Vuelta a España 2024, Stage 14: Villafranca del Bierzo → Villablino
Hilly, 31 August 2024. 200.5 km with 2,876 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 200.5 km
- Climbing
- 2,876 m
- Highest point
- 1,525 m
- Steepest km
- 6.3% at km 101
- Start
- Villafranca del Bierzo 458 m
- Finish
- Villablino 1,001 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:45 local time: 5 km/h from a variable direction, gusting to 17 km/h on average. Rain recorded on parts of the route.
- Average wind
- 5 km/h
- Direction
- Variable
- Average gust
- 17 km/h
- Temperature
- 21°C 16 to 26°C
Historical weather for 31 August 2024, sampled at 56 points along the route and pre-computed before the app shipped. It is not a live forecast and the app makes no weather calls. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).
Riding it
200.5 km with 2,876 m of climbing. The road rises at more than 3% for 38.2 km of it and is above 8% for 0.6 km, so the climbing comes in repeated efforts rather than one long ascent.
The high point is 1,525 m at km 185. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 6.3%, at km 101. It finishes on flat or gently rolling road.
In ProPace the stage runs with this wind along the route, resolved into headwind, tailwind and crosswind at each point, and the app puts your own numbers on it against the pro reference. The reference profile and how the simulation works are set out in How much slower than a pro are you?