 August 20th - September 11th 2011
The 66th Vuelta a España will start on Saturday Agust 20th to cover a total distance of 3,300 kilometre through 21 stages, the last of which is planned for Sunday September 11th 2011. A hard competintion, featuring 6 summit finishes, 10 mountain stages and the individual time-trial stage right in the middle of the race and just 2 rest days. The great news of this edition is the return to the Basque region for the first time in 33 years.
The stages
Stage 1 Saturday 20 August - Benidorm > Benidorm - Teams time-trial - 13,5 km
Stage 2 Sunday 21 August - La Nucía > Playas de Orihuela - Plain - 175,5 km
Stage 3 Monday 22 August - Petrer > Totana - Plain - 163,0 km
Stage 4 Tuesday 23 August - Baza > Sierra Nevada - Mountains - 170,2 km
Stage 5 Wednesday 24 August - Sierra Nevada > Valdepeñas de Jaén - Plain - 187,0 km
Stage 6 Thursday 25 August - Úbeda > Córdoba - Plain - 196,8 km
Stage 7 Friday 26 August - Almadén > Talavera de la Reina - Plain - 187,6 km
Stage 8 Saturday 27 August - Talavera de la Reina > San Lorenzo de El Escorial - Mountains - 177,3 km
Stage 9 Sunday 28 August - Villacastín > Sierra de Bejar. La Covatilla - Mountains - 183,0 km
Stage 10 Monday 29 August - Salamanca > Salamanca - Time-trial - 47,0 km
Tuesday 30 August - Rest Day
Stage 11 Wednesday 31 August - Verín > Estación de Esquí Alto de la Manzaneda - Mountains - 167,0 km
Stage 12 Thursday 01 September - Ponteareas > Pontevedra - Plain - 167,3 km
Stage 13 Friday 02 September - Sarria > Ponferrada - Mountains - 158,2 km
Stage 14 Saturday 03 September - Astorga > La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo - Mountains - 172,8 km
Stage 15 Sunday 04 September - Avilés > Anglirú - Mountains - 142,2 km
Monday 5 September - Rest Day
Stage 16 Tuesday 06 September - Villa Romana La Olmeda (Palencia) > Haro - Plain - 188,1 km
Stage 17 Wednesday - 07 September - Faustino V > Peña Cabarga - Mountains - 211,0 km
Stage 18 Thursday 08 September - Solares > Noja - Mountains - 174,6 km
Stage 19 Friday 09 September - Noja > Bilbao - Plain - 158,5 km
Stage 20 Saturday 10 September - Bilbao > Vitoria - Mountains - 185,0 km
Stage 21 Sunday 11 September - Circuito del Jarama > Madrid - Plain 94,2 km
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