The second half of the closing stage is played out on a 5.9 kilometres circuit in Madrid.
The last three winners of a Vuelta closing stage to Madrid were Peter Sagan (2011), Michael Matthews (2013) and John Degenkolb (2012, 2015). Who’s next?
Favourites 21st stage Vuelta a España
*** Tosh Van der Sande, Nikias Arndt, Gianni Meersman
** Jonas Van Genechten, Kristian Sbaragli, Jean-Pierre Drucker
* Daniele Bennati, Fabio Felline, Tyler Farrar
Vuelta a España 2016 Stage 21: Route maps, height profiles, etc
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