Vuelta a España 2021 start list: Egan Bernal, Primož Roglič and Adam Yates star in the 76th edition of the race

Stage 16 of the Vuelta a España 2020 (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

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published 12 August 2021

The 2021 Vuelta a España starts on August 14 inside of Burgos' cathedral for the opening individual time trial before setting off on the three-week race that is not ending in Madrid as usual but instead ending outside the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela on September 5.

The race will cover a huge amount of the country while amazingly not going near the Pyrenees over the 3336km route.

He will be challenged by an immensely strong Ineos Grenadiers team that who are bringing Adam Yates as well as Giro d'Italia 2021 winner Egan Bernal and Tour third overall Richard Carapaz along with support from Pavel Sivakov and recent gold medalist in the Olympic cross-country mountain biking, Tom Pidcock. But Yates and Bernal both came down in a crash on stage one of the Vuelta a Burgos, which could hamper their chances.

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Vuelta a España 2021 start list