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Total distance: 3,254.7 km

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Stages:

STAGE	TYPE	DATE	START AND FINISH	DISTANCE
1	Individual time trial	Saturday, August 25th	Málaga / Málaga	8 km
2	Flat	Sunday, August 26th	Marbella / Caminito del Rey	163.5km
3	Hilly	Monday, August 27th	Mijas / Alhaurín de la Torre	182.5 km
4	Hilly	Tuesday, August 28th	Vélez-Málaga / Alfacar. Sierra de la Alfaguara	162 km
5	Hilly	Wednesday, August 29th	Granada / Roquetas de Mar	188 km
6	Flat	Thursday, August 30th	Huércal-Overa / San Javier. Mar Menor	153 km
7	Flat	Friday, August 31st	Puerto Lumbreras / Pozo Alcón	182 km
8	Flat	Saturday, September 1st	Linares / Almadén	195.5 km
9	Mountain	Sunday, September 2nd	Talavera de la Reina / La Covatilla	195 km
-	Rest day	Monday, September 3rd
10	Flat	Tuesday, September 4th	Salamanca. VIII Centenario Universidad de Salamanca / Fermoselle. Bermillo de Sayago	172.5 km
11	Hilly	Wednesday, September 5th	Mombuey / Ribeira Sacra. Luintra	208.8 km
12	Hilly	Thursday, September 6th	Mondoñedo / Faro de Estaca de Bares. Mañón	177.5 km
13	Mountain	Friday, September 7th	Candás. Carreño / Valle de Sabero. La Camperona	175.5 km
14	Mountain	Saturday, September 8th	Cistierna / Les Praeres. Nava	167 km
15	Mountain	Sunday, September 9th	Ribera de Arriba / Lagos de Covadonga	185.5 km
-	Rest day	Monday, September 10th
16	Individual time trial	Tuesday, September 11th	Santillana del Mar / Torrelavega	32.7 km
17	Hilly	Wednesday, September 12th	Getxo / Balcón de Bizkaia	166.4 km
18	Flat	Thursday, September 13th	Ejea de los Caballeros / Lleida	180.5 km
19	Flat	Friday, September 14th	Lleida / Andorra. Naturlandia	157 km
20	Mountain	Saturday, September 15th	Andorra. Escaldes-Engordany / Coll de la Gallina. Santuario de Canolich	105.8 km
21	Flat	Sunday, September 16th	Alcorcón / Madrid	112.3 km

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Startlist with back numbers, August 24, 2018:

	BAHRAIN - MERIDA
1	VINCENZO NIBALI
2	IVAN GARCIA
3	GORKA IZAGUIRRE
4	JON IZAGUIRRE
5	MARK PADUN
6	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI
7	HERMANN PERNSTEINER
8	LUKA PIBERNIK
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
11	HUBERT DUPONT
12	MIKAEL CHEREL
13	JULIEN DUVAL
14	TONY GALLOPIN
15	BEN GASTAUER
16	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ
17	ALEXIS GOUGEARD
18	NANS PETERS
	ASTANA PRO TEAM
21	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ
22	PELLO BILBAO
23	DARIO CATALDO
24	OMAR FRAILE
25	JAN HIRT
26	NIKITA STALNOV
27	DAVIDE VILLELLA
28	ANDREY ZEITS
	BMC RACING TEAM
31	RICHIE PORTE
32	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI
33	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO
34	BRENT BOOKWALTER
35	DYLAN TEUNS
36	NICOLAS ROCHE
37	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF
38	ROHAN DENNIS
	BORA - HANSGROHE
41	PETER SAGAN
42	EMANUEL BUCHMANN
43	MARCUS BURGHARDT
44	DAVIDE FORMOLO
45	RAFAL MAJKA
46	JAY MC CARTHY
47	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER
48	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN
	GROUPAMA - FDJ
51	THIBAUT PINOT
52	MICKAEL DELAGE
53	ANTOINE DUCHESNE
54	RUDY MOLARD
55	GEORG PREIDLER
56	MARC SARREAU
57	BENJAMIN THOMAS
58	LÉO VINCENT
	LOTTO SOUDAL
61	TIESJ BENOOT
62	SANDER ARMEE
63	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS
64	THOMAS DE GENDT
65	BJORG LAMBRECHT
66	MAXIME MONFORT
67	TOSH VAN DER SANDE
68	JELLE WALLAYS
	MITCHELTON - SCOTT
71	SIMON YATES
72	MICHAEL ALBASINI
73	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON
74	JACK HAIG
75	DAMIEN HOWSON
76	LUKA MEZGEC
77	MATTEO TRENTIN
78	ADAM YATES
	MOVISTAR TEAM
81	NAIRO QUINTANA
82	ANDREY AMADOR
83	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA
84	DANIELE BENNATI
85	RICHARD CARAPAZ
86	IMANOL ERVITI
87	NELSON OLIVEIRA
88	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE
	QUICK - STEP FLOORS
91	ELIA VIVIANI
92	KASPER ASGREEN
93	LAURENS DE PLUS
94	DRIES DEVENYNS
95	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU
96	MICHAEL MØRKØV
97	FABIO SABATINI
98	PIETER SERRY
	TEAM DIMENSION DATA
101	LOUIS MEINTJES
102	IGOR ANTON HERNANDEZ
103	STEPHEN CUMMINGS
104	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER WERKILUL
105	RYAN GIBBONS
106	BENJAMIN KING
107	MERHAWI KUDUS
108	JOHANN VAN ZYL
	TEAM EF EDUCATION FIRST - DRAPAC
111	RIGOBERTO URAN
112	SIMON CLARKE
113	MITCHELL DOCKER
114	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD
115	DANIEL MORENO
116	PIERRE ROLLAND
117	TOM VAN ASBROECK
118	MICHAEL WOODS
	TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
121	ILNUR ZAKARIN
122	IAN BOSWELL
123	JOSÉ GONÇALVES
124	RETO HOLLENSTEIN
125	PAVEL KOCHETKOV
126	MAURITS LAMMERTINK
127	TIAGO MACHADO
128	JHONATAN RESTREPO
	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO
131	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK
132	GEORGE BENNETT
133	LARS BOOM
134	FLORIS DE TIER
135	SEPP KUSS
136	THOMAS LEEZER
137	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN
138	DANNY VAN POPPEL
	TEAM SKY
141	DAVID DE LA CRUZ
142	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO
143	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART
144	SERGIO LUIS HENAO
145	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI
146	SALVATORE PUCCIO
147	PAVEL SIVAKOV
148	DYLAN VAN BAARLE
	TEAM SUNWEB
151	WILCO KELDERMAN
152	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER
153	SIMON GESCHKE
154	JAI HINDLEY
155	MICHAEL STORER
156	MIKE TEUNISSEN
157	MARTIJN TUSVELD
158	MAXIMILIAN RICHARD WALSCHEID
	TREK - SEGAFREDO
161	BAUKE MOLLEMA
162	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA
163	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE
164	NICOLA CONCI
165	FABIO FELLINE
166	MARKEL IRIZAR
167	GIACOMO NIZZOLO
168	KIEL REIJNEN
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
171	FABIO ARU
172	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM
173	SIMONE CONSONNI
174	VALERIO CONTI
175	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN
176	DANIEL MARTIN
177	SIMONE PETILLI
178	EDWARD RAVASI
	BURGOS BH
181	JOSÉ MENDES
182	JETSE BOL
183	OSCAR CABEDO CARDA
184	JORGE CUBERO GALVEZ
185	JESUS EZQUERRA MUELA
186	JORDI SIMON CASULLERAS
187	DIEGO RUBIO HERNANDEZ
188	PABLO TORRES MUIÑO
	CAJA RURAL - SEGUROS RGA
191	SERGIO PARDILLA
192	ALEX ARANBURU
193	JONATHAN LASTRA
194	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS BONET
195	ANTONIO MOLINA
196	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ
197	NICHOLAS JACK WILLIAM SCHULTZ
198	NELSON ANDRES SOTO
	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
201	NACER BOUHANNI
202	LOIC CHETOUT
203	JESUS HERRADA
204	JOSE HERRADA
205	MATHIAS LE TURNIER
206	LUIS ANGEL MATE MARDONES
207	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO
208	KENNETH VANBILSEN
	EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY - MURIAS
211	EDUARD PRADES REVERTER
212	JON ABERASTURI IZAGA
213	ARITZ BAGUES KALPARSORO
214	MIKEL BIZKARRA ETXEGIBEL
215	GARIKOITZ BRAVO OIARBIDE
216	MIKEL ITURRIA SEGUROLA
217	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA
218	HECTOR SAEZ BENITO

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About the 2018 Vuelta:

The route: Running from Saturday August 25th to Sunday September 16th 2018, the Vuelta will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,271.4 kilometers.

• 6 flat stages and 2 flat with high-altitude finales stages
• 6 hill stages
• 5 mountain stages
• 2 individual time trial stages

Distinctive aspects of the race

• 40.7 km individual time trial
• 46 summits
• 2 rest days

30 VISITS TO MALAGA
The official departure of La Vuelta 2018 will be the Spanish tour’s 30th visit to the capital city of Malaga. The first one took place in 1936, during La Vuelta’s second edition, where it hosted both a finish-line following a departure from Seville, and a departure that headed towards Granada.

BONUSES
The race continues to have the same bonus points system that awards 10, 6 and 4 seconds to the first three riders in each stage, respectively, and 3, 2 and 1 seconds to the first three riders to complete each intermediate sprint.

POINTS
In the Vuelta, not only the general classification is at stake, riders also fight to be first in the points classification, or to become King of the Mountain in each edition. Points are obtained through the following system: 25 points are given to the stage winner, 20 to the rider that takes second place, 16 to the rider that comes third, 14 to 4th place, 12 to 5th place and then from 10 to 1 point between 6th and 15th place, respectively. Intermediate sprints award 4, 2 and 1 points to the first three riders to complete each one.

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