Vuelta a España 2024, Stage 18: Vitoria-Gasteiz → Maestu-Parque Natural de Izki
Hilly, 5 September 2024. 179.5 km with 2,699 m of climbing.
The route stored for this stage does not match the official course exactly: it measures 170.2 km against the official 179.5 km. The distance and climbing above are the official figures; the profile and the gradient figures measured on it come from the stored route, so read them as indicative of the terrain rather than an exact reproduction of the stage.
- Distance
- 179.5 km
- Climbing
- 2,699 m
- Highest point
- 1,098 m
- Steepest km
- 11.3% at km 121
- Start
- Vitoria-Gasteiz 507 m
- Finish
- Maestu-Parque Natural de Izki 666 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:00 local time: 6 km/h from the north-west, gusting to 19 km/h on average. Rain recorded on parts of the route.
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
- Direction
- North-west 326°
- Average gust
- 19 km/h
- Temperature
- 16°C 11 to 19°C
Historical weather for 5 September 2024, sampled at 41 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
179.5 km with 2,699 m of climbing. The road rises at more than 3% for 35.3 km of it and is above 8% for 5.5 km, so the climbing comes in repeated efforts rather than one long ascent.
The high point is 1,098 m at km 125. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 11.3%, at km 121. 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?
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