Vuelta a Burgos

Very few days before the start of La Vuelta in Lisbon, the men’s Movistar Team restarts its activity with the 46th Vuelta a Burgos, which presents some interesting changes to its traditional route. ITTs are back as the Spanish stagerace will see its GC being decided into an almost-19-kilometer test from Santa María del Campo to Pampliega, on Thursday 8th August (stage four).

Before the time trial, riders will contend two consecutive mountain-top finishes. A short ascent to Ojo Guareña (Tuesday 6th, stage two) will be followed by a renewed version of the Lagunas de Neila (Wednesday 7th, stage three), finishing at the El Portón area to avoid the last 1.5km uphill and climbing the toughest slopes -just over 2km at almost 12%- right before the finish.

The race will end at a quite different place on Friday 9th, with a finishing circuit in Treviño, an enclave inside the Basque Country, which will mean the peloton will cover a big portion of stage five in Álava and end as close as it gets to the Basque Country. The Clásica de San Sebastián is raced a day later -an obligatory chance, due to the Olympics-, which will be quite thanked for by the race convoy.