The stage of the Vuelta a España 2023 that begins in Pamplona will leave the Ciudadela
Euskaraz irakurri: 2023ko Espainiako Vueltan Iruñean hasiko den stage Zitadelatik irtengo da
The stage of the Tour of Spain 2023 that starts in Pamplona will come out of the Citadel of the capital of Navarra, as specified this Monday by the mayor of Pamplona, Enrique Maya, and the general director of the Tour of Spain, Javier Guillén, in the presentation of that start. will be the September 10, Sunday, in the fifteenth stage of the next edition of the race; that day, after a journey of 156 kilometres, the stage will end in lekunberriwhile on Saturday 9, in the previous stage, the cyclists will leave Sauveterre-de-Béarn, will later enter Euskal Herria and arrive at Larra-Belagua.
In this way, the stage that leaves Pamplona will begin from inside the Ciudadela enclosure, through the Puerta del Socorro, and will cover just over eight kilometers neutralized by the citybordering the three burgos, in commemoration of the 600th anniversary of the Privilege of the Union, until the squad leaves Pamplona through the Orkoien roundabout.
The Tour of Spain, in this context, will be in Pamplona for the fourth time since 2012. In 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, the capital of Navarra was also the start of a stage that ended in Lekunberri; The day had a layout of similar difficulty to that planned for this 2023 edition, but with a different route.
The stage between Pamplona and Lekunberri will close the second week of the 2023 Vuelta a España, after the journey that the race will take through the Pyrenees, and will arrive on the eve of the second rest day. It is expected that the control of signatures is located in the Plaza de la Paz with Yanguas and Miranda, and that the Avenida del Ejército be cut off. Subsequently, the peloton will take its first pedal strokes through the Relief Gateto leave the fortified enclosure in the direction of Pius XII; through Navas de Tolosa, the Paseo de Sarasate and San Ignaciocyclists will go through the Labrit slope to the Rotxapea neighborhoodto transit through the Vergel and Río Arga streets to Cuatrovientos.
Immediately afterwards, the runners will cross the bridge over the train tracks, and turn left onto the Paseo de Santa Lucía to the Ofitas roundabout. The race will leave the municipal area of Pamplona through the roundabout where PA 30 and NA 700 converge towards orkoien.
The stage will then go through towns such as Artazu, Villatuerta or Lakuntza, and will have three mountain passes, all three of the third category: Lizarraga, at kilometer 76, and Zuarrarrate, with two passes, at kilometers 117 and 148, the latter just eight kilometers from the finish line.
The day before, on Saturday, September 9, the Vuelta España will arrive in Navarra, from Zuberoa, in a 161-kilometre Pyrenean stage that concludes in Larra-Belagua. On that day, the cyclists will have to face the Larraul pass, a special category at kilometer 114, and the first category Belagua pass, at the end of the stage.
Source: Eitb
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