# Stage 10: Alcaraz → Elche de la Sierra · Vuelta a España 2026

Tuesday, September 1 (2026-09-01) · 184.5 km · Hilly Stage

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A hilly stage with rolling terrain and several climbs, leading to a challenging finish.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 54 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Puerto de las Cruces** — Cat 3, at km 46.1, 4.9 km long, avg 4.5%
- **Puerto de Peralejo** — Cat 3, at km 92.3, 4.9 km long, avg 4.5%
- **Puerto de Socovos** — Cat 3, at km 138.4, 9.8 km long, avg 3.5%

Total elevation gain: 2138 m · Max elevation: 1429 m


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