True to its DNA The Vuelta 2024 It presents a route marked by toughness and uncertainty, with short and explosive stages, with the mountains once again the star and with a time trial on the final day that could be decisive. The 79th edition of the Vuelta will feature some of the first swords of the international peloton, where we can imagine the forces that could be in favor of the spectacle, and where there are four of the main tenors of current cycling, such as Remco Evenepoel, Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard or Mathieu Van der Poel.
And, because it couldn’t be otherwise, the Vuelta shows some amazing numbers:
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LUXURY CYCLIST
176 runners, divided into 22 teams of eight members. There will be, as it should be 18 UCI World Tour teams, from the highest category of cycling: Alpecin-Deceunick (BEL), Arkéa-B&B Hotels (FRA), Astana Qazaqstan Team (KAZ), Bahrain-Victorius (BRN), Bora -hansgrohe (ALE), Cofidis (FRA), Decathlon AG2R La Mondiales Team (FRA), EF Education-EasyPost (USA), Groupama-FDJ (FRA), Ineos Grenadiers (GBR), Intermarché-Wanty (BEL), Lidl- Trek ( USA), Movistar Team (ESP), Soudal-Quick Step (BEL), Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL (PB), Team Jayco AlUla (AUS), Team Visma-Lease a Bike (PB) and UAE Team Emirates (UAE ). Added to these are the two best UCI Pro Teams in the UCI 2023 ranking, Lotto Dstny (BEL) and Israel Premier Tech (ISR) and the two invited by La Vuelta, Team Kern Pharma (ESP) and Euskaltel- Euskadi (ESP ) ).
To these groups we must add the 550 comrades and the 25 members of the College of Commissioners
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BALANCED COURSE
This year the 21 stages of the Vuelta have a total distance of 3,301.4 kilometers. 21 stages divided into 2 individual time trial days, 5 mountain stages, 1 flat stage, 5 stages considered by the organization as undulating and 8 mountain stages. In addition, this year the Vuelta passes through four districts of Portugal, 20 provinces and 9 autonomous communities in Spain.
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BROAD ASSOCIATION
A race like the Vuelta always mobilizes a lot of people around it. This year, there will be 3,000 people moving around the races, with 2,500 daily overnight stays of people moving with the race and 900 accredited vehicles
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MAXIMUM SECURITY
In a top-level cycling event like the Vuelta, safety is key. Safety in the broadest sense of the word, from the cyclists themselves to the entire Vuelta caravan. Thus, 8,000 police and civil guards were mobilized for Vuelta security, in addition to 80 national police and 140 civil guards on motorcycles.
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MEDIA COVERAGE
A race like the Vuelta, one of the three great stages of cycling racing, along with the Giro d’Italia and the Tour, has a great media following. That year, 906 journalists and photographers from 266 media outlets were accredited. The TV broadcast averaged 1.3 million viewers in Spain, with 76 hours of live international signal and coverage reaching 190 countries. In addition, the Vuelta has 18M visits to its website, with more than 111M videos viewed, 509K followers on Instagram, 619K on Facebook, 185K on Tik Tok, 476K on X or 88K on YouTube
Source: La Verdad
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