# Stage 7: Vall d'Alba → Aramón Valdelinares · Vuelta a España 2026

Friday, August 28 (2026-08-28) · 149.9 km · Mountain Stage

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A mountain stage with a challenging final ascent to the ski station of Valdelinares.

**Stages shaped like this were decided by the GC favourites 4 of 8 times.** (aggregated from the closest 2018–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Puerto de Remolcador** — Cat 3, at km 25, 12 km long, avg 4.4%
- **Alto de Zucaina** — Cat 3, at km 61.6, 5.3 km long, avg 4.8%
- **Alto Fuente de Rubielos** — Cat 2, at km 75, 6.1 km long, avg 6.1%
- **Puerto de San Rafael** — Cat 3, at km 125.6, 9.5 km long, avg 4.4%
- **Valdelinares** — Cat 2, at km 149.9, 8.3 km long, avg 6.5%

Total elevation gain: 3127 m · Max elevation: 1966 m


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