2024 Vuelta a España
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The 2024 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race that took place in Portugal and Spain between 17 August and 8 September. It was the 79th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2024 men's road cycling season. The race departed from Lisbon and finished in Madrid.[1]
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![]() Route of the 2024 Vuelta a España | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Race details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates | 17 August – 8 September | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 3,304.3 km (2,053 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 81h 49' 18" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The race was won by Primož Roglič of team Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe for a record-tying 4th time. Roglič took the lead in the general classification on stage 3 before relinquishing it to Ben O'Connor (Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale), who wore the maillot rojo from stages 6 to 19. Roglič won stages 4, 8, and 19, and on stage 19 also regained the lead in the GC. O'Connor held onto second place, his best finish in a grand tour, while Enric Mas of the Movistar Team finished in third.[2]
Wout van Aert (Visma–Lease a Bike) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin–Deceuninck) won three stages, with Groves winning the points classification after van Aert abandoned the race during stage 16 after crashing during a slippery descent. Groves finished with 226 points, a comfortable advantage over Roglič, his nearest opponent, who had 140. Van Aert had 291 points before abandoning.[3]
Jay Vine and Marc Soler of UAE Team Emirates XRG won the mountains classification and the combativity award, respectively. Their team also won the team classification. Mattias Skjelmose of Lidl–Trek won the young rider classification.[4]
Teams
22 teams took part in the race. All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by 4 UCI ProTeams: the two highest placed UCI ProTeams in 2023 (Lotto–Dstny and Israel–Premier Tech), along with Equipo Kern Pharma and Euskaltel–Euskadi who were selected by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Vuelta.[5]
Soudal–Quick-Step chose to compete under a different name from the rest of the season: they became T-Rex Quick-Step, using the name of a product made by Soudal, their normal sponsor.[6]
UCI WorldTeams
- Alpecin–Deceuninck
- Arkéa–B&B Hotels
- Astana Qazaqstan Team
- Cofidis
- Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
- EF Education–EasyPost
- Groupama–FDJ
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Intermarché–Wanty
- Lidl–Trek
- Movistar Team
- Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
- T-Rex Quick-Step
- Team Bahrain Victorious
- Team dsm–firmenich PostNL
- Team Jayco–AlUla
- Visma–Lease a Bike
- UAE Team Emirates
UCI ProTeams
Route and stages
Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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1 | 17 August | Lisbon (Portugal) to Oeiras (Portugal) | 12 km (7.5 mi) | ![]() |
Individual time trial | ![]() |
2 | 18 August | Cascais (Portugal) to Ourém (Portugal) | 194 km (121 mi) | ![]() |
Hilly stage | ![]() |
3 | 19 August | Lousã (Portugal) to Castelo Branco (Portugal) | 191.2 km (118.8 mi) | ![]() |
Hilly stage | ![]() |
4 | 20 August | Plasencia to Pico Villuercas | 170.5 km (105.9 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ![]() |
5 | 21 August | Fuente del Maestre to Sevilla | 177 km (110 mi) | ![]() |
Flat stage | ![]() |
6 | 22 August | Jerez de la Frontera to Yunquera | 185.5 km (115.3 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ![]() |
7 | 23 August | Archidona to Córdoba | 180.5 km (112.2 mi) | ![]() |
Hilly stage | ![]() |
8 | 24 August | Úbeda to Cazorla | 159 km (99 mi) | ![]() |
Medium-mountain stage | ![]() |
9 | 25 August | Motril to Granada | 178.5 km (110.9 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ![]() |
26 August | Vigo | Rest day | ||||
10 | 27 August | Ponteareas to Baiona | 160 km (99 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ![]() |
11 | 28 August | Padrón to Padrón | 166.5 km (103.5 mi) | ![]() |
Medium-mountain stage | ![]() |
12 | 29 August | Orense to Estación de Montaña de Manzaneda | 137.5 km (85.4 mi) | ![]() |
Hilly stage | ![]() |
13 | 30 August | Lugo to Puerto de Ancares | 176 km (109 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ![]() |
14 | 31 August | Villafranca del Bierzo to Villablino | 200.5 km (124.6 mi) | ![]() |
Medium-mountain stage | ![]() |
15 | 1 September | Infiesto to Valgrande-Pajares | 143 km (89 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ![]() |
2 September | Oviedo | Rest day | ||||
16 | 3 September | Luanco to Lagos de Covadonga | 181.5 km (112.8 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ![]() |
17 | 4 September | Arnuero to Santander | 141.5 km (87.9 mi) | ![]() |
Medium-mountain stage | ![]() |
18 | 5 September | Vitoria-Gasteiz to Maeztu | 179.5 km (111.5 mi) | ![]() |
Medium-mountain stage | ![]() |
19 | 6 September | Logroño to Alto de Moncalvillo | 173.5 km (107.8 mi) | ![]() |
Hilly stage | ![]() |
20 | 7 September | Villarcayo to Picón Blanco | 172 km (107 mi) | ![]() |
Mountain stage | ![]() |
21 | 8 September | Distrito Telefónica to Madrid | 24.6 km (15.3 mi) | ![]() |
Individual time trial | ![]() |
Total | 3,304.3 km (2,053.2 mi) |
Pre-race favourites
The general classification competition was expected to be more open than the preceding Giro d'Italia or Tour de France.[7] Media analysis focused on the absence of three members of the Big Four: Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, and Remco Evenepoel.[8] The remaining member, Primož Roglič, was widely considered a pre-race favourite, alongside 2023 Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss. Other expected contenders for the podium were Adam Yates, João Almeida, Carlos Rodríguez, Mikel Landa, Thymen Arensman, Ben O'Connor, and Enric Mas.[7][9]
Classification leadership
- On stage 2, Wout van Aert, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Brandon McNulty wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification and second-placed Mathias Vacek wore the white jersey as the leader of the young rider classification.
- On stage 2, Stefan Küng, who was fourth in the general classification, wore the blue polkadot jersey.
- On stage 4, Kaden Groves, who was second in the points classification classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Wout van Aert wore wear the red jersey as the general classification leader.
- On stages 14–15, Marc Soler, who was second in the mountains classification classification, wore the polkadot jersey, because first-placed Wout van Aert wore the green jersey as the points classification leader. For the same reason, Jay Vine wore the jersey on stage 16.
Classification standings
Legend | |||
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Denotes the winner of the general classification | ![]() |
Denotes the winner of the young rider classification |
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Denotes the winner of the points classification | ![]() |
Denotes the winner of the team classification |
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Denotes the winner of the mountains classification | ![]() |
Denotes the winner of the combativity award |
General classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | 81h 49' 18" |
2 | ![]() |
Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | + 2' 36" |
3 | ![]() |
Movistar Team | + 3' 13" |
4 | ![]() |
EF Education–EasyPost | + 4' 02" |
5 | ![]() ![]() |
Lidl–Trek | +5' 49" |
6 | ![]() |
Groupama–FDJ | + 6' 32" |
7 | ![]() |
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | + 7' 05" |
8 | ![]() |
Soudal–Quick-Step | + 8' 48" |
9 | ![]() ![]() |
UAE Team Emirates | + 10' 04" |
10 | ![]() |
Ineos Grenadiers | + 11' 19" |
Points classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
Alpecin–Deceuninck | 226 |
2 | ![]() ![]() |
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | 140 |
3 | ![]() |
Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | 118 |
4 | ![]() |
Equipo Kern Pharma | 117 |
5 | ![]() |
Lidl–Trek | 110 |
6 | ![]() |
Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | 106 |
7 | ![]() |
Movistar Team | 102 |
8 | ![]() |
Team Jayco–AlUla | 100 |
9 | ![]() |
Groupama–FDJ | 99 |
10 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UAE Team Emirates | 98 |
Mountains classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
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1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UAE Team Emirates | 78 |
2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
UAE Team Emirates | 76 |
3 | ![]() |
Equipo Kern Pharma | 43 |
4 | ![]() ![]() |
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | 32 |
5 | ![]() |
Israel–Premier Tech | 32 |
6 | ![]() |
Movistar Team | 28 |
7 | ![]() |
Team Jayco–AlUla | 27 |
8 | ![]() ![]() |
UAE Team Emirates | 26 |
9 | ![]() |
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | 25 |
10 | ![]() |
Groupama–FDJ | 24 |
Young rider classification
Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
Lidl–Trek | 81h 55' 07" |
2 | ![]() |
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | + 1' 16" |
3 | ![]() |
Ineos Grenadiers | + 5' 30" |
4 | ![]() |
Israel–Premier Tech | + 1h 40' 48" |
5 | ![]() |
Team dsm–firmenich PostNL | + 1h 50' 46" |
6 | ![]() ![]() |
UAE Team Emirates | + 1h 51' 38" |
7 | ![]() |
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | + 1h 54' 14" |
8 | ![]() |
Soudal–Quick-Step | + 2h 09' 35" |
9 | ![]() |
Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | + 2h 12' 06" |
10 | ![]() |
Astana Qazaqstan Team | + 2h 16' 36" |
Team classification
Rank | Team | Time |
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1 | ![]() ![]() |
245h 12' 58" |
2 | ![]() |
+ 33' 53" |
3 | ![]() |
+ 1h 23' 09" |
4 | ![]() |
+ 1h 53' 33" |
5 | ![]() |
+ 2h 16' 51" |
6 | ![]() |
+ 2h 28' 28" |
7 | ![]() |
+ 2h 47' 49" |
8 | ![]() |
+ 2h 47' 58" |
9 | ![]() |
+ 2h 55' 08" |
10 | ![]() |
+ 3h 18' 42" |
References
External links
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