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ST DAY DATE TIME ROUTE TYPE
1 Sat. Aug 18 12:45 pm Pamplona – Pamplona TTT
2 Sun. Aug 19 10:00 am Pamplona – Viana Plain
3 Mon. Aug 20 10:00 am Faustino V – Eibar (Arrate) Mountains
4 Tues. Aug 21 10:00 am Barakaldo – Estación de Valdezcaray Mountains
5 Wed. Aug 22 10:00 am Logroño – Logroño Plain
6 Thu. Aug 23 10:00 am Tarazona – Jaca Plain
7 Fri. Aug 24 10:00 am Huesca – Alcañiz. Motorland Aragón Plain
8 Sat. Aug 25 10:00 am Lleida – Andorra. Collada de la Gallina Mountains
9 Sun. Aug 26 10:00 am Andorra – Barcelona Plain
10 Tues. Aug 28 10:00 am Ponteareas – Sanxenxo Plain
11 Wed. Aug 29 10:00 am Cambados – Pontevedra Time Trial
12 Thu. Aug 30 10:00 am Vilagarcía de Arousa – Dumbría. Mirador de Ézaro Plain
13 Fri. Aug 31 10:00 am Santiago de Compostela – Ferrol Plain
14 Sat. Sept 1 10:00 am Palas de Rei – Puerto de Ancares Mountains
15 Sun. Sept 2 10:00 am La Robla – Lagos de Covadonga Mountains
16 Mon. Sept 3 9:00 am Gijón – Valgrande-Pajares. Cuitu Negru Mountains
17 Wed. Sept 5 10:00 am Santander – Fuente Dé Plain
18 Thu. Sept 6 10:00 am Aguilar de Campoo – Valladolid Plain
19 Fri. Sept 7 10:00 am Peñafiel – La Lastrilla Plain
20 Sat. Sept 8 9:00 am La Faisanera Golf. Segovia 21 – Bola del Mundo Mountains
21 Sun. Sept 9 10:00 am Cercedilla – Madrid Plain


Running from Saturday, August 18th to Sunday, September 9, 2012, the 67th Vuelta a España will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,300 kilometers. These stages have the following profiles: 6 flat stages, 13 mountain stages, 1 team time-trial stage, and 1 individual time-trial stage.

Distinctive aspects of the race: 6 summit finishes, 2 rest days, 16 km team time-trial, 40 km individual time-trial stage, and 37 mountain passes and hills

New stage towns

Start towns: Barakaldo, Tarazona, Cambados, Vilagarcía de Aurosa, Palas de Rei, La Robla, La Faisanera Golf-Segovia 21 y Cercedilla

New finishes: Viana, Alcañiz-Motorland Aragón, Andorra-Collada de la Gallina, Sanxenxo, Dumbría-Mirador de Ézaro, Puerto de Ancares, Cuitu Negru-Valgrande-Pajares, Fuente Dé y La Lastrilla