Vuelta 2024: Favourites

Wout van Aert Vuelta - Vuelta 2024: Van Aert foto: Cor VosPrimoz Roglic won the 2024 Vuelta a España. Along with Wout van Aert and Kaden Groves, the Slovenian was also the most successful stage hunter, with each of them taking three stage wins.

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 2024 favourites:

start – finish km type
1 17-8 Time triallists for first red jersey 12.0 ITT
2 18-8 For fast men #1 194.0 hills
3 19-8 For fast men #2 191.2 hills
4 20-8 Attackers in first mountain stage 170.4 mountains
5 21-8 For fast men #3 177.0 flat
6 22-8 It’s up to the hilly specialists 185.5 hills
7 23-8 For fast men #4 180.2 hills
8 24-8 Hilly race with punchy finale 158.7 hills
9 25-8 Climbers in the Sierra Nevada 178.2 mountains
26-8 rest day
10 27-8 Attackers with fast descent 159.6 hills
11 28-8 Hilly race for attackers 166.4 hills
12 29-8 Compact attrition race with uphill finish 137.4 mountain
13 30-8 GC clash on brutal Ancares 175.6 mountains
14 31-8 Breakaway artists with descending skills 200.4 mountains
15 1-9 Mountain goats on monster climb 142.9 mountains
2-9 rest day
16 3-9 Battle for red at iconic finish 181.3 mountains
17 4-9 Sprinters or attackers 141.5 flat
18 5-9 Breakaway day 179.3 hills
19 6-9 Attackers on double digit finish 173.2 mountain
20 7-9 GC clash in Queen Stage 172.0 mountains
21 8-9 For ITT specialists, or Roglic 24.6 ITT

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