Before winning the Tour de France 2020, Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar caused a sensation in La Vuelta 19 by finishing 3rd, at just 20 years, 11 months and 25 days of age, behind his countryman Primož Roglič and Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde. However, he is not the youngest rider to […]
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LA VUELTA 11 – THE EDITION THAT MARKED THE HISTORY OF WORLD CYCLING
La Vuelta’s 75th edition is about to start. However, there is no need go too far back in time to come across an edition that already had a significant impact in the history of world cycling: in 2011, Chris Froome and Peter Sagan, the two great champions of the decade, […]
THE HIGH-ALTITUDE FINALES OF LA VUELTA 20 WILL TAKE PLACE WITHOUT PUBLIC
ACCESS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL HIGH-ALTITUDE FINALES AND IN SOME TRANSIT MOUNTAIN PASSES OF LA VUELTA 20. The organization of La Vuelta, in coordination with health authorities and the government delegations of all territories crossed by the route of the 75th edition of the race, have agreed […]
THE BASQUE GOVERNMENT AND THE VUELTA ORGANIZATION DECIDE TO CLOSE THE COLS D’ARRATE AND D’ORDUÑA TO THE PUBLIC
THESE ARE PLACES WHERE IT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO ENSURE THAT THE MEASURES CONCERNING THE SAFETY DISTANCE BETWEEN PEOPLE, ESSENTIAL FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST THE TRANSMISSION OF COVID-19. The Basque Government and the organization of La Vuelta have decided that the climbs of the Arrate and Orduña passes (stages 1 […]