Vuelta a España 2026, Stage 19: Vélez-Málaga → Peñas Blancas
Hilly, 11 September 2026. 205.1 km with 3,987 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 205.1 km
- Climbing
- 3,987 m
- Highest point
- 1,247 m
- Steepest km
- 10.5% at km 193
- Start
- Vélez-Málaga 2 m
- Finish
- Peñas Blancas 1,247 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 17:45 local time: 16 km/h from the south-east, gusting to 33 km/h on average. Dry.
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
- Direction
- South-east 124°
- Average gust
- 33 km/h
- Temperature
- 26°C 21 to 29°C
Historical weather for 11 September 2026, sampled at 58 points along the route and pre-computed before the app shipped. It is not a live forecast and the app makes no weather calls. For this stage the wind is forecast-derived rather than measured: the file was prepared before the weather archive covered the race day, and it will be replaced when it does. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).
Riding it
A hilly 205.1 km carrying 3,987 m of climbing: 49.7 km of the route is above 3%, 9.2 km above 8%. Not a mountain stage, but nothing about it is flat for long.
The high point is 1,247 m at the finish. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 10.5%, at km 193. It finishes uphill, the final 3 km averaging 7.4%.
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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