Here's what's on the cards for the Vuelta a España route in 2019
Vuelta a España
When: August 25 to September 16 2018
Where: Spain
UCI category: WorldTour
Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) leads the 2018 Vuelta a España, having reclaimed it with a summit finish win on stage 14.
Yates took the red jersey on stage nine, but lost it on stage 12 to Jesus Herrada (Cofidis).
The 26-year-old led the Giro d’Italia earlier on the season, before cracking on stage 19 – so obviously that’s a situation he’ll want to avoid going into the final week of the Spanish Grand Tour.
General classification after stage 15
1 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott, in 59-11-18
2 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team, at 26s
3 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team, at 33s
4 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team, at 43s
5 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo, at 1-29
6 Enric Mas (Esp) Quick-Step Floors, at 1-55
7 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 2-10
8 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac, at 2-27
9 Ion Izagirre (Esp) Bahrain-Merida, at 3-03
19 Emanual Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe, 3-15
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