Details of VPV '13 leaked

Having just received a four-year extension to its WorldTour-license, the organizers of the Vuelta al País Vasco have released details of next year's parcours.

And, yes, the Arrate does feature. So I guess we've already won one stage. Half-jokes aside, the race gets underway on April 1. with a stage to and from Elgoibar, Gipuzkoa, writes www.biciciclismo.com. Later on they'll head to a mountain top finish at La Lejana, where Moncoutié edged out Aitor Osa in 2005, before they'll embark on the traditional fourth stage to Alto de Arrate.

The location of the final stage is yet to be decided, but the race is likely to end in either Gipuzkoa or Bizkaia.

The man on the picture of course took out this year's race, but as Samu has flirted with the idea of doing a Giro-Vuelta double next year, it remains to be seen if it'll be a goal for him in 2013.

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