La Vuelta 2022: How to watch Spanish Grand Tour, TV and live stream details, dates and schedule

After a thrilling Giro d'Italia and Tour de France, La Vuelta will conclude this year’s Grand Tour season. The race in Spain will see the peloton tackle six flat stages – plus two more flat stages with high-altitude finishes – four hilly stages, seven mountain stages, a team time trial and an individual time trial. So who are the fancied names in the race for red? Ad Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) has not raced since abandoning the Tour ahead of Stage 15 meaning there is an unknown quantity about the Slovenian as he aims to win the Vuelta for the fourth consecutive year.

Vuelta a España'We are delighted' — Roglic passed fit to race at Vuelta just 10 days after returning to training15/08/2022 AT 15:45 The same can be said of Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), with the youngster approaching only his second Grand Tour. Although inexperienced over three weeks, his rivals will be ensuring he is kept under close surveillance during this year’s race. A charge is also expected from Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) as he lines up among the favourites following his Giro victory earlier this year.

Plus there’s also Richard Carapaz, who will lead a young Ineos Grenadiers team. Ahead of launch day in Spain, we have a delightful selection of preview content for you to dive into: Keen to find out a little bit about each of the 21 stages, including the route profiles? Why, step right over here. Desperate to know the key dates and stages in the battle for the red jersey — i.e.

where La Vuelta 2022 will be won and lost? We've got you covered here. Only interested in the big names descending on Spain?Here's our rundown of the GC contenders. Or are you simply hoping to see a full startlist, complete with a blurb on each team? Don't fret,