Vuelta 2019: Favourites

The Vuelta a España was a Grand Tour for climbers. Primoz Roglic, Miguel Ángel López, Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde were among the pre-race favourites, while Roglic came out on top. Sam Bennett and Fabio Jakobsen were the fastest sprinters. Young Tadej Pogacar won three mountain stages.

Read about the pre-race favourites or click on the links in the table below for the favourites to win individual stages. Obviously, all these articles were written before the start of the race(s).

La Vuelta 2019: favourites per stage

	date	favourites	km	type
1	sa 24-8	TTT with red lining	13.4	TTT
2	su 25-8	Versatile ride to Calpe	199.6	hills
3	mo 26-8	Sprinters or daredevil attackers	188	hills
4	tu 27-8	For pure sprinters	175.5	flat
5	we 28-8	Mountain goat on steep last climb	170.7	mountains
6	th 29-8	Breakaway day	198.9	hills
7	fr 30-8	GC battle on finishing Wall	183.3	mountains
8	sa 31-8	Sprinters or (late) attackers	166.9	hills
9	su 1-9	Short thriller in the Pyrenees	94.4	mountains
	mo 2-9	rest day in Pau
10	tu 3-9	Roglic' chance	36.2	ITT
11	we 4-9	Sprint of brave attackers	180,0	hills
12	th 5-9	Punchers with strong descent	171.4	hills
13	fr 6-9	Monster race with brutal finale	166.4	mountains
14	sa 7-9	Back to the fast men	188.0	flat
15	su 8-9	Steep and irregular ascents	154.4	mountains
16	mo 9-9	Finish for diesel-powered climbers	144.4	mountains
	tu 10-9	rest day in Burgos
17	we 11-9	Fast men in longest race	219.6	flat
18	th 12-9	Attackers in medium mountains	177.5	mountains
19	fr 13-9	Cunning sprinters in technical finale	165.2	flat
20	sa 14-9	Attacks on all fronts	190.4	mountains
21	su 15-9	Madrilenean sprint fiesta	106.6	flat