Vuelta 2018: Route and stages

Simon Yates won the 73rd edition of the Vuelta a España ahead of Enric Mas and Miguel Ángel López. The Brit wore the red jersey for eleven days and took one stage. He climbed to victory on the steep haul up Les Praeres in the 14th stage. La Vuelta started on the 25th of August 2018 with a short ITT in Málaga to end on the 16th of September with a parade stage in Madrid. (Slideshow route/profile)

Read about the full route of the 2018 Vuelta a España, or click on the links in table below for information on individual stages, including detailed route maps and height profiles.

Vuelta a España 2018 stages:

	Date	Route description	Length	Type
1	Sa 25-8	Málaga – Málaga	8.0 km	ITT
2	Su 26-8	Marbella – Caminito del Rey	163.5 km	finish uphill
3	Mo 27-8	Mijas – Alhaurín de la Torre	178.2 km	hills, flat finish
4	Tu 28-8	Vélez-Málaga – Sierra de la Alfaguara	161.4 km	mountain finish
5	We 29-8	Vuelta 2018 route stage 5 Granada – Roquetas de Mar	188.7 km	hills, flat finish
6	Th 30-8	Vuelta 2018 route stage 6 Huércal-Overa – Mar Menor (San Javier)	155.7 km	flat
7	Fr 31-8	Puerto Lumbreras – Pozo Alcón	185.7 km	hills
8	Sa 1-9	Linares – Almadén	195.1 km	flat
9	Su 2-9	Talavera Reina – La Covatilla	200.8 km	mountain finish
	Mo 3-9	Rest day
10	Tu 4-9	Salamanca – Bermillo de Sayago	177.0 km	flat
11	We 5-9	Mombuey – Luinta (Ribeira Sacra)	207.8 km	hills
12	Th 6-9	Mondoñedo – Faro de Estaca de Bares	181.1 km	flat
13	Fr 7-9	Candás – La Camperona	174.8 km	mountain finish
14	Sa 8-9	Cangas Onís – Les Praeres	171.0 km	mountain finish
15	Su 9-9	Cistierna – Lagos de Covadonga	178.2 km	mountain finish
	Mo 10-9	Rest day
16	Tu 11-9	Santillana del Mar – Torrelavega	32.0 km	ITT
17	We 12-9	Getxo – Balcón de Bizkaia	157.0 km	mountain finish
18	Th 13-9	Ejea de los Caballeros – Lleida	186.1 km	flat
19	Fr 14-9	Lleida – Coll de la Rabassa (and)	154.4 km	mountain finish
20	Sa 15-9	Escaldes-Engordany (and) – Collada de La Gallina (and)	97.3 km	mountains
21	Su 16-9	Alcorcón – Madrid	100.9 km	flat