Vuelta a España 2024, Stage 6: Jerez de la Frontera → Yunquera
Mountain, 22 August 2024. 185.5 km with 3,711 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 185.5 km
- Climbing
- 3,711 m
- Highest point
- 1,101 m
- Steepest km
- 8.8% at km 89
- Start
- Jerez de la Frontera 29 m
- Finish
- Yunquera 732 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:45 local time: 10 km/h from the west, gusting to 28 km/h on average. Mostly dry, with rain recorded at some points.
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
- Direction
- West 249°
- Average gust
- 28 km/h
- Temperature
- 30°C 22 to 35°C
Historical weather for 22 August 2024, sampled at 50 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
A mountain stage: 185.5 km, 3,711 m of climbing, 49.8 km of the route above 3% and 5.6 km above 8%.
The high point is 1,101 m at km 67. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 8.8%, at km 89. The last 3 km to the line climb at 4.4% on average.
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?