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Linked articleStage 19: Vélez-Málaga to Peñas Blancas. Estepona | Vuelta a España 2026 Preview
Stage 19 of the Vuelta a España 2026 runs 205.1 kilometers from Vélez-Málaga on the Costa del Sol to an uphill finish at Peñas Blancas in Estepona. The route crosses the Serranía de Ronda, a knot of limestone ridges and white villages inland from the coast, before dropping back toward the Mediterranean and climbing to the finish. It arrives late enough in the race that fatigue will shape every decision, but the final climb is steep enough to matter if the general classification remains unsettled. The stage is classified as hilly, but that designation undersells the accumulated elevation and the sting in the finale. The early roads out of Vélez-Málaga…
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