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Linked articleStage 20: La Calahorra to Collado del Alguacil | Vuelta a España 2026 Preview
The penultimate stage of the Vuelta a España 2026 runs 187 kilometers from La Calahorra, a village beneath a Renaissance castle in the Marquesado del Zenete, to the summit of Collado del Alguacil, a narrow pass above Granada. This is the last full mountain stage of the race, and it arrives with more than five thousand meters of climbing spread across a route that includes the double ascent of Hazallanas and the Puerto de la Purche before the final climb begins. The finish is 8.3 kilometers at an average gradient steep enough to make any earlier effort count double. If the general classification is still in doubt by the time…
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