Asturias will once again have two decisive stages in the Vuelta Ciclista a España 2024.

Cuitu Negru, in Lena, and the Lagos de Covadonga, in Cangas de Onís, will host summit finishes on 1 and 3 September.

The itinerary through the Principality totals 404 kilometres, with new starts in Infiesto/L'Infiestu and Luanco/Lluanco, a route through the south-west on stage 14 and seven intermediate mountain passes.

Asturias will once again be a protagonist in the next edition of the Vuelta Ciclista a España with two top finishes at Cuitu Negru (Lena) and Lagos de Covadonga (Cangas de Onís) on 1 and 3 September, and the pass through Degaña and Cangas del Narcea on 31 August. The Deputy Minister of Tourism, Lara Martínez, and the Director General of Physical Activity and Sport, Manuela Fernández, represented the Principality this afternoon at the presentation of the programme for the 2024 edition of the Tour of Asturias.

The Vuelta will arrive in Asturias on 31 August, when during stage 14, starting in Villafranca del Bierzo and finishing in Villablino, the riders will enter the municipalities of Degaña and Cangas del Narcea with two climbs to the third category passes of Zarréu and the first category pass of Leitariegos.

The following day, on 1 September, the round will start from Infiesto/L'Infiestu and will cover 142 kilometres to finish with the special category ascent of Cuitu Negru, the summit of the Valgrande-Pajares ski resort, at an altitude of 1,842 metres. Before that, the peloton will have to overcome twice the Colladiella pass, in the first category, and the San Emiliano pass, in the third category.

After a rest day in Asturias, the third stage in the region will start on 3 September from Luanco/Lluanco, which is also making its debut as the starting point of the round. The cyclists will have to face 181 kilometres in this second Asturian stage, including the first category climbs of El Fitu and Collada Llomena, to finish at the Lagos de Covadonga, one of the most emblematic mountain passes in cycling, of special category.

Lara Martínez highlighted the touristic nature of the route, "which will once again take advantage of the showcase of La Vuelta to show the public our landscapes of sea and mountains, and the possibilities that this orography of contrasts offers to cyclists and cycling enthusiasts". These conditions also mark the sporting demands of the Asturian stages and will once again make them three of the most eagerly awaited by television viewers, as is the case with every edition. The presentation of the route was also attended by the mayors of three of the councils that will be the starting and finishing points of the Vuelta 2024: Piloña, Iván Allende; Lena, Gema Álvarez; Gozón, Jorge Suárez, and the sports councillor of Cangas de Onís, Agustín García.