The Spanish Grand Tour 2019 will depart from Torrevieja

The start of one of the most prestigious cycling races in the world, the Spanish Grand Tour, will begin on the 24th of August 2019 from the saltworks of Torrevieja. The tour will begin with an 18 km long team time trial from the Lagoons Natural Park of La Mata and Torrevieja.

Between the 24th and the 26th of August 2019, the Tour will run for 400 kilometers through the geography of Alicante, crossing 60 municipalities. After the team time trial in Torrevieja, cyclists will travel in the second stage 193 kilometers, including three mountain passes (Puerto de Confrides, Alto de Benilloba and Alto de Puig Llorença) between Benidorm and Calpe, passing through La Nucia, Polop and Callosa d'en Sarria.

On the 26th of August the third stage of the tour of 186 kilometers begins between Ciudad del Jugueta in Ibi and the capital of Alicante.