Vuelta a España 2024, Stage 8: Úbeda → Cazorla
Hilly, 24 August 2024. 159.0 km with 2,641 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 159.0 km
- Climbing
- 2,641 m
- Highest point
- 1,240 m
- Steepest km
- 12.4% at km 157
- Start
- Úbeda 745 m
- Finish
- Cazorla 1,053 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 16:30 local time: 8 km/h from the west, gusting to 25 km/h on average. Dry.
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
- Direction
- West 292°
- Average gust
- 25 km/h
- Temperature
- 33°C 29 to 36°C
Historical weather for 24 August 2024, sampled at 44 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
159.0 km with 2,641 m of climbing. The road rises at more than 3% for 34.1 km of it and is above 8% for 3.7 km, so the climbing comes in repeated efforts rather than one long ascent.
The high point is 1,240 m at km 106. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 12.4%, at km 157. It finishes uphill, the final 3 km averaging 8.8%.
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?
Ride Vuelta a España 2024 stage 8 against a pro in ProPace. Every stage and every feature is free.
