The 2024 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race that took place in Portugal and Spain between 17 August and 8 September. It was the 79th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2024 men's road cycling season. The race departed from Lisbon and finished in Madrid.[1]
Wout van Aert (Visma–Lease a Bike) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin–Deceuninck) won three stages, with Groves winning the points classification after van Aert abandoned the race during stage 16 after crashing during a slippery descent. Groves finished with 226 points, a comfortable advantage over Roglič, his nearest opponent, who had 140. Van Aert had 291 points before abandoning.[3]
Soudal–Quick-Step chose to compete under a different name from the rest of the season: they became T-Rex Quick-Step, using the name of a product made by Soudal, their normal sponsor.[6]
^On stage 2, Wout van Aert, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Brandon McNulty wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification and second-placed Mathias Vacek wore the white jersey as the leader of the young rider classification.
^On stage 2, Stefan Küng, who was fourth in the general classification, wore the blue polkadot jersey.
^On stage 4, Kaden Groves, who was second in the points classification classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Wout van Aert wore wear the red jersey as the general classification leader.
^On stages 14–15, Marc Soler, who was second in the mountains classification classification, wore the polkadot jersey, because first-placed Wout van Aert wore the green jersey as the points classification leader. For the same reason, Jay Vine wore the jersey on stage 16.
