{"id":185761,"date":"2021-08-25T11:20:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T11:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=185761"},"modified":"2021-08-25T11:26:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T11:26:30","slug":"climb-like-the-pros-at-la-vuelta-experience-the-grand-tour-virtually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/08\/25\/climb-like-the-pros-at-la-vuelta-experience-the-grand-tour-virtually\/","title":{"rendered":"Climb Like the Pros at La Vuelta: Experience the Grand Tour Virtually"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2021\/08\/13\/ride-the-la-vuelta-virtual-experience-the-grand-tour-at-home\/\">informed you before<\/a>, the Rouvy platform allows you to ride the same routes the pros do in a beautiful augmented-reality setting. In case you missed it, you can still test your legs on parts of the gruesome La Vuelta stages 11 and 12. There\u2019s even a general classification. Rouvy will pick your three best results (or two) and place you among the best. Ready to test your skills? Let\u2019s take a closer look at the routes.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Stage 11 route has an undulating landscape covering a distance of almost 43 km and nearly 1,000 m of climbing, with the highest point near Las Lagunillas. This challenging stage, with its shark-tooth type profile, will test the strongest of legs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/08\/Vuelta_stage_11.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-185764\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/08\/Vuelta_stage_11.jpeg\" alt=\"La Vuelta Virtual\" width=\"960\" height=\"592\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rouvy.com\/events\/race\/59275\">#4 La Vuelta Virtual 2021 &#8211; Stage 11<\/a> | ASIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>25\/08\/2021<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rouvy.com\/events\/race\/59276\">#4 La Vuelta Virtual 2021 &#8211; Stage 11<\/a> | EU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>25\/08\/2021<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rouvy.com\/events\/race\/59277\">#4 La Vuelta Virtual 2021 &#8211; Stage 11<\/a> | USA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>26\/08\/2021<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stage 12 is tough on the legs as well. The first climb begins in the ancient Medina Azahara, a fortified palace-city and an important historical landmark in Andalusia. You\u2019ll climb about 400 m, followed by some undulating terrain towards the summit of San Jeronimo at around the 15-km mark. Then you\u2019ll descend for 8 km into the ancient and cultural city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andalucia.org\/en\/provincia-cordoba\">Cord\u00f3ba<\/a> before heading uphill again for the final tough 7-km climb to the finish.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/08\/Vuelta_Stage_12.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-185767\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2021\/08\/Vuelta_Stage_12.jpeg\" alt=\"La Vuelta Virtual\" width=\"960\" height=\"391\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rouvy.com\/events\/race\/59278\">#5 La Vuelta Virtual 2021 &#8211; Stage 12<\/a> | ASIA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>26\/08\/2021<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rouvy.com\/events\/race\/59279\">#5 La Vuelta Virtual 2021 &#8211; Stage 12<\/a> | EU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>26\/08\/2021<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rouvy.com\/events\/race\/59280\">#5 La Vuelta Virtual 2021 &#8211; Stage 12<\/a> | USA<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>27\/08\/2021<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Go on and register, the capacity is limited!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we informed you before, the Rouvy platform allows you to ride the same routes the pros do in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":185772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[329],"tags":[5590,479,5592,3807],"global-categories":[3366],"class_list":["post-185761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road-cycling","tag-2021-la-vuelta","tag-la-vuelta","tag-la-vuelta-virtual","tag-rouvy","global-categories-cycling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Climb Like the Pros at La Vuelta: Experience the Grand Tour Virtually<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As we informed you before, the Rouvy platform allows you to ride the same routes the pros do in a beautiful augmented-reality setting. 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