Galicia will enjoy four stages in The Vuelta 2024one for each of the Galician provinces. Pontevedra will be the first to receive the peloton next Tuesday, August 27, in what will be the tenth stage of the competition. The route will start in Pontareas and will conclude in Bayonne.
In this article you can read everything you need to know about the Pontevedra stage of the 2024 Vuelta a España: routeschedules, qualifying ports and places where cyclists pass through.
Route of stage 10 of the 2024 Vuelta
The stage Pontareas-Bayonne This will be the tenth of the current edition of the Vuelta a España. The other three stages in Galicia will be the time trial of registerLugo-Ancares and Ourense-Manzaneda.
Cyclists will leave Ponteareas in the direction Mondarizand will pass through places such as Mondariz-Balneario, Covelo, A Cañiza, Arbo, As Neves or Tuito reach Baiona after traveling 159.6 kilometers.
The stage will not give the cyclists a break, since despite its short length and low altitude, it has hardly any flat metres, so it seems conducive to the formation of escapes.
Twelve kilometers after starting, the climb to the top of FonfriaSecond Category. In the final stretch, three ports will be linked that were already protagonists in the legendary Mos stage of the 2021 Vuelta: Alto de Vilachán, Alto de Mabia and Alto de Mougás.
After crowning Mougás, the cyclists will begin a descent that will end in Bayonne.
Profile of stage 10 of the Vuelta. VUELTA
Pontevedra stage timetable
The rolling start of the stage is scheduled for August 27th at 13.42. The main points of the stage and their passing times are as follows:
Ports that can be scored
The tenth stage of the Vuelta has up to four ports punctuable.
Alto de Fonfría
The Alto de Fonfría is the first port that will be climbed on the day, a height of Second Category which appears in the first kilometers of the stage.
It has 15.4 kilometers of slope to the 4,2 %.
Alto de Vilachán
With 104 kilometers under his belt, the Alto de Vilachána Third Category with a rise of 6.3 kilometers al 5,5%.
High of Madness
After descending Vilachán comes the High of MadnessSecond Category.
This port has an average slope of 5.7% and the ascension It extends for 6 kilometers.
Alto de Mougás
The highlight of the day will be the climb to MougasThis port, of First Category, has an ascent of 9.9 kilometers at an average of 6%.
In the first kilometer there is some ramp that is around 15%.
