Vuelta a España 2026 stages: profiles, climbs and wind

21 stages from 22 August 2026 to 13 September 2026: 3,282 km and 56,000 m of climbing in total, made up of 4 flat, 9 hilly, 6 mountain and 2 time trial stages. The longest is stage 2 at 215.2 km; the biggest day of climbing is stage 9 with 5,048 m; the highest point of the race is 2,407 m on stage 4. Each stage page carries the route profile, the gradient figures, the categorised climbs where the roadbook data is in the app, and the wind from the day it was raced.

Every stage

Stage	Route	Date	Distance	Climbing	Type
1	Monaco → Monaco	22 Aug	9.6 km	224 m	Time trial
2	Monaco → Manosque	23 Aug	215.2 km	3,110 m	Hilly
3	Gruissan → Font-Romeu	24 Aug	166.7 km	2,596 m	Hilly
4	Andorra la Vella → Andorra la Vella	25 Aug	104.9 km	3,009 m	Mountain
5	Falset → Roquetes	26 Aug	171.1 km	1,659 m	Flat
6	Alcossebre → Castellón	27 Aug	176.8 km	3,045 m	Hilly
7	Vall d'Alba → Aramón Valdelinares	28 Aug	149.9 km	3,572 m	Mountain
8	Puçol → Xeraco	29 Aug	167.4 km	1,305 m	Flat
9	La Vila Joiosa → Alto de Aitana	30 Aug	187.5 km	5,048 m	Mountain
10	Alcaraz → Elche de la Sierra	1 Sep	184.5 km	2,670 m	Hilly
11	Cartagena → Lorca	2 Sep	156.1 km	1,391 m	Flat
12	Vera → Calar Alto	3 Sep	166.5 km	4,460 m	Mountain
13	Almuñécar → Loja	4 Sep	193.2 km	3,399 m	Hilly
14	Jaén → Sierra de la Pandera	5 Sep	152.7 km	4,060 m	Mountain
15	Palma del Río → Córdoba	6 Sep	181.2 km	2,853 m	Hilly
16	Cortegana → La Rábida	8 Sep	186.0 km	2,244 m	Hilly
17	Dos Hermanas → Sevilla	9 Sep	189.2 km	956 m	Flat
18	El Puerto de Santa María → Jerez de la Frontera	10 Sep	32.5 km	178 m	Time trial
19	Vélez-Málaga → Peñas Blancas	11 Sep	205.1 km	3,987 m	Hilly
20	La Calahorra → Collada de Alguacil	12 Sep	187.0 km	5,041 m	Mountain
21	Granada → Granada	13 Sep	99.4 km	1,193 m	Hilly

Distance, climbing and type from the official route data.

Climbs of the race

Climb	Stage	Category	Length	Average	Summit
Collado del Alguacil	Stage 20	HC	8.3 km	10.0%	1,880 m
Alto de Aitana	Stage 9	Cat 1	21.6 km	5.8%	1,544 m
Port de Envalira	Stage 4	Cat 1	24.4 km	5.0%	2,407 m
Calar Alto	Stage 12	Cat 1	17.1 km	5.6%	2,151 m
Alto de Velefique	Stage 12	Cat 1	11.0 km	7.0%	1,786 m
Coll d'Ordino	Stage 4	Cat 1	9.9 km	7.0%	1,982 m
Alto de Hazallanas	Stage 20	Cat 1	7.3 km	9.4%	1,669 m
Alto de Hazallanas	Stage 20	Cat 1	7.2 km	9.5%	1,669 m
Puerto de El Purche	Stage 20	Cat 1	8.4 km	8.0%	1,486 m
Sierra de La Pandera	Stage 14	Cat 1	8.5 km	7.9%	1,821 m
Collada de Beixalis	Stage 4	Cat 1	6.5 km	8.6%	1,801 m
Aramón Valdelinares	Stage 7	Cat 1	8.3 km	6.5%	1,961 m
Puerto de El Miserat	Stage 9	Cat 1	5.0 km	10.1%	627 m
Puertoviejo	Stage 14	Cat 2	11.3 km	5.3%	1,186 m
Puerto El Remolcador	Stage 7	Cat 2	12.0 km	4.4%	983 m
Port de Tudons	Stage 9	Cat 2	11.7 km	4.0%	1,020 m
Collado García	Stage 12	Cat 2	18.9 km	2.4%	1,240 m
Puerto de Locubín	Stage 14	Cat 2	9.0 km	5.0%	1,091 m
Puerto de San Rafael	Stage 7	Cat 2	9.5 km	4.4%	1,561 m
Puerto de Tàrbena	Stage 9	Cat 2	6.7 km	5.4%	590 m
Alto Fuente de Rubielos	Stage 7	Cat 3	6.1 km	6.1%	1,003 m
Puerto de Blancares	Stage 20	Cat 3	9.4 km	3.3%	1,288 m
Port de Benifallim	Stage 9	Cat 3	4.8 km	5.9%	1,013 m
Alto de Zucaina	Stage 7	Cat 3	5.3 km	4.8%	809 m
Port de Tollos	Stage 9	Cat 3	4.0 km	5.7%	821 m
Alto de La Comella	Stage 4	Cat 3	3.8 km	5.4%	1,344 m
Puerto de la Virgen	Stage 12	Cat 3	3.7 km	5.2%	667 m
Puerto Los Barrancos	Stage 12	Cat 3	4.9 km	3.9%	472 m

Roadbook figures, ranked by category then height gained. The full list across all races is on the climbs page.

Every stage here runs in ProPace with the real wind from the day, and the app puts your own numbers on it against the pro reference. How the simulation works, and what it deliberately cannot tell you, is set out in How much slower than a pro are you?

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