foto: Cor VosWho’ll succeed Jay Vine as the winner of the mountains classification on La Vuelta? Last year, the Australian moved into the polka dot jersey in stage 20 and stayed ahead off Marc Soler and Pablo Castrillo.
You can follow the fight for the polka dot jersey from Saturday, 23 August, when the first KOM points are awarded in the opening stage in Piemonte, Italy.
The distribution of points in the KOM competition of the Vuelta a España is as follows:
Cima Alberto Fernandez: 20 – 15 – 10 – 6 – 4 – 2
HC: 15 – 10 – 6 – 4 – 2
1st category: 10 – 6 – 4 – 2 – 1
2nd category: 5 – 3 – 1
3rd category: 3 – 2 – 1
Another interesting read: winners KOM competition at La Vuelta from 2000 onward.