Vuelta 2023: Route and stages

Sepp Kuss won the 78th edition of the Vuelta a España ahead of his team mates Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic. The American soloed to victory on the Pico del Buitre in stage 6 and took the red jersey two days later to retain it until the end. The 2023 Tour of Spain started on Saturday 26 August in Barcelona and finished on Sunday 17 September in Madrid.

Read about the full route of the Tour of Spain.

Please click links in the table below for in-depth information on the individual stages.

Vuelta a España 2023 stages:

#	datum	parcours	km	type
1	26-8	Barcelona - Barcelona	14.8	TTT
2	27-8	Mataró - Barcelona	181.8	hills
3	28-8	Sùria - Arinsal	158.5	mountains
4	29-8	Andorra la Vella - Tarrangona	184,6	flat
5	30-8	Morella - Burriana	186.2	hills
6	31-8	La Valle d'Uixó - Javalambre	183.1	mountains
7	1-9	Utiel - Oliva	200.8	flat
8	2-9	Dénia - Xorret Catí	165.0	mountains
9	3-9	Cartagena - Caravaca de la Cruz	184.5	hills
	4-9	rest day
10	5-9	Valladolid - Valladolid	25.8	ITT
11	6-9	Lerma - Laguna Negra	163.2	hills
12	7-9	Ólvega- Zaragoza	150.6	flat
13	8-9	Formigal - Tourmalet	134.7	mountains
14	9-9	Sauveterre-de-Béarn - Larra Belagua	156.2	mountains
15	10-9	Pamplona - Lekunberri	158.3	hills
	11-9	rest day
16	12-9	Liencres - Bejes	120.1	hills
17	13-9	Ribadesella - Angliru	124.4	mountains
18	14-9	Pola de Allande - La Cruz de Linares	178.9	mountains
19	15-9	La Bañeza - Íscar	177.1	flat
20	16-9	Manzanares el Real - Guadarrama	207.8	hills
21	17-9	Hipódromo de la Zarzuela - Madrid	101.1	flat

Vuelta a España 2023: route, profiles, more

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Pamplona - Lekunberri

Sunday 10 September - The 15th stage of La Vuelta is a hilly race with a downhill finale. After a double ascent of the Puerto de Zuarrarrate the last 9 kilometres are on descent. The race between Pamplona and Lekunberri is 158.3 kilometres long.

The Route

Vuelta 2023 The Route

The Vuelta a España kicked off on Saturday 26 August in Barcelona and the race finished on Sunday 17 September in Madrid. What was in between?

TTT in Barcelona

Saturday 26 August - The Vuelta a España opens with a team time trial of 14.8 kilometres in Barcelona. The route is virtually flat.

Mataró - Barcelona

Sunday 27 August - The 2nd stage of La Vuelta sets off from Mataró and takes in two climbs in the first half of the race. The finale on the iconic Montjuïc in Barcelona should favour punchers, while the race totals 181.8 kilometres.

Sùria - Arinsal

Monday 28 August - Stage 3 of La Vuelta takes the riders from Sùria to the Arinsal ski resort in Andorra. The dwarfstate is very mountainous, so the stage winner will be a climber. The climb to the line is 6.9 kilometres long and the average gradient sits at 8.2%, while the race totals 158.5 kilometres.

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Andorra la Vella - Tarragona
Morella - Burriana
La Vall d’Uixó - Javalambre Observatory
Utiel - Oliva
Dénia - Xorret de Catí
Cartagena - Caravaca de la Cruz
Valladolid ITT
Lerma - Laguna Negra
Formigal - Tourmalet
Sauveterre-de-Béarn - Larra-Belagua
Liencres - Bejes
Ribadesella - Angliru
Pola de Allande - La Cruz de Linares
La Bañeza - Íscar
Manzanares El Real - Guadarrama
Hipódromo de la Zarzuela - Madrid
Olvéga - Zaragoza