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Linked articleStage 13: Almuñécar to Loja | Vuelta a España 2026 Preview
Stage 13 of the Vuelta a España 2026 runs 193.2 kilometers from Almuñécar on the Costa Tropical to Loja in the Granada interior. The route is classified as medium mountains, and while it lacks a summit finish, the profile never settles. The hardest climbing comes in the first half, but the constant changes in direction and gradient should keep the peloton uncomfortable all day. This is the kind of stage that looks manageable on paper but rarely races that way. Almuñécar sits at sea level, wedged between the Sierra de Almijara and the Mediterranean. The road out of town climbs immediately, and the route spends much of the opening 100…
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