Las Rozas to Madrid
Sat 11th Sept, 104.8kms
So on to the final stage, the traditional end of Grand Tour parade, with a short stage to Madrid and a likely sprint finish. It brings an end to what has been a very good Vuelta for us, finished off nicely with Fraile taking the KOM.
Benidorm to Alto de Aitana
Sat 10th Sept, 193.2kms
The Vuelta comes to a climax with a brutally hard finale, a last chance to shake up the GC top ten?. A long stage at 193kms, that passes over the Rates, Ebo, Tollos and Tudons climbs, culminating in the HC Alto de Aitana.
Vuelta Stage 19
Xàbia to Calp
Friday 9th Sept, 37kms
The first of the two final stages that could decide the top ten of this Vuelta - a 37km time trial. It's almost flat, so it should disadvantage most of the climbers equally, but some will definitely enjoy this stage more than others.
Requena to Gandía
Thurs 8th Sept, 191kms
The organisers have described this as a flat stage, I think the riders might have a thing or two to say about that at the end of the day! The stage rolls along over many little hills all day, including a tough Cat 2 climb 70kms in.
Castellón to Llucena
Wed 7th Sept, 177.5km
Following the second rest day, we have a 177.5-kilometre stage with another high-altitude finish to the Mas de la Costa, in Llucena. It's short at just 4km long, with an average gradient of 13% but with slopes of up to 22% it may cause problems for some.
Alcañiz to Peñíscola
Mon 5th September, 158kms
After a very mountainous weekend, the Vuelta comes down from the mountains of Aragon and heads to the Valencian coast in order to face the final and decisive week of competition with a day most likely for the sprinters.
Sabiñánigo to Aramón Formigal
Sunday 6th Sept, 118.5kms
The shortest stage of the race at just 118.5kms, but yet another summit finish on what could be a tricky day, coming hot on the heels of the Aubisque. The time limit could be one to watch today as the stage could be extremely fast.
Dantxarinea to Aubisque
Sat 3rd Sept, 196kms
Except for the first few kilometres, today's stage will take place entirely on French territory. It is the Queen stage of this year's Vuelta, with four mountain passes in the last 130km, over some of the most famous French climbs.
Bilbao to Dantxarinea
Friday 2nd Sept, 213.4kms
The longest stage of the 2016 Vuelta, but not exactly a marathon in the mould of Milan San Remo or Lombardia, at only 213kms. The route takes them between Bilbao and the small Navarran locality of Urdax.
Los Cor. de Buelna to Bilbao
Thurs 1st Sept, 193.2kms
The Vuelta returns to the Basque Country and their exhuberent fans - Euskadi's love of cycling always makes the stage finales spectacular. It will be a long day, covering 193.2km between Los Corrales de Buelna and the city of Bilbao.
Colunga to Peña Cabarga
Wed Aug 31st, 168.6kms
The riders come back from a rest day with the prospect of facing their fourth mountain-top finish in a row, let's hope they made the rest day count. And again it's back on familiar territory with the final climb up to the Peña Cabarga.
Lugones to Lagos de Covadonga
Monday 29th August, 188.7kms
We return to one of the most legendary climbs of the Vuelta two years after the last time up, which saw Prymeslaw Niemiec cling on for a famous stage win ahead of Valverde, Rodriguez and Contador.
Cistierna to Oviedo / Alto del Naranco
Sunday 28th August, 165kms
The second of four crucially important stages in this Vuelta, if you are not at the top of your game in this first week, your race will be over before the first rest day. Another hard finish is in store up to the Alto del Naranco.
Villalpando - La Camperona
Sat 27th Aug, 181.5kms
A bizarre looking stage on the profile, with 170kms of a gently sloping road followed by a near vertical ascension right at the end to one of the most iconic finishes in the Vuelta, although it was only climbed in this race for the first time in 2014.
Maceda to Puebla de Sanabria
Fri 26th August, 158.5kms
The first week of the Vuelta comes to an end and the peloton bids farewell to Galicia, arriving at Castilla y Leon through the Puebla de Sanabria, in the province of Zamora. A lumpy day that could see the break take it or a reduced bunch sprint..
Monf. de Lemos to L. Ribera Sacra
Thurs 25th Aug, 163.2kms
A mid-mountain stage between Monforte de Lemos and Luintra, in the Ribeira Sacra, crossing the spectacular canyons of the Sil River in a succession of climbs and descents all the way to the finish-line.
Viveiro to Lugo
Wed. 24th August, 171.3kms
The race heads back inland, away from the coast with a relatively flat run of 171kms from Viveiro to Lugo. The flat run is interrupted though by the long, but easy climb of the Marco de Álvare which comes with 60kms to go.
Betanzos - S. Andrés de Teixido
Tues 23rd August, 163.5kms
We head further up the west coast of Spain to one of the most northerly finishes the race will have ever had, finishing on the new summit finish at the cliffs of San Andrés de Teixido.
M Dumbría - M.dor de Ézaro
Mon 22nd August, 170kms
A return to Mirador de Ézaro, last visited in 2012 when they finished on the same, tough climb in stage 12. That day Joaquim Rodriguez outfought Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde in a battle of the Spanish heavyweights.
Ourense to Baiona
Sunday August 23rd, 160.8kms
Stage 2 is only 300m shorter than stage 2 of last year's race, nothing too difficult to break them in to the road stages. There is a Cat 3 bump around the half way point in the stage but it should end in a sprint finish.
A selection of other random bets
Here's a selection of other bets that caught my eye for the Vuelta, there's not as many bets available as in the Tour de France but there's still a few of interest.
Who will win the team prize?
The Team Classification prize should be a very tight contest this year. The top GC teams are packed with top quality riders, there's not a lot of difference in terms of quality and they will all be fighting for every place on every stage.
Ourense to Castrelo de Miño
Saturday Aug 20th, 27.8km
The Vuelta kicks off with a 27.8km team time trial in the north-west corner of the country, going from the Laias Health Resort to the Castrelo de Mino Nautical Park. It is almost dead flat so won't present too many problems to the powerful teams
Who's going to win the other key jerseys?
The Vuelta does its own thing with regards to the colour of its leader's jersey - no TDF yellow for the Spaniards, instead it's a patriotic red jersey that the leader of the Tour of Spain wears.
A look at the leading players in the GC betting
Three of the best stage racers in the world in Froome, Quintana and Contador are set to do battle over an extremely hilly course, with almost nothing to separate them in the betting.
A look at the 2016 Vuelta
After a Tour de France that never really got going, I think it's fair to say that we are all looking forward to some fireworks in this year's Vuelta a España.
