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The Vuelta ciclista a España is the third and final three-week race of the year, after the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. Therefore, it is the last opportunity available to all-rounders to achieve a good result, especially those who have not shone during the season.

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As the Tour de France did with Denmark, the first three stages of the Vuelta ciclista a España 2022 will be held outside Spanish territory, in this case in the Netherlands, where the Vuelta will start with a 23 km team time trial, a discipline less and less in use in modern cycling. On paper, there will be 7 occasions for the sprinters (stages 2, 3, 11, 13, 16, 19 and 21), 5 intermediate profile stages (stages 4, 5, 7, 12 and 17), 7 mountain stages (stages 6, 8, 9, 14, 15, 18 and 20) and an individual time trial (stage 10). As usual in the Vuelta, there are plenty of uphill finishes, which on this occasion will be up to 10.

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Primož Roglič (1200) will be looking for his fourth consecutive Vuelta, although it is not clear if he has fully recovered from the crash that forced him out of the Tour de France. Other cyclists who can compete for the general classification are João Almeida (1200), Richard Carapaz (1200), Remco Evenepoel (1200), Enric Mas (1000), Jai Hindley (800), Nairo Quintana (800), Hugh John Carthy (600), Ben O'Connor (600), Brandon McNulty (800), Mikel Landa (600), Tao Geghegan Hart (600), Jack Haig (600), Rigoberto Uran (600), Ruben Guerreiro (600), Vincenzo Nibali ( 400), Alejandro Valverde (800), Juan Ayuso (400), Carlos Rodríguez (400) or Pavel Sivakov (400), among others.

For the sprints, Sam Bennet (800), Paacal Ackermann (800), Tim Merlier (800), Mads Pedersen (1000), Bryan Coquard (600), Ethan Hayter (1,000), Nacer Bouhanni (400), Kaden Groves (400), Gerben Thijssen (400) or Mike Tenissen (400) are some of the fastest.