This year’s Vuelta a España route, unveiled last week, features a merciless 10 uphill finishes – most of them up bona fide mountains that are at or around the 1,000m mark. It’s a climber’s dream, but even they are going to face some very challenging days in the saddle on the way to the finish in Madrid. Here are some of the likely key battlegrounds.
Cruz de Linares
Stage 18 | Pola de Allande > Cruz de