Male Team 16 - 20 Feb
Vuelta a Andalucía
816 Kilometers 5 Stages
The race will be broadcast live on Eurosport 2 and GCN, at 1500 CET.
There won’t be any bonus seconds available in this race.
Back to its February dates, the Movistar Team will defend its 2021 title in the Vuelta a Andalucía with very good reasons to be optimistic. The 68th edition of the Ruta del Sol, which otherwise contains no big mountain stages, is still a very demanding race where only some of the strongest will be able to aim for the title.
The uphill finish (last kilometer at 6%) in Iznájar (Wednesday 16th), which Gonzalo Serrano conquered so brilliantly in 2020, will open a race which will tackle another finishing ascent, a cobbled one, on day two in Alcalá la Real (Thursday 17th).
Following those two tough slopes, there will be two chances for the sprinters, Friday 18th in Otura -again a slight uphill- and Saturday 19th in Baza, after climbing the Purche (Cat-1) early on. The race will be decided on Sunday 20th with the only mountain-top finish in Chiclana de Segura (7.1km, 5.2%), following three other categorized climbs.