Consult the route and detailed profiles of the five stages of the cycling Ruta del Sol
Tadej Pogacar is one of the great favorites to win the final victory in Andalusia
The Round Andalusia 2023which takes place between February 15 and 19, will have a route of 840 kilometers distributed in five stages and with twenty mountain passesand will pass through the provinces of Jaén, Granada, Córdoba, Seville, Cádiz and Málaga.
The Andalusian round will begin this February 15 in the Jaén town of Puente Génave, in the Sierra de Segura, with a 179-kilometre stage, a cumulative drop of 5,162 meters and five mountain passes, two of the third category and three of the first category (Navalperal, Garganta de Hornos and Despiernacaballos), the last just 8 kilometers from the finish line in Santiago de la Espada (Jaén).
The company Deporinter, organizer of the race, reported that the second stage will take place between Diezma (Granada) and Alcalá la Real (Jaén), which will be the end of the stage for the third consecutive time, with a 156-kilometre route, three ports ( two second class and one third class) and a final ascent to La Mota Fortress.
The third stage of the Vuelta a Andalucía 2023 will start from the Sevillian town of Alcalá de Guadaira and will end in the Cadiz town of Alcalá de los Gazules, with a 161-kilometre route and a sloping arrival in which the Belgian Tim Wellens won in the editions of 2017 and 2020.
The fourth and penultimate day will begin in the Cadiz town of Olvera and will end in Iznajarin Córdoba, with a 164-kilometre journey that will cover up to four provinces of Andalusia with the same number of mountain passes.
The final stage of the Andalusian round will join the town of Otura in Granada and Alhaurín de la Torre in Malaga, with 184 kilometers and 300 meters of travel, the longest of this edition, and which will serve as the final battle with the ascent to Puerto del First-class sun, with 17 kilometers of hard ramps conducive to breaking the main group.
