Vuelta 2017: Favourites

In 2017, Chris Froome completed the Tour de France/Vuelta a España double. He did so against a strong field featuring the likes of Vincenzo Nibali (2nd), Ilnur Zakarin (3rd), Alberto Contador, Fabio Aru, Romain Bardet, the Yates brothers, Wilco Kelderman, Esteban Chaves, and more. (Slideshow route/profile)

Read about the overall contenders or click links in the table below for the favourites to win individual stages. Obviously, all these articles were written before the start of the race.

Vuelta a España 2017: Favourites

Nr	Date	Favourites	Type
1	Sa 19-8	Clash of time trial trains	TTT
2	Su 20-8	Pan-flat sprint party	flat
3	Mo 21-8	Climbers with descending skills	mountains
4	Tu 22-8	Fast finishers in coastal town	flat
5	We 23-8	Attackers or GC guys on punchy last climb	summit finish
6	Th 24-8	Attackers in hilly stage	hilly
7	Fr 25-8	Chance for late attackers	flat
8	Sa 26-8	Strong descenders after punchy last climb	mountains
9	Su 27-8	Punchers on sharp climb to the line	summit finish
	Mo 28-8	rest day
10	Tu 29-8	Attackers with climbing legs and descending skills	mountains
11	We 30-8	Wanted – climbing legs for tough finale	summit finish
12	Th 31-8	Attackers with climbing legs and descending skills	hilly
13	Fr 1-9	For fast finishers with climbing legs	hilly
14	Sa 2-9	For hors catégorie climbers	summit finish
15	Su 3-9	For hors catégory climbers II	mountains, summit finish
	Mo 4-9	rest day
16	Tu 5-9	Second stage victory for Froome?	ITT
17	We 6-9	Climb fest on steep Los Machucos	summit finish
18	Th 7-9	Hilly race with finale for punchers	hilly, summit finish
19	Fr 8-9	Punchers with descending skills and fast legs	hilly, flat start
20	Sa 9-9	Demolition workers on the Angliru	mountains, summit finish
21	Su 10-9	Fast finishers in Madrid	flat