La Vuelta a Espana 2019 Stage 8 Profile, route and map - Valls to Igualada

ByEurosport

Updated 31/08/2019 at 11:51 GMT

Watch the stage profile for Stage Eight of La Vuelta and find out everything you need to know...

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Stage map

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When does the stage start?

It starts at 12.12 BST and is expected to finish around 16.35.

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A look at the parcours

There's a difficult hill or two over the 166.9km course, the toughest being the Puerto de Montserrat: 7.4 kilometres at 6.6%. Once they get to the summit, there's 27km left of the course, and the last 5km is a flat sprint to the line.

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