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Apparently normality returns to Back to Spain in 2021 after having to do a very limited race in 2020 with 18 stages due to the coronavirus and having to cancel the start in the Netherlands. Lap 21 It will begin on August 15 in the cathedral of Burgos and will end on September 5 in Santiago de Compostela, for the Jacobean year. It will be the second time in this century that the Vuelta does not end in Madrid after 2014. It will also end with a 33.7-kilometer time trial.
The first eight kilometers of the 3.336,1 km that make up the test will be an urban individual time trial in the city of Burgos. A tour around its cathedral, the town’s most emblematic monument, which in 2021 commemorates the 8th centenary of its construction. The next two stages will remain within the Burgos province, ending in the neighborhood of Gamonal and another on top of the White Picon, the first unprecedented high altitude finish of La Vuelta 21.
And is that the Back to Spain 2021 will have 11 new arrivals and departures throughout the 21 stages. Regarding the profiles of each stage, there will be six flat days, two flat days with a high end so that the leaders appear, 2 time trials and eight days of medium and high mountains.
After Picón Blanco, the platoon will move towards the east of the peninsula, with stops in the provinces of Soria, Guadalajara, Cuenca, Albacete, Valencia and Alicante. In this last territory another ascent will be discovered: the Balcony from Alicante. A little further south, La Vuelta will have a goal in the Region from Murcia and will put an end to the first week of competition in the already known Alto from Velefique, on Almeria.
SECOND WEEK
After a first day of rest, the race will resume in Roquetas de Mar and he will take his time to explore the Andalusian geography. The provinces of Málaga, Jaén and Córdoba will pick up the alternative before La Vuelta returns to Estremadura for the first time since 2013. Badajoz and Cáceres will host two starts and two goals in 2021. It stands out for its spectacular nature. Pico Villuercas, a very hard climb and unprecedented in the test. Just before the break, Ávila will finish the second week with a goal in the The shack.
THIRD WEEK
The riders will regain their strength before a final stretch of the race that promises to be very tough. Cantabria will offer an integral stage in the community, before giving way to the ascent to the emblematic Lakes of Covadonga. The Principality of Asturias will seek to become judge of La Vuelta 21, chaining the day in the mythical climb of Canguesa and a stage that will serve to discover a new port for history: the High from El Gamoniteiru. Galicia will retake the test with a goal in Monforte of Lemos and a full stage in the province of Pontevedra that will delight the classicists.
It will not be Madrid, but A Coruña the province chosen for the dispute of the last day of La Vuelta 21. In year Xacobeo and being the 2021 Vuelta de las Catedrales, the organization has prepared a last time trial ending in Santiago de Compostela and departure from Census.
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