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Vuelta a España 2024 stage 4 preview – Peloton braces for Pico Villuercas summit finish

CASTELO BRANCO PORTUGAL AUGUST 19 LR Sepp Kuss of The United States and Wout van Aert of Belgium and Team Visma Lease a Bike Red Leader Jersey compete during the La Vuelta 79th Tour of Spain 2024 Stage 3 a 1915km stage from Lousa to Castelo Branco UCIWT on August 19 2024 in Castelo Branco Portugal Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images

The Vuelta a España never takes very long to go back to the mountains. Even in the opening, seemingly unchallenging stages in Portugal, the 2024 Vuelta peloton has already faced some relentlessly undulating terrain, capped by a brief incursion, early on stage 3, across one of the country’s toughest mountain ranges, the Serra da Estrela.

However, come stage 4 on the return to Spain, the Vuelta really gets back to climbing business with a vengeance. That’s courtesy of its first summit finish, at the Pico Villuercas in the little-known region of Extremadura.

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