After an edition of the Vuelta a España in 2023 which included mountain-top finishes with the emblematic status of the Tourmalet and the Angliru, designing a 2024 route to live up to last year's glittering standards was always going to be a difficult ask for race organisers Unipublic.
But as race boss Javier Guillén put it on Tuesday evening’s race presentation of the 2024 Vuelta route, by sticking to their usual strategy of mixing tradition - in this case multiple summit finishes - with innovations like reviving the flat final day time trial, he believes they have found the perfect way of ensuring the race continues to remain as attractive and intriguing as ever to both spectators and riders.
