La Vuelta a España 2021 Stage 9v21 ( Puerto Lumbreras Alto de Velefique) Route Animation, Profile

Very tough, pure mountain stage. Over 180 km with slopes totalling almost 4500 m and a similar layout to the stage won by Ryder Hesjedal in 2009: Alto Collado Venta Luisa, Alto de Castro de Filabres and Velefique, all of them concentrated in the secondhalf of the (Fernando Escartin on Route data: