Villasana de Mena > Ojo Guareña 160km

The second stage is a much hillier affair compared to the opening day, but it’s still one for the fast finishers of the bunch. There’s 2435m of climbing throughout the stage, with quite a lot in the opening 50km, before a circuit to finish off the day. This finish was last used in this race way back in 2013, when Jens Keukeleire won the sprint, I can’t believe it’s over 10 years since that day! The uphill finish is short enough for some of the sprinters to cope with, but the fast finishing puncheurs will also be licking their lips at this one.