Male Team 04 - 06 May
Vuelta a Madrid
406 Kilometers 3 Stages
The 31st edition of the Vuelta a Madrid its presenting again in 2018 an unpredictable, really open route, with no terribly hard stages yet demanding enough for the biggest names present at the start in Manzanares El Real to have a shot at the winner’s red, starred jersey.
The opening stage (Friday 4th May) will be the toughest, due to its length (176km) and, above that and despite containing only two rated climbs, also because of its tough finale, with the Alto de Cotos (Cat-2; almost 13km at 5%) just 35 kilometers from the finish, later taking on a short flat to Navacerrada and a long downhill to Manzanares.
The other two routes on the weekend’s program are softer, both in the northern part of the Comunidad de Madrid. On Saturday 5th, riders will tackle pre-Sierra hills -El Espartal, La Trampa and Uceda (Cat-3)- near Alcobendas and San Sebastián de los Reyes (135km), and on Sunday 6, 19 laps will be covered around Madrid’s Paseo de la Castellana, just next to the Santiago Bernabéu stadium.