Here is a list of the 21 stages of the Vuelta. The list includes terrain and type of stage, and this year starts with the first stage in Monaco.
Stages
- Stage 1 08/22 9 km Monaco > Monaco – Individual Time Trial
- Stage 2 08/23 215.2 km Monaco > Manosque – Hilly
- Stage 3 08/24 166.7 km Gruissan – Aude > Font Romeu – Average Mountains
- Stage 4 08/25 104.9 km Andorra la Vella > Andorra la Vella – Mountains
- Stage 5 08/26 171.1 km Falset . Costa Daurada > Roquetes. Terres de l’Ebre – Hilly
- Stage 6 08/27 176.8 km Alcossebre > Castelló – Average Mountains
- Stage 7 08/28 149.9 km vall d’Alba > Aramón Valdelinares – Mountains
- Stage 8 08/29 176.4 km Puçol > Xeraco – Flat
- Stage 9 08/30 187.5 km La Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa > Alto de Aitana.Costa Blanca – Mountains
- Rest day 08/31
- Stage 10 09/01 184.5 km Alcaraz > Elche de la Sierra – Hilly
- Stage 11 09/02 156.1 km Cartagena > Lorca – Flat
- Stage 12 09/03 166.5 km Vera > Calar Alto – Mountains
- Stage 13 09/04 193.2 km Almuñécar > Loja – Average Mountains
- Stage 14 09/05 152.7 km Jaén > Sierra de la Pandera – Mountains
- Stage 15 09/06 181.2 km Palma del Río > Córdoba – Average Mountains
- Rest day 09/07
- Stage 16 09/08 186 km Cortegana > La Rábida. Palos de la Frontera – flat
- Stage 17 09/09 189.2 km Dos Hermanas > Sevilla – Flat
- Stage 18 09/10 32.5 km El Puerto de Santa María > Jerez de la Frontera – Individual Time Trial
- Stage 19 09/11 205.1 km Vélez-Málaga > Peñas Blancas. Estepona – Hilly Uphill Finish
- Stage 20 09/12 187 km La Calahorra > Collado del Alguacil – Mountains
- Stage 21 09/13 99.4 km Carrefour Granada > Granada – Flat
That’s 21 stages of pure action with some great mountain stages for the climbers. The mountain stages start on stage 4 Andorra la Vella > Andorra la Vella; watch out for Tadej Pogacar returning to La Vuelta since he last entered it in 2019.