Although the full route of the 2017 Vuelta will be presented in January, several municipalities and regions have already announced that they will welcome the stage race. It will again be a Vuelta for climbers. The Spanish sports daily Marca reports that the number of uphill finishes will be no less than eight. There will be fewer finishes on a steep wall and there will be more finishes on long climbs.

Earlier it was announced that the Vuelta will start on August 20 with a team time trial of twenty kilometers in the French city of Nimes. Then the peloton will travel through Andorra, Catalonia and the provinces of Castellón, Cuenca and Alicante. In Murcia, the riders will tackle a finish at the Basilica of the pilgrimage Caravaca de la Cruz. In southern Spain's Andalucia province, there will be some important stages in Granada after a visit to Malaga (with a finish in Antequera). According to the newspaper, the organizers are in talks for a possible finish on Pico Veleta in the Sierra Nevada, a climb with an unpaved road.

After a long transfer, the Vuelta will spend the final week in northern Spain where the Angliru in Asturias and the new ascent of Los Machucos (with percentages up to 28%) in Cantabria will be on the menu. In addition, there is talk of a finish at the monastery of Santo Toribio de Liebana.

The Vuelta is the only grand tour that has not unveiled the course yet. The stages will be announced on Thursday, January 12.