Vuelta 2020: Favourites

Primoz Roglic defended his crown with gusto in edition 75 of La Vuelta. Chris Froome, Alejandro Valverde, Hugh Carthy, Dan Martin, Enric Mas, Richard Carapaz and Wout Poels were other prominent contenders, while Sam Bennett and Pascal Ackermann were going head to head in the sprint stages.

Read about the pre-race GC 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).

Vuelta a España 2020 – favourites per stage:

date favourites km type
1 20-10 GC Punchers for first red jersey 173.0 hills
2 21-10 Climbers with descending skills 151.6 hills
3 22-10 Decisive steep last kilometre 166.1 hills
4 23-10 Bennett versus BORA 191.7 flat
5 24-10 Attackers in Pyrenee’s foothills 184.4 hills
6 25-10 GC clash or attackers? 136.6 mountains
26-10 rest day
7 27-10 Breakaway day 159.7 hills
8 28-10 Mountain goats on irregular finish climb 164.0 mountains
9 29-10 Back to the fast men 157.7 flat
10 30-10 Sprint on false flat home straight 185.0 flat
11 31-10 Key race to La Farrapona 170.0 mountains
12 1-11 Heroism at El Angliru 109.4 mountains
2-11 rest day
13 3-11 Roglic rocketing toward GC victory 33.7 ITT
14 4-11 Opportunity for attackers 204.7 hills
15 5-11 For the breakaway 230.8 hills
16 6-11 Attackers with climbing legs 162.0 mountains
17 7-11 Last chance for GC riders 178.2 mountains
18 8-11 Bennett in Madrid 124.2 flat

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