The route
Running from Saturday August 25 to
Sunday September 16 2018, the Vuelta
will be made up of 21 stages and will
cover a total distance of 3,271.4
kilometres.
6 flat stages and 2 flat with high-altitude
finales stages
6 hill stages
5 mountain stages
2 individual time trial stages
Distinctive aspects of the
race
40.7 km individual time trial
46 summits
2 rest days
30 Visits to Málaga Bonuses Points
The official departure of La Vuelta 2018
will be the Spanish tour’s 30th visit to the
capital city of Malaga. The first one took
place in 1936, during La Vuelta’s second
edition, where it hosted both a finish-line
following a departure from Seville, and a
departure that headed towards Granada. The race continues to have the same
bonus points system that awards 10, 6
and 4 seconds to the first three riders in
each stage, respectively, and 3, 2 and 1
seconds to the first three riders to
complete each intermediate sprint. In the Vuelta, not only the general
classification i s at stake, riders also fight
to be first in the points classification, or
to become King of the Mountain in each
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