The Vuelta 2023 or Tour of Spain 2023 is one of the three major national tours of Europe to see the world with the Giro (Tour of Italy) and the Tour de France in this year.
Vuelta 2023 date
The Vuelta or Tour of Spain 2023 takes place from Saturday August 26, 2023 to Sunday September 17, 2023.
Vuelta 2023 route
21 stages, 2 days off on Mondays, details of the 2023 Tour of Spain:
| Step | Type | Date | Departure and Arrival | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step 1 | C.l.m per team | Saturday, August 26, 2023 | Barcelona --> Barcelona | 14.8 km |
| Step 2 | Accident | Sunday, August 27, 2023 | Mataró --> Barcelona | 182 km |
| Step 3 | Mountain | Monday, August 28, 2023 | Súria --> Arinsal. Andorra | 158.5 km |
| Step 4 | Accident | Tuesday, August 29, 2023 | Andorra la Vella.Andorra --> Tarragona | 185km |
| Step 5 | Accident | Wednesday, August 30, 2023 | Morella --> Burriana | 186.5 km |
| Step 6 | Mountain | Thursday, August 31, 2023 | La Vall d'Uixó --> Pico del Buitre. Astrophysical Observatory of Javalambre | 183.5 km |
| Step 7 | Flat | Friday, September 1, 2023 | Utiel --> Oliva | 201 km |
| Step 8 | Mountain | Saturday, September 2, 2023 | Denia --> Xorret de Catí. Costa Blanca Interior | 165 km |
| Step 9 | Accident | Sunday, September 3, 2023 | Cartagena --> Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca | 184.5 km |
| - | Rest | Monday, September 4, 2023 | Valladolid | |
| Step 10 | Individual C.l.m | Tuesday, September 5, 2023 | Valladolid --> Valladolid | 25.8 km |
| Step 11 | Flat. Arrival at altitude | Wednesday, September 6, 2023 | Lerma --> The Laguna Negra.Vinuesa | 163.5 km |
| Step 12 | Flat | Thursday, September 7, 2023 | Ólvega --> Zaragoza | 151 km |
| Step 13 | Mountain | Friday, September 8, 2023 | Formigal. Huesca la Magia --> Col du Tourmalet | 135 km |
| Step 14 | Mountain | Saturday, September 9, 2023 | Sauveterre-de-Béarn --> Larra-Belagua | 156.5 km |
| Step 15 | Accident | Sunday, September 10, 2023 | Pamplona --> Lekunberri | 158.5 km |
| - | Rest | Monday, September 11, 2023 | Santander | |
| Step 16 | Flat. Arrival at altitude | Tuesday, September 12, 2023 | Liencres Playa --> Bejes | 120.5 km |
| Step 17 | Mountain | Wednesday, September 13, 2023 | Ribadesella / Ribeseya --> Altu de L'Angliru | 124.5 km |
| Step 18 | Mountain | Thursday, September 14, 2023 | Pola de Allande --> The Cross of Linares | 179 km |
| Step 19 | Flat | Friday, September 15, 2023 | La Bañeza --> Íscar | 177.5 km |
| Step 20 | Accident | Saturday, September 16, 2023 | Manzanares El Real --> Guadarrama | 208 km |
| Step 21 | Flat | Sunday, September 17, 2023 | Hipódromo de la Zarzuela --> Madrid. Landscaping of the Luz | 101.5 km |
The Tour of Spain in the Pyrenees this September 2023
Stage 13 of the Vuelta 2023 will take cyclists from the resort of Formigal (Huesca) to the French border to the summit of the Tour of Spain 2023: the Col du Tourmalet.
The program is therefore from Friday September 8, 2023 for the riders of the Vuelta 2023.
Indeed 4 passes are on the program for the stage over 134.7 km of steep road.
Here are the details of the French Pyrenees stage of the Vuelta 2023 with arrival at Tourmalet
From the start of the stage, the cyclists will switch to France at the Col du Pourtalet at km 4.4
Then will come the Col d'Aubisque which culminates at 1709 meters above sea level at km 48.7
Then you will climb the Pass of Spandelles which culminates at 1378 meters above sea level at km 82
In the end the Col du Tourmalet at 2115 meters above sea level which will certainly crown the strongest rider in the peloton.
This beautiful Pyrenean stage will pass through Laruns, Les Ga