# Stage 12: Vera → Calar Alto · Vuelta a España 2026

Thursday, September 3 (2026-09-03) · 166.5 km · Mountain Stage

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A mountain stage featuring two significant climbs, culminating at the Calar Alto Observatory.

**Stages shaped like this were decided by the GC favourites 3 of 4 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2020–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Alto de Velefique** — Cat 1, at km 122.9, 13.2 km long, avg 7.3%
- **Calar Alto** — Cat 1, at km 166.5, 15.5 km long, avg 6%

Total elevation gain: 3085 m · Max elevation: 2152 m


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