This stage is similar to that run in 2005. The route runs through virtually level ground save for a single third category CARDEÑA MOUNTAIN RANGE SUMMIT. It is to be expected racers will arrive in a compact group to Puertollano streets something that sprinters are going to love.

For the third time in four years, Puertollano hosts a Spain’s Vuelta stage end line. First time, in 2005, when public cheered the racers arrival and victory went to Alessandro Petacchi, a sprinter that so scored one more Vuelta stage for his personal record. The last winner in Puertollano streets was the Colombian, Leonardo Duque, in 2007.