Portuguese stages of the 2020 Vuelta a España have been cancelled

Replacement stages have already been confirmed

Vuelta a España 2019 (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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The Portuguese stages of the 2020 Vuelta a España have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Authorities in the start and finish towns, as well as the Vuelta race organisers, have made the decision to alter stages 15 and 16 "due to the impossibility of guaranteeing optimal conditions" for the race to pass safely between the territories.

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Hi. I'm Cycling Weekly's Weekend Editor. I like writing offbeat features and eating too much bread when working out on the road at bike races.


Before joining Cycling Weekly I worked at The Tab and I've also written for Vice, Time Out, and worked freelance for The Telegraph (I know, but I needed the money at the time so let me live).


I also worked for ITV Cycling between 2011-2018 on their Tour de France and Vuelta a España coverage. Sometimes I'd be helping the producers make the programme and other times I'd be getting the lunches. Just in case you were wondering - Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen had the same ham sandwich every day, it was great.