La Vuelta 2021 Stage 9 Highlights | Climbers Do Battle On The Alto De Velefique

With many of the flatter stages now completed, La Vuelta moves back towards the mountains in what is one of the most challenging stages yet. Over the 188 kilometer stage between Puerto Lumbreras and the top of Alto de Velefique. A stage resembling that of a similar one in 2009 that saw the same summit finish, with an average gradient of 6.4% for . Whilst the first 4km present cyclists with a much steeper average of 10%, before then traversing a series of hairpins to the top. Subscribe to GCN for cycling as you have never seen it before! Live racing, shows & cycling adventure films: Subscribe to GCN Racing: #GCN #Cycling #BikeRacing Check out the GCN App: Let us know what your favourite race is, and which races you’d like us to cover. Brought to you by the world’s biggest cycling channel, the Global Cycling Network (GCN), GCN Racing brings you the best of the world’s bike races to your screens, wherever you are: the finest live rac