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2024 Vuelta a España
The 2024 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race that took place in Portugal and Spain between 17 August and 8 September. It was the 79th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2024 men's road cycling season. The race departed from Lisbon and finished in Madrid.
The race was won by Primož Roglič of team Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe for a record-tying 4th time. Roglič took the lead in the general classification on stage 3 before relinquishing it to Ben O'Connor (Decathlon CMA CGM Team), who wore the maillot rojo from stages 6 to 19. Roglič won stages 4, 8, and 19, and on stage 19 also regained the lead in the GC. O'Connor held onto second place, his best finish in a grand tour, while Enric Mas of the Movistar Team finished in third.
Wout van Aert (Visma–Lease a Bike) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin–Premier Tech) won three stages, with Groves winning the points classification after van Aert abandoned the race during stage 16 after crashing during a slippery descent. Groves finished with 226 points, a comfortable advantage over Roglič, his nearest opponent, who had 140. Van Aert had 291 points before abandoning.
Jay Vine and Marc Soler of UAE Team Emirates XRG won the mountains classification and the combativity award, respectively. Their team also won the team classification. Mattias Skjelmose of Lidl–Trek won the young rider classification.
22 teams took part in the race. All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by 4 UCI ProTeams: the two highest placed UCI ProTeams in 2023 (Lotto–Dstny and Israel–Premier Tech), along with Equipo Kern Pharma and Euskaltel–Euskadi who were selected by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Vuelta.
Soudal–Quick-Step chose to compete under a different name from the rest of the season: they became T-Rex Quick-Step, using the name of a product made by Soudal, their normal sponsor.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August | Lisbon (Portugal) to Oeiras (Portugal) | 12 km (7.5 mi) | Individual time trial | Brandon McNulty (USA) | |
| 18 August | Cascais (Portugal) to Ourém (Portugal) | 194 km (121 mi) | Hilly stage | Kaden Groves (AUS) | |
| 19 August | Lousã (Portugal) to Castelo Branco (Portugal) | 191.2 km (118.8 mi) | Hilly stage | Wout van Aert (BEL) | |
| 20 August | Plasencia to Pico Villuercas | 170.5 km (105.9 mi) | Mountain stage | Primož Roglič (SLO) | |
| 21 August | Fuente del Maestre to Sevilla | 177 km (110 mi) | Flat stage | Pavel Bittner (CZE) | |
| 22 August | Jerez de la Frontera to Yunquera | 185.5 km (115.3 mi) | Mountain stage | Ben O'Connor (AUS) | |
| 23 August | Archidona to Córdoba | 180.5 km (112.2 mi) | Hilly stage | Wout van Aert (BEL) | |
| 24 August | Úbeda to Cazorla | 159 km (99 mi) | Medium-mountain stage | Primož Roglič (SLO) | |
| 25 August | Motril to Granada | 178.5 km (110.9 mi) | Mountain stage | Adam Yates (GBR) | |
| 26 August | Vigo | Rest day | |||
| 27 August | Ponteareas to Baiona | 160 km (99 mi) | Mountain stage | Wout van Aert (BEL) | |
| 28 August | Padrón to Padrón | 166.5 km (103.5 mi) | Medium-mountain stage | Eddie Dunbar (IRL) | |
| 29 August | Orense to Estación de Montaña de Manzaneda | 137.5 km (85.4 mi) | Hilly stage | Pablo Castrillo (ESP) | |
| 30 August | Lugo to Puerto de Ancares | 176 km (109 mi) | Mountain stage | Michael Woods (CAN) | |
| 31 August | Villafranca del Bierzo to Villablino | 200.5 km (124.6 mi) | Medium-mountain stage | Kaden Groves (AUS) | |
| 1 September | Infiesto to Valgrande-Pajares | 143 km (89 mi) | Mountain stage | Pablo Castrillo (ESP) | |
| 2 September | Oviedo | Rest day | |||
| 3 September | Luanco to Lagos de Covadonga | 181.5 km (112.8 mi) | Mountain stage | Marc Soler (ESP) | |
| 4 September | Arnuero to Santander | 141.5 km (87.9 mi) | Medium-mountain stage | Kaden Groves (AUS) | |
| 5 September | Vitoria-Gasteiz to Maeztu | 179.5 km (111.5 mi) | Medium-mountain stage | Urko Berrade (ESP) | |
| 6 September | Logroño to Alto de Moncalvillo | 173.5 km (107.8 mi) | Hilly stage | Primož Roglič (SLO) | |
| 7 September | Villarcayo to Picón Blanco | 172 km (107 mi) | Mountain stage | Eddie Dunbar (IRL) | |
| 8 September | Distrito Telefónica to Madrid | 24.6 km (15.3 mi) | Individual time trial | Stefan Küng (SUI) | |
| 3,304.3 km (2,053.2 mi) |
The general classification competition was expected to be more open than the preceding Giro d'Italia or Tour de France. Media analysis focused on the absence of three members of the Big Four: Tadej Pogačar, Jonas Vingegaard, and Remco Evenepoel. The remaining member, Primož Roglič, was widely considered a pre-race favourite, alongside 2023 Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss. Other expected contenders for the podium were Adam Yates, João Almeida, Carlos Rodríguez, Mikel Landa, Thymen Arensman, Ben O'Connor, and Enric Mas.
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification | Combativity award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon McNulty | Brandon McNulty | Brandon McNulty | not awarded | Mathias Vacek | UAE Team Emirates | not awarded | |
| Kaden Groves | Wout van Aert | Kaden Groves | Stefan Küng | Luis Ángel Maté | |||
| Wout van Aert | Wout van Aert | Luis Ángel Maté | Xabier Isasa | ||||
| Primož Roglič | Primož Roglič | Sylvain Moniquet | Antonio Tiberi | Pablo Castrillo | |||
| Pavel Bittner | Ibon Ruiz | ||||||
| Ben O'Connor | Ben O'Connor | Florian Lipowitz | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | Ben O'Connor | |||
| Wout van Aert | Antonio Tiberi | Xabier Isasa | |||||
| Primož Roglič | Primož Roglič | Oier Lazkano | |||||
| Adam Yates | Adam Yates | Florian Lipowitz | UAE Team Emirates | Adam Yates | |||
| Wout van Aert | Wout van Aert | ||||||
| Eddie Dunbar | Carlos Rodriguez | Xandro Meurisse | |||||
| Pablo Castrillo | Pablo Castrillo | ||||||
| Michael Woods | Wout van Aert | Wout van Aert | |||||
| Kaden Groves | Jhonatan Narváez | ||||||
| Pablo Castrillo | Florian Lipowitz | Jay Vine | |||||
| Marc Soler | Kaden Groves | Jay Vine | Carlos Rodriguez | Marc Soler | |||
| Kaden Groves | Xabier Isasa | ||||||
| Urko Berrade | Marc Soler | Marc Soler | |||||
| Primož Roglič | Primož Roglič | Mattias Skjelmose | Isaac del Toro | ||||
| Eddie Dunbar | Jay Vine | Marc Soler | |||||
| Stefan Küng | not awarded |
| Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Denotes the winner of the general classification | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification | ||
| Denotes the winner of the points classification | Denotes the winner of the team classification | ||
| Denotes the winner of the mountains classification | Denotes the winner of the combativity award |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primož Roglič (SLO) | Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | 81h 49' 18" | |
| Ben O'Connor (AUS) | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale | + 2' 36" | |
| Enric Mas (ESP) | Movistar Team | + 3' 13" | |
| Richard Carapaz (ECU) | EF Education–EasyPost | + 4' 02" | |
| Mattias Skjelmose (DEN) | Lidl–Trek | +5' 49" | |
| David Gaudu (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | + 6' 32" | |
| Florian Lipowitz (GER) | Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | + 7' 05" | |
| Mikel Landa (ESP) | Soudal–Quick-Step | + 8' 48" | |
| Pavel Sivakov (FRA) | UAE Team Emirates | + 10' 04" | |
| Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) | Ineos Grenadiers | + 11' 19" |
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