Route and profile of stage 20 of the Vuelta a España 2023: Manzanares El Real – Guadarrama (208 km)
Euskaraz irakurri: Espainiako Vueltako 20. stageren profila eta ibilbidea: Manzanares El Real – Guadarrama (208 km)
One day before the end of the Back to Spain, the cyclists face the longest stage of all this Saturday, September 16. 208 kilometers await the peloton, between Manzanares el Real and Guadarrama.
The runners will not have big climbs, but they will have up to 6 third category ports: the Collado del Portazgo (10.8 km at 3.4%), the Green Cross Port (7 km at 5%), the Hidden (9 km at 4.1%), the Height of Santa Maria de la Alameda (5 km at 5.6%), the Alto de Robledondo (5.1 km at 4.8%), the Alto de San Lorenzo del Escorial (4.6 km at 6.6%). Four of them will have to be promoted twice.
In total, they will accumulate up to 4,000 meters of unevenness, in a terrain that will allow them not even a break, not even on the descents.
STAGE PROFILE

Profile of stage 20 of the Vuelta a España. Image: lavuelta.es
Stage: 20th stage (September 16, Saturday)
Route: Manzanares El Real-Guadarrama
Distance: 208 km
Closing hour: 11:55
Arrival schedule: 17:13 (40 km/h) | 17:30 (38 km/h) |17:48 (36 km/h)
mountain prize: Collado del Portazgo (3rd category), at kilometer 12.8; The Green Cross (3rd category), at kilometer 43; La Escondida (3rd category), at kilometer 70.8; Santa María de la Alameda (3rd category), at kilometer 87; Robledondo (3rd category), at kilometer 94; La Escondida (3rd category), at kilometer 124.2; Santa María de la Alameda (3rd category), at kilometer 140.4; Robledondo (3rd category), at kilometer 147.4; The Green Cross (3rd category), at kilometer 181; San Lorenzo del Escorial (3rd category), at kilometer 195.6
Source: Eitb

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