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la vuelta a españa, 20159 new summits to fete 80 years |
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website of La Vuelta
la Vuelta a España, 2014 - climbs to glory la Vuelta a España, 2013 - race to the summits La Vuelta a España, 2012 - climber's paradise a climber’s race - La Vuelta a Espana 2011 Vuelta a Espana, 2010 - an eco-tour
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the spanish vuelta
The third of the trio of major Tour-type cycle races starts on 22 August 2015 at Puerto Banus in the province of Málaga - on the Costa del Sol, going, roughly, in an anticlockwise spiral tol end at Spain's capital of Madrid.
80th anniversary special
 In 2015, the Vuelta a España celebrates its 80th birthday, the first edition being held in 1935. For the first twenty years, there were only ten editions, due to times of strife and poverty. Since then, there have been 69 editions, with this year's official start at Puerto Banus is the 70th. So far, the most frequent winner of the overall winner's red jersey has been Roberto Heras, who has been first four times, including two consecutive wins in 2004 and 2005. For this 80th anniversary edition, it is the first time for each of the summit finishes.
this year’s raceThis year, La Vuelta a España is 3,357.1 km long. It comprises:
New stage departures: Alhaurín de la Torre, Mijas, Rota, Jódar, Puebla de Don Fadrique, Torrevieja, Comillas, Roa, Medina del Campo. New stage arrivals: Caminito del Rey, Vejer de la Frontera, Alcalá de Guadaira, Sierra de Cazorla, La Alpujarra, Cumbre del Sol. Benitachell, Cortals d´Encamp, Fuente del Chivo, Sotres. Cabrales, Ermita de Alba. Quirós, Riaza, Cercedilla. Starting with a very short team time trial in on the Costa Sol, this year"s Vuelta is concentrating on climbing, with nine mountain top finishes in the first two weeks. The first part of the Vuelta will therefore benefit climbers, with three arrivals at high altitude in northern Spain at the end of the second week between Cantabria and Asturias, and a grand finish on the 15th stage at Ermita del Alba, astage with six categorised climbs.
Coming after two and a half weeks, essentially of climbing, the long individual time-trial at Burgos (stage 17) could be decisive for the final podium placings. At Burgos, specialists will have the opportunity to gain seconds, if not minutes, over rivals.
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watching the Tour
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2015 race favourites
According to various betting odds [odds as at 18/8/15], the favourites to win the Vuelta 2015 are as follows: 2014 winner Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) will not be riding in the 2015 Vuelta, 'resting' after riding in the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France.
the stages
watching, including on tvIn the UK, watch the Vuelta on Eurosport UK [schedule]. Eurosport provides between 1½ and 2½ hours broadcasting every afternoon when there is racing, but only less than 2 hours of the actual day's race. Live broadcasting for 22 August, the first day with the team time-trial, starts from 18:45 CET. Stage 2 and all further stages will be shown from 16:00 CET. There are daily highlights at 20:00 CET on ITV4, though the first day will be shown at 23:00 CET. In the USA, Universal Sports Network is providing live coverage of the first stage from 13:00 Eastern. The coverage for the other stageswill be from 10:00 Eastern.
Watching the Vuelta in Spain is very similar to watching the Tour in France. abelard.org has several pages giving general advice on how to be a effective road-side spectator.
Steephill.tv provides information on many tv broadcasts for the Vuelta, from about halfway down the page.
la vuelta race teamsThe 19 UCI World Tour teams have qualified automatically to race, and there are four wildcard teams that have been invited to participate.
using the official vuelta web site
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a select dictionary
For much more on cycling tactics.
The following is an exceeding boring book, almost like reading a telephone directory. It has notes on all previous runnings of the Vuelta. But in among the addresses and telephone numbers, you will discover all manner of hints on cycling tactics, with interposed examples of dubious practice and cheating. You will also find snippets on the disturbed political background of Spain, from right back to the Civil War and the Franco regime and up until modern times, against which the Vuelta has been held, or not held.
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