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Vuelta a España Background
The Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), also simply known as The Vuelta, is a long distance road bicycle stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in September in and around Spain. It is one of the three Grand Tours (the others being the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia), and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar.
The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages. Individual times to finish each stage are totalled to determine the overall winner at the end of the race. The rider with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears the Red Jersey.
The inaugural event (1935) saw 50 entrants face a 3,411 km course over only 14 stages, averaging over 240 km per stage. It was inspired by the success of tour races in France and Italy.
Winners Jerseys
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The Jersey Rojo (red jersey) is worn by the leader of the General Classification. This is the rider with the fastest overall time since the start of the race. |
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The Jersey Verde (green jersey) is worn by the leader of the Sprinting Classification. This is the rider who has collected the most points at the finish of the stages or at intermediate sprint intervals within a stage. |
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The Jersey de Puntos Azules (king of the mountains jersey) is worn by the leader of the Climbing Classification. This is the rider who has collected the most points by being the first, second, etc over the mountain tops. |
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The Jersey Blanco (white jersey) is worn by the leader of the Combination Classification. This classification is calculated by adding the numeral ranks of each cyclist in the general, points, and mountains classifications (a rider must have a score in all classifications possible to qualify for the combination classification), with the lowest cumulative total signifying the leader of this competition. |
The 2010 Race
The 2010 Vuelta began in Seville and ended in Madrid. It had a length of 3,400 km and consisted of 21 stages over 3 weeks, including a short time-trial on the first day. The longest stage race in 2010 was 231.2 km from Piedrahita to Toledo.
219 riders from 22 teams competed for 4 different jerseys as well as stage wins, team awards and most competitive rider awards. A total of 63 riders didn't finish the race.
The 2010 podium winners were as follows:
- Red Jersey - Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) - 87h 18' 33"
- Green Jersey - Mark Cavendish (HTC Columbia) - 156 pts
- King of the Mountains Jersey - David Moncoutie (Cifidis) - 51 pts
- White Jersey - Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) - 9 pts
- Best Team Award - Team Katusha - 261h 48' 04"
Official Website
Official Vuelta a España Website
The trail at the bottom of the hill is often wet and muddy so I recommend wearing hiking boots or rubber boots.