# Stage 16: Cortegana → Palos de la Frontera · Vuelta a España 2026

Tuesday, September 8 (2026-09-08) · 186 km · Flat Stage

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A flat stage with a hilly start, leading to a potential sprint finish in Palos de la Frontera.

**Stages shaped like this ended in a sprint 64 of 100 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

Total elevation gain: 980 m · Max elevation: 691 m


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