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Stage 4 Preview
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Stage 4: Baza → Sierra Nevada
Date: Tuesday, August 23
Distance: 170 km

Stage 4 start time: Tuesday 12:45 CEST (10:45:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Baza, Spain
Earliest live video: 16:00 CEST (2:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:50 CEST (3:50:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Sierra Nevada, Spain

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Stage 4 preview: Baza → Sierra Nevada, 170 km (Mountain)


A landscape of the Sierra Nevada from the 2009 Vuelta a Espana. Stage 4 returns to the popular Sierra Nevada for the first mountain stage and summit finish of this year's race. (more photos from 2009)



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August 22 post: Stage 4 will feature a cat 1 climb right from the start and a HC summit finish after 170 km of racing with lumpy terrain inbetween. The stage takes place mostly in the Granada region starting from Baza before winding its way southwest to the Sierra Nevada where the long 23 km climb to the finish averages 5.7% and ramps up to 10%. Two years ago, David Moncoutie (Cofidis) pulled off one of his epic mountain stage wins which have defined his career by soloing the stage 13 Sierra Nevada finish. — Steve

9 Big Photos from Stage 13 2009 — sirotti