Vuelta de España celebrates 75th year with new night-time team time trial

Vuelta de España celebrates 75th year with new night-time team time trial
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By h.b. - Dec 16, 2009 - 2:24 PM
The winners jersey in 2010 will be red in colour

Photo - EFE archive

A new night-time team time trial is to be added to the Vuelta de España cycle race next year, and will indeed start the event. It’s not the only change announced on Wednesday by the race organisers who have changed the colour of the leader’s jersey to red in what will be the 75th anniversary edition of the race.
The shirt has been called gold for some time, but in fact remained yellow as in the Tour de France, but changing it to red puts it in line with other Spanish team events, such as the football squad.

This year’s race will start in the evening heat of Sevilla on August 28 at 9pm in a team event against the clock through the streets and avenues of the Andalucian capital.
Total race length is 3,352.6 kms, split into 21 stages, with the last stage starting in the Madrid town of San Sebastián de los Reyes.

The rides will face 40 mountain passes, three of them of the harshest special category, including Gijón-Cotobello, Solares-Lagos de Covadonga, Burgos-Peña Cabarga, and San Martín de Valdeiglesias-Bola del Mundo.

The race will also see a stage end and start in both Marbella and Málaga and will also visit Murcia, Orihuela and Calpe.

Etapa Día Recorrido Kms.
----- --- --------- ------
.1ª 28.08 Sevilla-Sevilla (CRE) 16,5
.2ª 29.08 Alcalá de Guadaíra-Marbella 173
.3ª 30.08 Marbella-Málaga 156
.4ª 31.08 Málaga-Valdepeñas de Jaén 177
.5ª 01.09 Guadix-Lorca 194
.6ª 02.09 Caravaca de la Cruz-Murcia 144
.7ª 03.09 Murcia-Orihuela 170
.8ª 04.09 Villena-Xorret del Catí 188,8
.9ª 05.09 Calpe-Alcoy 187
. 06.09 (Rest and Transfer Day)
10ª 07.09 Tarragona-Vilanova i la Geltrú 173,7
11ª 08.09 Vilanova i la Geltrú-Andorra (Vallnord/Pal) 208
12ª 09.09 Andorra la Vella-Lleida 175
13ª 10.09 Rincón de Soto-Burgos 193,7
14ª 11.09 Burgos-Peña Cabarga 178,8
15ª 12.09 Solares-Lagos de Covadonga 170
16ª 13.09 Gijón-Cotobello 179,3
. 14.09 (Rest and Transfer Day)
17ª 15.09 Peñafiel-Peñafiel (CRI) 46
18ª 16.09 Valladolid-Salamanca 153
19ª 17.09 Piedrahita-Toledo 200
20ª 18.09 San Martín de Valdeiglesias-Bola del Mundo 168,8
21ª 19.09 San Sebastián de los Reyes-Madrid 100
Total Kms. aprox. 3.352,6

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