# Stage 9: Villajoyosa → Alto de Aitana · Vuelta a España 2026

Sunday, August 30 (2026-08-30) · 187.5 km · Mountain Stage

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A demanding mountain stage with significant climbing, culminating in a tough ascent to Alto de Aitana.

**Stages shaped like this went to the breakaway or a solo attacker 29 of 50 times — 8 from the day's break, 21 late attacks.** (aggregated from the closest 2011–2025 WorldTour lookalikes in the Parcours similarity corpus)

## Key climbs

- **Puerto de Tarbena** — Cat 3, at km 31.3, 6.7 km long, avg 5.4%
- **Coll de Rates** — Cat 3, at km 62.3, 1.5 km long, avg 6.2%
- **Puerto El Miserat** — Cat 1, at km 93.8, 5.1 km long, avg 10.1%
- **Port de Tudons** — Cat 2, at km 148.6, 11.7 km long, avg 4%
- **Alto de Aitana** — Cat 1, at km 156.3, 21.2 km long, avg 5.9%

Total elevation gain: 3419 m · Max elevation: 1416 m


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Data by Parcours (https://parcours.sh) — elevation profiles, key climbs and watch windows for the 2026 WorldTour season.