2009 Vuelta a España Stage 17: Ciudad Real - Talavera de la Reina, 193.6km



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Vuelta a España Stage 17: Ciudad Real - Talavera de la Reina

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The 17th stage will take place on Wednesday 16th September and, on paper, represents the best opportunity the GC favourites have to take it easy and recover their strength as, following the three consecutive mountain finishes in Andalucia, they still have a good deal climbing ahead of them in and around Madrid.

The 17th stage starts in Ciudad Real and finishes in Talavera de Reina, a city that is world renowned for its ceramics. The route covers a total of 193 kilometres and includes no climbs. There are only two special sprints, both located in the final kilometres of the stage.

Previous editions: prior to 2005, Ciudad Real had only hosted on stage start. Since then, however, the city has been a fixture in the race schedule, to the point where the race passed through the city twice in 2008. Talavera has also figured in recent editions: in 2007 it hosted the finish of a stage that also started in Ciduad Real. The winner on that ocassion was Daniele Bennati.
 
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