Vuelta 2024 Favourites stage 21: For ITT specialists, or Roglic

foto: Cor VosA Grand Tour finishing with an ITT can be really exciting, but also pretty boring. Luckily, there’s always the battle for the stage win. Apart from a twisty opening section, the course is made for high speeds. (Slideshow route/profile)

With barely 500 metres of climbing, it’s safe to say that the time trial to Madrid pretty flat. Or maybe ‘gently rolling’ is a better way to put it. After the first checkpoint, around kilometre 9, comes the ‘toughest section’. The road kicks up at around 3% for 500 metres.

The contenders are basically the same as on day one, since the course is similar. Though, the stage 1 time trial was half the distance and even flatter. The Madrid time trial is 24.6 kilometres long.

Who’s motivated to go all out one more time?

Favourites 21st stage 2024 Vuelta a España

*** Brandon McNulty, Stefan Küng
** Victor Campenaerts, Primoz Roglic, Mathias Vacek, Edoardo Affini
* Mattias Skjelmose, Bruno Armirail, Mattia Cattaneo, Mauro Schmid, Nelson Oliveira

Another interesting read: route 21st stage 2024 Vuelta.