One of the Vuelta a Espana's most feared climbs, the ascent of the brutal Lagos de Covadonga could be making a return to the Spanish Grand Tour in 2024.
The last time the lakes around Covadonga were seen at the Vuelta a Espana was back in 2021. On that day, Primoz Roglic was the dominant force in the peloton, finishing 1:35 ahead of then-Jumbo-Visma teammate Sepp Kuss, en route to a third overall victory in the race for the Red Jersey.
According to reports by La Nueva España, among others, the infamous 12.5-kilometre climb which averages out at a gradient of 6.9%, however features peak gradients of up to 16% could be back on the race route in 2024.
In total the Vuelta a Espana has seen stages finish on the climb a total of 23 times, making it one of the most historic and memory-inducing ascents in the race's history. Alongside Roglic, past winners include the likes of Marino Lejaretta, the first winner, Pedro Delgado, Luis Herrera, Laurent Jalabert, Pavel Tonkov and Nairo Quintana.
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- I've just watched video of the crash, and in my opinion Bryan Coquard was at fault in no way whatsoever. It was a racing incident, with unfortunate results.
santiagobenites07-07-2025 - Agree. Remco needs to get better (or Tadej and Jonas have to get worse) before he can realistically win the Tour, no matter what team he is on. That said he is unusually unsupported this year thanks to Landa's unfortunate crash. That lack of support gives him less room for error than if he were riding for a stronger team.mobk07-07-2025
- come on... Case: 1-Remco in Visma 2- Jonas in Soudal 3- Tadej in Cofidis ->Remco's in third place, five minutes back, (if he's lucky and Primoz crashes). The rest is just fuel for arguments and controversial articles. It's not the team, it's he.
maria2024202407-07-2025 - On second thoughts, from reading most reviews, I think you’re overdoing it, you cannot blame two individuals if it’s their collective involuntary actions to avoid each other that cause a third to crash, sometimes you have nowhere to go by the time you realise there’s danger.Mistermaumau07-07-2025
- I’m going to take your word for it coz I have no desire to watch it personally, cycling is turning into a sport for addicts of crashporn. We’ve avoided a big one but at this rate of individual crashing, will anyone even finish this Tour? Maybe Rogliç, if he stays 100m behind the peleton each day ;-)Mistermaumau07-07-2025
- So, Almeida would also be more than capable but has always worked in the interests of Pog. Not saying there is a wrong or right way to do things but as I said before Holm put it more explicitly, if management obsess over beating Pog then it’s hypocritical to put your eggs in different baskets, that’s about the only thing UAE fo right tactically.Mistermaumau07-07-2025
- With Redbull he has a shot at the Tour. They have Roglic as a co captain, and a group of climbers. And would put them in position to help Remco unlike the team members with him now (that includes 2 riders who are sprint spealized), meaning on a climb he is down 2 team mates to start. And with the budget they have, they can lock in even more talent I'm sure. Sodal just doesn't have the ability to help him right now. Not a really good team or help currentlymd197507-07-2025
- Adam BLythe is an idiot, If he attacks he is wasting energy. If he does not, this crapabstractengineer07-07-2025
- WVA has won more stages than Jonas. So he is allowed to go for stages. In return he is helping out in the mountains and other risky terrain.abstractengineer07-07-2025
- Honestly those 2 riders in front of him that caused the crash should be suspended. They were so overly aggressive battling for Trek's wheel that they didn't have control of their bike. I get there will be aggression in sprints but this was completely reckless.Nomadic1907-07-2025