Start La Vuelta of Spain

USPA NEWS - The 70th edition of La Vuelta of Spain start this Saturday in Puerto Banus, a tourist resort in the province of Malaga on the Spanish Costa del Sol. La Vuelta 2015 presents fifteen unpublished end in an edition to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the race.

Twenty steps to go 3,357.1 kilometers from Puerto Banus (Malaga) and end in Madrid on September 13. Until then, the 189 riders of the 21 teams participating in the race will play six flat stages, 13 stages of middle and high mountain, an individual time trial of 39 kilometers and a team time trial of 7.4 kilometers. They must climb 44 mountain passes and enjoy two days off.

The 70th edition of La Vuelta, which celebrates the 80th anniversary of the event, is celebrated in style, with the participation of the best teams in international cycling and the best runners in the world: Chris Froome, who won the Tour de France; Nairo Quintana, second on the podium in Paris, and teammate Alejandro Valverde, third in the Champs Elysées; Joaquin Rodriguez and Vincenzo Nibali, among others. A luxury establishment in which only lack Alberto Contador. The Saxo-Tinkoff leader, winner of La Vuelta 2014 and 2015 Giro d'Italia, the Tour played this year and already charged in the French round effort, so he resigned to contest La Vuelta to rest.

La Vuelta 2015 will have nine unusual starts in Alhaurin de la Torre (Málaga), Mijas (Almería), Rota (Cádiz), Jódar (Jaen), Puebla de Don Fadrique (Granada), Torrevieja (Alicante), Comillas (Cantabria), Roa (Burgos) and Medina del Campo (Valladolid). And fifteen unpublished arrivals, including the Alpujarra (Granada), the Cumbre del Sol (Alicante) and Cabrales, Sotres (Asturias) and Cercedilla (Madrid). In the battle of climbers summits as Nairo Quintana and Joaquin Rodriguez, able to appeal to the epic final harrowing expected.

The race, racing the Giro for being the second most important event for the world stage, just behind the Tour of France, presented on Friday at the golf course in Benahavis, Malaga. The gala will begin at 7:30 pm local time (12:30 USCT) and will be televised to 190 countries. And on Saturday, La Vuelta will start with a team time trial that will start from Puerto Banus and traveled through much of the promenade of Marbella. It will be a very technical stage where very few differences are marked. The proximity to the beach and that will be played on Saturday that the public has an important role.