The 2023 Vuelta a España was a three-week men's cycling race taking place in Spain between 26 August and 17 September 2023. It was the 78th edition of the Vuelta a España and was won by Sepp Kuss. The race started in Barcelona, and it also went through parts of Andorra and France.
Teams
22 teams were scheduled to take part in the race. All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by 4 UCI ProTeams - the two highest placed UCI ProTeams in 2022 (Lotto–Dstny and Team TotalEnergies), along with Burgos BH and Caja Rural–Seguros RGA who were selected by the organisers. The teams were announced on 8 March 2023.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
Route and stages
+ Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner Ref 1 26 August Barcelona to Barcelona Team time trial 2 27 August Mataró to Barcelona Hilly stage 3 28 August Súria to Arinsal (Andorra) Mountain stage 4 29 August Andorra la Vella (Andorra) to Tarragona Hilly stage 5 30 August Morella to Burriana Hilly stage 6 31 August La Vall d'Uixó to Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre Mountain stage 7 1 September Utiel to Oliva Flat stage 8 2 September Dénia to Xorret de Catí Mountain stage 9 3 September Cartagena to Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca Medium-mountain stage 4 September Rest day 10 5 September Valladolid to Valladolid Individual time trial 11 6 September Lerma to La Laguna Negra Hilly stage 12 7 September Ólvega to Zaragoza Flat stage 13 8 September Formigal to Col du Tourmalet (France) Mountain stage 14 9 September Sauveterre-de-Béarn (France) to Larra-Belagua Mountain stage 15 10 September Pamplona to Lekunberri Hilly stage 11 September Rest day 16 12 September Liencres Playa to Bejes Hilly stage 17 13 September Ribadesella to Alto de L'Angliru Mountain stage 18 14 September Pola de Allande to La Cruz de Linares Mountain stage 19 15 September La Bañeza to Íscar Flat stage 20 16 September Manzanares el Real to Guadarrama Hilly stage 21 17 September Hipódromo de la Zarzuela to Madrid Flat stage Total
Pre-race favourites The main pre-race favourites to win the general classification were 2023 Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard, 2022 Vuelta a España winner Remco Evenepoel, as well as 2023 Giro d'Italia winner Primož Roglič. Juan Ayuso, Geraint Thomas, and Enric Mas were also mentioned as competitors for a podium finish. Outside contenders included Mikel Landa, Eddie Dunbar and Aleksandr Vlasov.
The pre-race favourites for the sprinters to win the points classification were Kaden Groves and Bryan Coquard.
Classification leadership +Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification Combativity award 1 Lorenzo Milesi not awarded not awarded Lorenzo Milesi not awarded 2Andreas Kron Andrea Piccolo Matteo Sobrero Andrea Piccolo Javier Romo 3 Remco Evenepoel Remco Evenepoel Remco Evenepoel Remco Evenepoel Damiano Caruso 4 Kaden Groves Eduardo Sepúlveda Ander Okamika 5 Kaden Groves Eric Fagúndez 6 Sepp Kuss Lenny Martinez Lenny Martinez Mikel Landa 7 Geoffrey Soupe Ander Okamika 8 Primož Roglič Sepp Kuss Oier Lazkano 9 Lennard Kämna Jon Barrenetxea 10 Filippo Ganna Remco Evenepoel not awarded 11 Jesús Herrada Jesús Herrada José Manuel Díaz 12 Juan Sebastián Molano Jetse Bol 13 Jonas Vingegaard Jonas Vingegaard Juan Ayuso Michael Storer 14 Remco Evenepoel Remco Evenepoel Remco Evenepoel 15 Rui Costa Remco Evenepoel 16 Jonas Vingegaard Joel Nicolau 17 Primož Roglič Remco Evenepoel 18 Remco Evenepoel Remco Evenepoel 19 Alberto Dainese Michal Schlegel 20 Wout Poels Pelayo Sánchez 21 Kaden Groves not awarded Final Juan Ayuso Remco Evenepoel
On stage 2, the distinctive jerseys were worn by members of Team DSM-Firmenich. The green jersey was worn by Romain Bardet, the polka dot jersey was worn by Sean Flynn, and the white jersey was worn by Max Poole, on behalf of Lorenzo Milesi. On stage 3, the white jersey was worn by Javier Romo, on behalf of Andrea Piccolo. On stage 4, the white jersey was worn by Lenny Martinez and the polka dot jersey was worn by Eduardo Sepúlveda, both on behalf of Remco Evenepoel. On stage 5, the white jersey was worn by Lenny Martinez, on behalf of Remco Evenepoel. On stage 6 and stage 7, the white jersey was worn by Juan Ayuso, on behalf of Lenny Martinez.
Classification standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the winner of the young rider classification Denotes the winner of the points classification Denotes the winner of the team classification Denotes the winner of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the combativity award
General classification + Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 76h 48' 21" 2 + 17" 3 + 1' 08" 4 + 3' 18" 5 + 3' 37" 6 + 4' 14" 7 Aleksandr Vlasov + 7' 53" 8 + 8' 00" 9 + 10' 08" 10 + 11' 38" Final general classification (11–148) Rank Rider Team Time 11 + 14' 04" 12 + 16' 44" 13 + 22' 13" 14 + 25' 21" 15 + 31' 00" 16 + 34' 49" 17 + 35' 47" 18 + 50' 13" 19 + 53' 47" 20 + 59' 02" 21 + 1h 02' 10" 22 + 1h 05' 42" 23 + 1h 19' 25" 24 + 1h 21' 41" 25 + 1h 24' 38" 26 + 1h 28' 13" 27 + 1h 29' 05" 28 + 1h 29' 27" 29 + 1h 33' 14" 30 + 1h 38' 06" 31 + 1h 47' 59" 32 + 1h 48' 52" 33 + 1h 49' 44" 34 + 1h 51' 42" 35 + 1h 52' 28" 36 + 1h 56' 08" 37 + 1h 56' 27" 38 + 1h 57' 16" 39 + 1h 57' 40" 40 + 1h 58' 23" 41 + 1h 59' 20" 42 + 2h 01' 38" 43 + 2h 08' 05" 44 + 2h 09' 29" 45 + 2h 13' 42" 46 + 2h 14' 13" 47 + 2h 15' 49" 48 + 2h 17' 00" 49 + 2h 17' 18" 50 + 2h 18' 25" 51 + 2h 19' 07" 52 + 2h 19' 43" 53 + 2h 20' 10" 54 + 2h 21' 26" 55 + 2h 22' 50" 56 + 2h 24' 19" 57 + 2h 26' 13" 58 + 2h 27' 46" 59 + 2h 29' 04" 60 + 2h 29' 11" 61 + 2h 36' 29" 62 + 2h 36' 34" 63 + 2h 36' 47" 64 + 2h 37' 04" 65 + 2h 38' 31" 66 + 2h 38' 52" 67 + 2h 41' 49" 68 + 2h 43' 57" 69 + 2h 44' 14" 70 + 2h 44' 35" 71 + 2h 46' 56" 72 + 2h 47' 04" 73 + 2h 48' 24" 74 + 2h 48' 51" 75 + 2h 49' 48" 76 + 2h 50' 18" 77 + 2h 50' 22" 78 + 2h 51' 33" 79 + 2h 51' 48" 80 + 2h 52' 02" 81 + 2h 56' 45" 82 + 2h 57' 43" 83 + 2h 59' 47" 84 + 3h 00' 24" 85 + 3h 01' 05" 86 + 3h 01' 23" 87 + 3h 01' 28" 88 + 3h 02' 37" 89 + 3h 05' 57" 90 + 3h 11' 23" 91 + 3h 12' 40" 92 + 3h 13' 12" 93 + 3h 16' 08" 94 + 3h 16' 23" 95 + 3h 17' 26" 96 + 3h 18' 17" 97 + 3h 20' 12" 98 + 3h 20' 38" 99 + 3h 22' 23" 100 + 3h 25' 22" 101 + 3h 25' 38" 102 + 3h 26' 22" 103 + 3h 29' 13" 104 + 3h 29' 23" 105 + 3h 34' 07" 106 + 3h 35' 12" 107 + 3h 35' 34" 108 + 3h 37' 20" 109 + 3h 37' 49" 110 + 3h 38' 49" 111 + 3h 41' 43" 112 + 3h 42' 07" 113 + 3h 42' 47" 114 + 3h 43' 03" 115 + 3h 43' 40" 116 + 3h 46' 39" 117 + 3h 49' 54" 118 + 3h 52' 09" 119 + 3h 52' 10" 120 + 3h 55' 05" 121 + 3h 55' 44" 122 + 3h 55' 48" 123 + 3h 56' 03" 124 + 3h 56' 20" 125 + 3h 57' 47" 126 + 3h 57' 58" 127 + 3h 58' 16" 128 + 3h 58' 20" 129 + 4h 00' 37" 130 + 4h 00' 43" 131 + 4h 01' 48" 132 + 4h 04' 20" 133 + 4h 04' 42" 134 + 4h 05' 13" 135 + 4h 07' 49" 136 + 4h 07' 53" 137 + 4h 08' 47" 138 + 4h 08' 58" 139 + 4h 10' 09" 140 + 4h 13' 57" 141 + 4h 15' 43" 142 + 4h 16' 43" 143 + 4h 22' 11" 144 + 4h 25' 39" 145 + 4h 25' 50" 146 + 4h 26' 25" 147 + 4h 27' 41" 148 + 4h 32' 55"
Points classification + Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 315 2 236 3 167 4 133 5 123 6 119 7 117 8 117 9 112 10 105
Mountains classification + Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 135 2 51 3 39 4 35 5 33 6 33 7 30 8 28 9 23 10 22
Young rider classification + Final young rider classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 76h 51' 39" 2 + 4' 42" 3 + 6' 40" 4 + 8' 20" 5 + 13' 26" 6 + 31' 31" 7 + 46' 55" 8 + 1h 02' 24" 9 + 1h 18' 23" 10 + 1h 45' 34"
Team classification + Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 229h 42' 26" 2 + 20' 49" 3 + 32' 54" 4 + 33' 46" 5 + 2h 17' 23" 6 + 3h 18' 27" 7 + 3h 25' 09" 8 + 3h 42' 37" 9 + 4h 00' 16" 10 + 4h 23' 23"
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