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This will be the top stage of La Vuelta. From the first to the last day, el Angliru will be an important reference for everyone. The stage fright cannot be compared to the real fright the climbs to Angliru produce.

This will be a day in which the teams will have to work from the first to the last kilometre in favor of their leaders. Those who want to win this edition of La Vuelta will always have to be at the very front. Before getting to Angliru the riders will have to climb Marabio mountain pass, Alto de Tenebredo and Alto del Cordal only eight kilometres away from the mythical climbs in Riosa.

These feared tops were reached for the first time in Vuelta 1999; in the 8th stage that had started in León, the rider from Ávila, José María Jiménez, wrote his name in the history books of La Vuelta. In the edition of 2000, the 16th stage had started in Gijón as well and the Angliru was won by the Italian rider Gilberto Simoni in a day in which Roberto Heras confirmed that he was going to win La Vuelta.

This time 168 kilometres were covered. Simoni was able to leave Jan Hruska behind on the top, arriving the latter 2 minutes and 19 seconds afterwards. The rider from Bejar, Roberto Heras, lost 2:58, Angel Casero lost 6:39 and Oscar Sevilla 7:32. These differences confirm that the mountain that gives shade to Oviedo could bring about very important differences.