The Cycling Tour of Uruguay Grand Prix “National Department of Sports”. Sprinter “Canal 5” and “Agua Esencial” Award and CIMA “Abitab” Award will begin this Thursday, March 30 in Colonia, Uruguay, where a small prologue will be run on flat ground.
The wheel will begin to turn at 6:00 p.m., in what will be the Prologue of the competition (which will add time to the general classification) with a total distance of 7.6 km. This prologue being the one that will mark the formal start of the competition.
On Friday the 31st, the first stage is scheduled to start at 8:55 a.m., which will begin in Colonia and culminate in the Plaza de Canelones. The second stage will be special, as it will begin in Montevideo, the city that saw the birth of this competition 84 years ago at Av. 18 de Julio corner with Olimar, where so many years ago La Vuelta started for the first time.
In this 78th edition, the second stage will start at the same point, thus commemorating the glory and history of this important event. The contest will have 10 stages and 15 teams will participate.
This Thursday, starting at 1:00 p.m. and until 15:00 p.m. The ratification of registration and delivery of Dorsal and Chip will be carried out in the Plaza de Toros of the department of Colonia.
Starting at 3:00 p.m. in the same place, the Technical Congress of La Vuelta will be held, where we will be reviewing the regulations of the test together with the sports commissioners of the event.
STAGE INFORMATION:
Prologue (Cologne)
Concentration: Plaza de los Toros de Colonia
Start: 18:00
Route: 7.6 km
Stage 1 (Cologne – Cannelloni)
Concentration: Plaza de los Toros de Colonia
Start: 08:55
Route: 172.5 km
Stage 2 (Montevideo – Durazno)
Concentration: Esplanade Municipality of Montevideo
Start: 09:00
Route: 184.1 km
Stage 3 (Durazno – Trinidad)
Concentration: Plaza Sarandí de Durazno
Start: 09:20
Route: 144.3 km
Stage 4 (Trinidad – Mercedes)
Concentration: Mayor of Flores
Start: 08:55
Route: 159.3 km
Stage 5 A (Mercedes – Paysandú)
Concentration: Rambla de Mercedes
Start: 08:25
Route: 131.1 km
Stage 5 B TIME TRIAL
Concentration: Municipal Closed Stadium
Start: 15:30
Route: 23.6 km
Stage 6 (Paysandú – Tacuarembó)
Concentration: Route 26 milestone km 43
Start: 08:30
Route: 199.8 km
Stage 7 (Melo – Junction Route 26 and 18)
Concentration: Municipality of Cerro Largo
Start: 14:00
Route: 153.4 km
Stage 8 (Mariscala – Rocha)
Concentration: Municipality of Mariscala
Start: 09:55
Route: 161.3 km
Stage 9 (Rocha – Castillos – Maldonado)
Concentration: Rocha Sports Center
Start: 08:45
Route: 199.6 km
Stage 10 (Maldonado – Montevideo)
Concentration: Maldonado Track
Start: 08:30
Route: 194.7 km