AS , the official newspaper of the Vuelta a Espana (August 20-September 11), have revealed the full course for the 2016 edition of the Spanish grand tour will be officially presented on Saturday in Santiago de Compostela. There will be ten summit finishes and two time trials and the race will include seven stages in Galicia and five in Valencia and will pass through Castilla y Leon, Asturias, the Basque Country, Navarra, Aragon and Madrid.
With the yesterday's revelation of the summit finishes at Formigal and Mas de la Costa, AS are able to reveal all the start and finishing cities of the 2016 Vuelta but the official confirmation and details of the stages are still missing.
The 10 summit finishes include Mirador de Ézaro (3rd), San André de Teixido (Cedeira) (4th), La Camperona (8th), Naranco (9th), Lagos de Covadonga (10th), Peña Cabarga (11th) , Aubisque (14th), Formigal (15th), Mas de la Costa (17th) and Aitana (20th). There will be an opening team time trial and an individual test between Javea and Calpe two days before the finish in Madrid.
Course:
Saturday, August 20. Stage 1: Balneario Laias - Castrelo de Miño (Ourense), TTT
Sunday, August 21. Stage 2: Ourense - Baiona
Monday, August 22. Stage 3: Marin (Pontevedra) - Mirador Ézaro (A Coruña)
Tuesday, August 23. Stage 4: Betanzos - Saint André de Teixido (Cedeira)
Wednesday, August 24. Stage 5: Viveiro - Lugo
Thursday, August 25. Stage 6: Monforte de Lemos- Luintra (Ribeira Sacra)
Friday August 26. Stage 7: Maceda - Puebla de Sanabria
Saturday August 27. Stage 8: Villalpando (Zamora) - La Camperona
Sunday August 28. Stage 9: Cistierna (León) - Alto del Naranco
Monday August 29. Stage 10: Lugones - Lagos de Covadonga
Tuesday, August 30. Rest day
Wednesday, August 31. Stage 11: Ballasts - Peña Cabarga
Thursday, September 1. Stage 12: Los Corrales de Buelna - Bilbao
Friday, September 2. Stage 13: Bilbao - Urdax-Dantxarinea
Saturday, September 3. Stage 14: Urdax-Dantxarinea - Aubisque
Sunday, September 4. Stage 15: Sabiñánigo - Formigal
Monday, September 5. Stage 16: Alcaniz - Peníscola
Tuesday, September 6. Rest day
Wednesday September 7. Stage 17: Castellon - Mas de la Costa (Llucena)
Thursday, September 8.Stage 18: Requena - Gandia
Friday, September 9. Stage 19: Xàbia - Calp, ITT
Saturday, September 10. Stage 20: Benidorm - Alto de Aitana
Sunday, September 11. Stage 21: Las Rozas - Madrid
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