MADRID, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The route for the 2024 Vuelta a Espana was officially presented to the press and public in Madrid on Tuesday.
The race starts in Portugal's capital Lisbon on August 17 with a 12-kilometer time trial, and there will be two more stages in Portugal before the race arrives in Spain.
It will be the fifth time in 79 editions that the race has started outside of Spain, to start 3,261