Five things to look out for in the third week of the Vuelta a España 2019
What to keep an eye out for in the final decisive week of the 2019 Vuelta a España
Vuelta a España
When: August 24 to September 15 2019
Where: Spain
UCI category: WorldTour
Key links: Route | Start list | TV Guide
The Vuelta a España is the third and final Grand Tour of the summer race season, and the Spanish race always provides an exciting finale to the year for GC specialists.
Renowned for its testing parcours and plethora of summit finishes, the Vuelta represents an immense challenge and several riders have tried and failed to win it in the same season as another Grand Tour.
The 2019 route for the Vuelta a España has been described by the organisers as even “more spicy”, with a depart in Alicante and a brief detour into France as well as three brand new summit finishes.
There will be up to eight summit finishes in total, and two time trials.
The race has Costa Blanca start, and the province will play home to three stages, including an opening team time trial in Torrevieja.
The second time trial will be between 36km long, and comes in the second week in Pau, France.
Vuelta a España: past winners
2000 Roberto Herasdagger (Esp) Kelme–Costa Blanca
2001 Ángel Casero (Esp) Festina
2002 Aitor González (Esp) Kelme–Costa Blanca
2003 Roberto Heras (Esp) U.S. Postal Service
2004 Roberto Heras (Esp) Liberty Seguros
2005 Roberto Heras (Esp) Liberty Seguros–Würth
2006 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana
2007 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
2008 Alberto Contador (Esp) Astana
2009 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Caisse d’Epargne
2010 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas–Doimo
2011 Juan José Cobo (Esp) Geox–TMC
2012 Alberto Contador (Esp) Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank
2013 Chris Horner (USA) RadioShack–Leopard
2014 Alberto Contador (Esp) Tinkoff–Saxo
2015 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana
2016 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
2017 Chris Froome (GBR) Team Sky
2018 Simon Yates (GBR) Mitchelton–Scott
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Five talking points from stage 16 of the Vuelta a España 2019
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Jakob Fuglsang takes Vuelta a España stage 16 as Tadej Pogačar gains on Valverde
Alejandro Valverde lost time as Tadej Pogačar attempted to make it a Slovenian one-two on GC
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Alejandro Valverde says “granddad hasn’t had his last word” as he continues to battle for the Vuelta a España title.
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Five talking points from stage 15 of the Vuelta a España 2019
Talking points from another mountain finish at the Vuelta a España
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Sepp Kuss takes impressive victory as Roglič strengthens lead on Vuelta a España stage 15
Roglič and Valverde put more time into their GC rivals
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Riders show off grim injuries sustained in Vuelta a España stage 14 crash
The pictures are not for the faint hearted
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Five talking points from stage 14 of the Vuelta a España 2019
A big crash provided the dramatics late on, bringing down half the peloton
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Sam Bennett eases to reduced sprint victory after big finale crash on Vuelta a España stage 14
The Irishman won the unconvential finish easily, after the bunch was decimated with 1km to go
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'Roglič is showing he's the strongest': Quintana and Valverde look to 'another strategy' to try and take Vuelta title
The Movistar duo are running out of time to try and overhaul Roglič who leads the Vuelta a España
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Five talking points from stage 13 of the Vuelta a España
A certain Slovenian duo took the race to their GC rivals
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Primož Roglič extends Vuelta a España lead on brutal stage 13 summit finish
Tadej Pogačar won the stage after breaking clear with Roglič on the final climb
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Everything you need to know about Los Machucos: The monster summit finish on Vuelta a España stage 13
The GC battle at the Spanish Grand Tour continues on a monster summit finish
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Five talking points from stage 12 of the Vuelta a España 2019
A 12th different rider in 12 stages on another breakaway day at the Vuelta a España
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Philippe Gilbert wins from breakaway on stage 12 of the Vuelta a España 2019
The Belgian attacked late on and just held off his chasers to take victory
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Five talking points from stage 11 of the Vuelta a España 2019
Talking points from stage 11 of the 2019 Vuelta a España
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Mikel Iturria springs surprise on breakaway to take Vuelta a España stage 11 victory
The Spaniard attacked with 25km to go as the breakaway failed to get organised behind
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Further checks reveal Nicolas Roche suffered broken kneecap in Vuelta crash
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Quintana, López and Valverde vow to attack Roglič after losing time in Vuelta a España time trial
Quintana says he has nothing to lose after a disastrous time trial where he lost three minutes
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Five talking points from stage 10 of the Vuelta a España 2019
Nairo Quintana lost more than three minutes to Primož Roglič as the Colombian ceded the red jersey
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Primož Roglič dominates to take red jersey on Vuelta a España 2019 stage 10 time trial
The Slovenian put over two minutes into race leader Nairo Quintana in the race's only individual time trial
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'Nobody was able to stay in control': Jumbo-Visma DS questions inclusion of gravel roads in Vuelta a España
Primož Roglič and Miguel Ángel López were among the riders that crashed on a gravel sector on stage nine of the Vuelta
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As it happened: Roglič takes control on Vuelta a España 2019 stage 10 time trial
Follow live updates of the stage 10 time trial of the Vuelta a España
