The third grand tour of 2018 begins today (August 25) covering a distance of 3,254km over the next three weeks – here’s a quick guide (riders, stages, favourites etc)
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La Vuelta Espana: Quick Guide
The Race
6 flat stages and 2 flat with high-altitude finales stages
6 hill stages
5 mountain stages
2 individual time trial stages
STAGES
1 Sat, Aug 25, Málaga / Málaga 8 km Individual time-trial
2 Sun, Aug 26, Marbella / Caminito del Rey 163.5 km Flat
3 Mon, Aug 27, Mijas / Alhaurín de la Torre 178.2 km Medium Mountains
4 Tue, Aug 28, Vélez-Málaga / Alfacar. Sierra de la Alfaguara 161.4 km Medium Mountains
5 Wed, Aug 29, Granada / Roquetas de Mar 188.7 km Medium Mountains
6 Thur, Aug 30, Huércal-Overa / San Javier. Mar Menor 155.7 km Flat
7 Fri, Aug 31, Puerto-Lumbreras / Pozo Alcón 185.7 km Flat
8 Sat, Sept 1, Linares / Almadén 195.1 km Flat
9 Sun, Sept 2, Talavera de la Reina / La Covatilla 200.8 km Mountain
10 Tue, Sept 4, Salamanca. VIII Centenario Universidad de Salamanca / Fermoselle. Bermillo de Sayago 177 km Flat
11 Wed, Sept 5, Mombuey / Ribeira Sacra. Luintra 207.8 km Hilly
12 Thur, Sept 6, Mondoñedo / Faro de Estaca de Bares. Mañón 181.1 km Hilly
13 Fri, Sept 7, Candás. Carreño / Valle de Sabero. La Camperona 174.8 km Mountain
14 Sat, Sept 8, Cistierna / Les Praeres. Nava 171 km Mountain
15 Sun, Sept 9, Ribera de Arriba / Lagos de Covadonga. Centenarios 2018 178.2 km Mountain
16 Tue, Sept 11, Santillana del Mar / Torrelavega 32 km Individual time-trial
17 Wed, Sept 12, Getxo / Balcón de Bizkaia 157 km Hilly
18 Thur, Sep 13, Ejea de los Caballeros / Lleida 186.1 km Flat
19 Fri, Sept 14, Lleida / Andorra. Naturlandia 154.4 km Flat
20 Sat, Sept 15, Andorra. Escaldes-Engordany / Coll de la Gallina. Santuario de Canolich 97.3 km Mountain
21 Sun, Sept 16, Alcorcón / Madrid 100.9 km Flat
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The Favourites
Miguel Angel Lopez, Nairo Quintana, Simon/Adam Yates, Richie Porte, Thibaut Pinot, Vicenzo Nibali, Wilco Kelderman, Rigoberto Uran, Fabio Aru, George Bennett
RIDERS
Bahrain – Merida
1 Vincenzo Nibali
2 Ivan Garcia Cortina
3 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti
4 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
5 Mark Padun
6 Franco Pellizotti
7 Hermann Pernsteiner
8 Luka Pibernik
Ag2r La Mondiale
11 Hubert Dupont
12 Mikael Cherel
13 Julien Duval
14 Tony Gallopin
15 Ben Gastauer
16 Alexandre Geniez
17 Alexis Gougeard
18 Nans Peters
Astana Pro Team
21 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno
22 Pello Bilbao Lopez De Armentia
23 Dario Cataldo
24 Omar Fraile Matarranz
25 Jan Hirt
26 Nikita Stalnov
27 Davide Villella
28 Andrey Zeits
Bmc Racing Team
31 Richie Porte
32 Alessandro De Marchi
33 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
34 Brent Bookwalter
35 Dylan Teuns
36 Nicolas Roche
37 Joseph Rosskopf
38 Rohan Dennis
Bora – Hansgrohe
41 Peter Sagan
42 Emanuel Buchmann
43 Marcus Burghardt
44 Davide Formolo
45 Rafal Majka
46 Jay Mc Carthy
47 Lukas Pöstlberger
48 Michael Schwarzmann
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Groupama – Fdj
51 Thibaut Pinot
52 Mickael Delage
53 Antoine Duchesne
54 Rudy Molard
55 Georg Preidler
56 Marc Sarreau
57 Benjamin Thomas
58 Léo Vincent
Lotto Soudal
61 Tiesj Benoot
62 Sander Armee
63 Victor Campenaerts
64 Thomas De Gendt
65 Bjorg Lambrecht
66 Maxime Monfort
67 Tosh Van Der Sande
68 Jelle Wallays
Mitchelton – Scott
71 Simon Philip Yates
72 Michael Albasini
73 Alexander Edmondson
74 Jack Haig
75 Damien Howson
76 Luka Mezgec
77 Matteo Trentin
78 Adam Yates
Movistar Team
81 Nairo Quintana
82 Andrey Amador
83 Winner Andrew Anacona
84 Daniele Bennati
85 Richard Carapaz
86 Imanol Erviti
87 Nelson Oliveira
88 Alejandro Valverde
Quick – Step Floors
91 Elia Viviani
92 Kasper Asgreen
93 Laurens De Plus
94 Dries Devenyns
95 Enric Mas Nicolau
96 Michael Mørkøv
97 Fabio Sabatini
98 Pieter Serry
Team Dimension Data
101 Louis Meintjes
102 Igor Anton Hernandez
103 Stephen Cummings
104 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Werkilul
105 Ryan Gibbons
106 Benjamin King
107 Merhawi Kudus
108 Johann Van Zyl
Team Ef Education First – Drapac P/B Cannondale
111 Rigoberto Uran
112 Simon Clarke
113 Mitchell Docker
114 Sebastian Langeveld
115 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
116 Pierre Rolland
117 Tom Van Asbroeck
118 Michael Woods
Team Katusha Alpecin
121 Ilnur Zakarin
122 Ian Boswell
123 José Gonçalves
124 Reto Hollenstein
125 Pavel Kochetkov
126 Maurits Lammertink
127 Tiago Machado
128 Jhonatan Restrepo Valencia
Team Lotto Nl – Jumbo
131 Steven Kruijswijk
132 George Bennett
133 Lars Boom
134 Floris De Tier
135 Sepp Kuss
136 Thomas Leezer
137 Bert-Jan Lindeman
138 Danny Van Poppel
Team Sky
141 David De La Cruz Melgarejo
142 Jonathan Castroviejo
143 Tao Geoghegan Hart
144 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
145 Michal Kwiatkowski
146 Salvatore Puccio
147 Pavel Sivakov
148 Dylan Van Baarle
Team Sunweb
151 Wilco Kelderman
152 Johannes Fröhlinger
153 Simon Geschke
154 Jai Hindley
155 Michael Storer
156 Mike Teunissen
157 Martijn Tusveld
158 Maximilian Richard Walscheid
Trek – Segafredo
161 Bauke Mollema
162 Gianluca Brambilla
163 Matthias Brändle
164 Nicola Conci
165 Fabio Felline
166 Markel Irizar Aramburu
167 Giacomo Nizzolo
168 Kiel Reijnen
Uae Team Emirates
171 Fabio Aru
172 Sven Erik Bystrøm
173 Simone Consonni
174 Valerio Conti
175 Vegard Stake Laengen
176 Daniel Martin
177 Simone Petilli
178 Edward Ravasi
Burgos Bh
181 José Mendes
182 Jetse Bol
183 Oscar Cabedo Carda
184 Jorge Cubero Galvez
185 Jesus Ezquerra Muela
186 Jordi Simon Casulleras
187 Diego Rubio Hernandez
188 Pablo Torres Muiño
Caja Rural – Seguros Rga
191 Sergio Pardilla Bellon
192 Alex Aranburu Deba
193 Jonathan Lastra Martinez
194 Luis Guillermo Mas Bonet
195 Antonio Molina Canet
196 Cristian Rodriguez Martin
197 Nicholas Jack William Schultz
198 Nelson Andres Soto Martinez
Cofidis, Solutions Credits
201 Nacer Bouhanni
202 Loic Chetout
203 Jesus Herrada
204 Jose Herrada
205 Mathias Le Turnier
206 Luis Angel Mate Mardones
207 Stéphane Rossetto
208 Kenneth Vanbilsen
Euskadi Basque Country – Murias
211 Eduard Prades Reverter
212 Jon Aberasturi Izaga
213 Aritz Bagues Kalparsoro
214 Mikel Bizkarra Etxegibel
215 Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide
216 Mikel Iturria Segurola
217 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea
218 Hector Saez Benito
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