Vuelta 2022: Route and stages

The Dutch city Utrecht hosts the Big Start of the upcoming Vuelta a España. After three days of flat racing the route continues in the north of Spain. The second weekend sees steep climbing in Asturias, while the longest climbs take place in the second week in the hot and deep south of the country. La Vuelta kicks into gear on Friday 19 August and finishes on Sunday 11 September. (Slideshow route/profile)

Read more about the route of the 2022 Vuelta a España.

The Vuelta a España used to be the least geographically adventurous of the three Grand Tours. The race ventured outside Spain for a start for the first time to neighbouring Portugal in 1997. Drenthe, the Netherlands, hosted the second foreign Gran Salida in 2009 and the third and last foreign start was in 2017 in Nîmes, France.

Click on the links in underneath scheme for in-depth information on the individual stages.

Vuelta a España 2022 stages:

	date	start – finish	km	type
1	19-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 1 Utrecht – Utrecht	23.3	TTT
2	20-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 2 ‘s Hertogenbosch – Utrecht	175.1	flat
3	21-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 3 Breda – Breda	193.2	flat
	22-8	rest day
4	23-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 4 Vitoria-Gasteiz – Laguardia	152.5	hills
5	24-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 5 Irún – Bilbao	187.2	hills
6	25-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 6 Bilbao – Pico del Jano	181.2	mountains
7	26-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 7 Camargo – Cistierna	190.0	hills
8	27-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 8 Pola de Laviana – Collado Fancuaya	153.4	mountains
9	28-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 9 Villaviciosa – Les Praeres	171.4	mountains
	29-8	rest day
10	30-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 10 Elche – Alicante	30.9	ITT
11	31-8	Vuelta 2022 route stage 11 Alhama de Murcia – Cabo de Gata	191.2	vlak
12	1-9	Vuelta 2022 route stage 12 Salobreña – Peñas Blancas	192.7	mountain
13	2-9	Vuelta 2022 route stage 13 Ronda – Montilla	168.4	flat
14	3-9	Vuelta 2022 route stage 14 Montoro – Sierra de La Pandera	160.3	mountains
15	4-9	Vuelta 2022 route stage 15 Martos – Sierra Nevada	149.6	mountains
	5-9	rest day
16	6-9	Vuelta 2022 route stage 16 Sanlúcar de Barrameda – Tomares	189.4	flat
17	7-9	Vuelta 2022 route stage 17 Aracena – Monasterio de Tentudía	162.3	hills
18	8-9	Vuelta 2022 route stage 18 Trujillo – Piornal	192.0	mountains
19	9-9	Vuelta 2022 route stage 19 Talavera de la Reina – Talavera de la Reina	138.3	hills
20	10-9	Vuelta 2022 route stage 20 Moralzarzal – Puerto de Navacerrada	181.0	mountains
21	11-9	Vuelta 2022 route stage 21 Las Rozas – Madrid	96.7	flat