The Vuelta a Espana will feature two new finishes in Asturias, in Sotres and Ermita de Alba on stages 15 and 16 respectively. The stages will finish on two hard climbs with explosive ramps.

According to La Nueva Espana, "race director Javier Guillen made an agreement with the officials of the region about those two finishes in November."

On Sunday September 6, the Vuelta will arrive in Asturias from Catabria. The first stage will finish in Sobres, a small town located 1,050 meters above sea level. The stage ends with a long climb which has several sections of around 15% and even exceeds 20% at one point.

On Monday, September 7, the stage will start in Luarca and finish at the top of Peña de Alba (1173 meters), a very tough climb with a length of 6.6 kilometers, an average gradient of 11.2% and a 25% section on a stretch of concrete road just before the finish line. La Nueva Espana reports that the organizers consider the latter stage as the queen stage of the 70th edition of the race and that the route is not yet fully determined but will include several climbs, including the Cobertoria.

The next day, the Spanish race will have a rest day in Burgos where they will do a time trial of 35-40km on September 9 which was confirmed yesterday.

The Tour will begin with a time trial, individual or team, which will start from the promenade of Puerto Banus, and will have nine or ten summit finishes, including one at La Fuente del Chivo in Cantabria. The queen stages will be in Andorra and Asturias and the organizers are working on another big mountain stage in the Madrid mountains before the finish in Madrid. The official presentatiom will take place on January 10 in Torremolinos.