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The Tour of Spain (Vuelta a Espana) announced their 2010 route today. The 65th edition of the race will kick off on August 28th with an evening team time trial event in Sevilla, Spain and will continue through September 19th.

The race will travel around Spain in a counter-clockwise direction. The decisive part of the race will come in stages 14 through 16, when the mountains come on in full force. Stage 17’s individual time trial may not be as crucial to the final podium as the penultimate Stage 20 will contain 4 mountain passes, two rated at Category 1.

All in all, there are to be 11 flat stages, 8 medium or high mountain stages, 6 stages with an uphill finish (Stages 8,11, 14, 15, 16 and 20), the previously mentioned team time trial, and an individual time trial of 46 km.

Finally, what’s old is new again as race leaders will wear a traditional red jersey instead of the gold that has adorned the man to beat since

Stages:

Stage 1 (Saturday, August 28): Seville – Seville (16.5 km team time trial)
Stage 2 (Sunday, August 29): Alcala de Guadaira – Marbella (173 km)
Stage 3 (Sunday, August 30): Marbella – Malaga (156 km)
Stage 4 (Tuesday, August 31): Malaga – Valdepenas of Jaen (177 km)
Stage 5 (Wednesday, September 1): Guadix – Lorca (194 km)
Stage 6 (Thursday, September 2): Caravaca de la Cruz – Murcia (144 km)
Stage 7 (Friday, September 3): Murcia – Orihuela (170 km)
Stage 8 (Saturday, September 4): Villena – Xorret del Cati (188.8 km)
Stage 9 (Sunday, September 5): Calpe – Alcoy (187 km)

Rest day (Monday, September 6)

Stage 10 (Tuesday, September 7): Tarragona – Vilanova i la Geltru (173.7 km)
Stage 11 (Wednesday, September 8): Vilanova i la Geltru – Andorra (Vallnord / sector Pal, 208 km)
Stage 12 (Thursday, September 9): Andorra la Vella – Lleida (175 km)
Stage 13 (Friday, September 10): Rincon de Soto – Burgos (193.7 km)
Stage 14 (Saturday, September 11): Burgos – Pena Cabarga (178.8 km)
Stage 15 (Sunday, September 12): Solares – Lagos de Covadonga (170 km)
Stage 16 (Monday, September 13): Gijon – Cotobello (179.3 km)

Rest day (Tuesday, September 14)

Stage 17 (Wednesday, September 15): Penafiel – Penafiel ( individual time trial 46 km)
Stage 18 (Thursday, September 16): Valladolid – Salamanca (153 km)
Stage 19 (Friday, September 17): Piedrahita – Toledo (200 km)
Stage 20 (Saturday, September 18) San Martin de Valdeiglesias – Bola del Mundo (168.8 km)
Stage 21 (Sunday, September 19): San Sebastian de los Reyes – Madrid (100 km)

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