The 2026 Vuelta Women will have fourteen qualifying ports in three stages between 15 and 17 May
The fifth edition of the race will begin in Zarautz on Friday 15 May and end in San Sebastián on Sunday 17. The three stages will be Zarautz-Zarautz (121.3 km), Abadiño-Zornotza (138 km) and Donostia-San Sebastián (113.1 km).
The 2026 Return to Women will begin on May 15. Photo: EFE.
The Vuelta 2026 will begin on Friday 15 May in Zarautz and end on Sunday 17 in Donostia-San Sebatián. The fifth edition of the race has been presented on Wednesday in Zarautz and the cyclists will have to climb fourteen punctual ports in the three stagesof the tour, which are: Zarautz-Zarautz (121.3 km), Abadiño-Zornotza (138 km).
Thus, the first stage of the Women's Race, on Friday, May 15, will come out of the Z.?ts=1776796413013&dpr=off&fmt=webp-alpha&qlt=80 "Itzulia Women 2026: 1 etapa")
The next day, Saturday 16, the Return will take place through Bizkaia. Leaving Abadiño, the cyclists will climb Trabakua, a third-class port at kilometre 7.5. Milloi is also third-class and is at kilometre 23.5. Leaving behind Lekeitio, the cyclists will have to make the climb to Natxitua (third category at kilometre 43.1), and then the fans of Arteaga and Bermeo will applaud the participants.
The climb to San Pelayo, third category, at kilometer 84.5, will be followed by the special sprint of Ibarra, at kilometer 104. At kilometer 115.6, the cyclists will make the climb to Aretxabalgan. The second special sprint will be played in Muxika, from where the goal will be seven kilometers, in Amorebieta.
For the third day of the race, the organizers have decided that the cyclists will leave San Sebastian, which will soon be in Astigarraga and Gurutze, without the latter being punctuable. Of course, Jaizkibel is punctuable, which is the hardest port of the 2026 Vuelta. The first category is Jaizkibel, a 7.9 km climb with an average slope of 5.6%.
After leaving Irun, Gurutze will climb the Vuelta, which is now punctuable, third-class. The fans of Pasai Antxo will be able to enjoy the race, and immediately the two special sprints of the stage will be played: that of San Sebastian, at kilometre 75.9, and that of Usurbil, at 86.6.
The banner of the second-class port of Mendizorrotz will be only ten kilometers away, so it could be decisive. All fans of the Basque Country will be able to applaud in San Sebastian the winner of the 2026 Return, since the test will end in the capital of Guipuzcoana. In the last stage, the accumulated disparity will be 1,840 meters.
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