Ruta del Sol 2024

  1. Ruta del Sol 2025: Uriarte wins from breakaway, Sivakov retains lead

    Door Harmen Lustig

    Diego Uriarte is the first attacker of the day and also the last. He escapes from the lead group in the final two kilometres and solos to victory. Pavel Sivakov retains the overall lead.

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  2. Ruta del Sol 2024: Van Gils wins ITT and GC

    Door Harmen Lustig

    Maxim Van Gils wins the extremely shortened Ruta del Sol. The Belgian rider turns out on top in the 5 kilometres ITT, which is the only race after the cancellation of four other stages. Juan Ayuso and Antonio Tiberi round out the podium.

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  3. Ruta del Sol 2024 Route stage 1: Alcaudete - Alcaudete

    Door Harmen Lustig

    Friday 16 February - Following two cancelled stages, the Ruta del Sol kicks off with an idividual time trial in Alcaudete. The 5 kilometres route climbs almost from start to finish, albeit at shallow gradients, while the last 500 metres rise on a…

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  4. Ruta del Sol 2024: Start times Alcaudete ITT

    Door Harmen Lustig

    The short ITT in Alcaudete is an unexpected chance to shine for individual time tial specialists, as it was not planned. Cyclingstage.com brings you the most important start times of the 1st stage of the Ruta del Sol.

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  5. Ruta del Sol 2024: The Route

    Door Harmen Lustig

    As always, the Ruta del Sol - aka the Vuelta a Andalucía - presented a mountainous route in 2024. But the race was cut to the bone after farmers protests. Only an ITT of 5 kilometres remained.

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  6. Ruta del Sol 2024: Riders

    Door Harmen Lustig

    Juan Ayuso is the hot favourite to win the Ruta del Sol in a field also featuring former winner Wout Poels and Tim Wellens. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list of the Vuelta a Andalucia.

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  7. Ruta del Sol 2024 Route stage 2: Lucena - Santuario de Araceli

    Door Harmen Lustig

    Saturday 17 February - The 4th stage of the Ruta del Sol amounts to 98 kilometres and features an elevation gain of almost 2,000 metres. Four hilly laps around Lucena precede two climbs in a row - the first 2.8 kilometres at 6.5%, the second 1.4…

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  8. Ruta del Sol 2024 Route stage 3: Benahavís - La Línea de la Concepción

    Door Harmen Lustig

    Sunday 18 February - The riders travel from Benahavís to La Línea de la Concepción on the last day of the Ruta del Sol. The race amounts to 172.4 kilometres, while the elevation gain adds up to almost 3,000 metres. All climbing is done in the…

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  9. Ruta del Sol 2024 Route stage 1: Almuñécar - Cádiar

    Door Harmen Lustig

    Wednesday 14 February - The 1st stage of the Ruta del Sol was supposed to sets off from the shores of the Mediterranean Sea to finish after 162.9 kilometres in Las Alpujarras on the south slopes of the Sierra Nevada. But the race has been…

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  10. Ruta del Sol 2024 Route stage 2: Vélez-Málaga - Alcaudete

    Door Harmen Lustig

    Thursday 15 February - The 2nd stage of the Ruta del Sol was supposed to be a 158.8 kilometres long race from Vélez-Málaga to Alcaudete with 3,355 vertical metres, but the race has been cancelled.

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