La Vuelta Femenina 2024, Stage 8: Madrid → Valdesquí
Mountain, 5 May 2024. 89.5 km with 2,162 m of climbing.
- Distance
- 89.5 km
- Climbing
- 2,162 m
- Highest point
- 1,865 m
- Steepest km
- 9.2% at km 53
- Start
- Madrid 719 m
- Finish
- Valdesquí 1,865 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 15:00 local time: 16 km/h from the south-west, gusting to 42 km/h on average. Rain recorded on parts of the route.
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
- Direction
- South-west 224°
- Average gust
- 42 km/h
- Temperature
- 16°C 9 to 20°C
Historical weather for 5 May 2024, sampled at 28 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
89.5 km with 2,162 m of climbing. On the route profile 30.2 km of the road rises at more than 3%, and 1.8 km of it is steeper than 8%.
The high point is 1,865 m at the finish. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 9.2%, at km 53. 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?
Ride La Vuelta Femenina 2024 stage 8 against a pro in ProPace. Every stage and every feature is free.
