The course of the Vuelta
In 2008 there will be a mountainous tour through Spain, there will be eight mountain stages, and only four of twenty one stages that are totally flat.
there is a Team event just as last year, the prologue will feature a team time trial of 7km.
The famous but controversial mountain Angliru is featuring in the stages again, its maximum ascend is 23 percent…. so a lot of riders will feel the mountain coming from miles away.
Longest stage is 224 km, from Barbasto to Andorra, this stage feature right after the first day of rest.
Favourite with this layout is Dennis Mentsjov, he’s won the Vuelta twice in the last 3 years and will be aiming for a third one next year.
Below a downhill vid of the decent of the Angliru, watch the guy filming miss the turn…..
And the pro’s in bad weather, Vuelta 1999: