerto de Ancares Mountains
15 Sun. 2-Sep TBA La Robla – Lagos de Covadonga Mountains
16 Mon. 3-Sep TBA Gijón – Valgrande-Pajares. Cuitu Negru Mountains
17 Wed. 5-Sep TBA Santander – Fuente Dé Plain
18 Thu. 6-Sep TBA Aguilar de Campoo – Valladolid Plain
19 Fri. 7-Sep TBA Peñafiel – La Lastrilla Plain
20 Sat. 8-Sep TBA La Faisanera Golf. Segovia 21 – Bola del Mundo Mountains
21 Sun. 9-Sep TBA Cercedilla – Madrid Plain
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