The 2024 Vuelta a España kicks off Saturday with a 12km time trial along the Portuguese coast from Lisbon to Oeiras.

Despite the risk of strong crosswinds from the Atlantic, the course is suitable for pure time triallists, and overall contenders will be fighting for every second and the leader's jersey.

Race organizer Unipublic announced the official time trial start list after the final pre-race technical meeting. Since the Vuelta a España starts in Portugal, all start times are in local time, one hour earlier than the Central European Time often displayed in other European races.

Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) will send out the first rider at 16:23 local time, and Wout Van Art (Visma Ries a Bike) will send out the last rider at 19:18.

In the time trial, Josh Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers) will start at 18:32. This young English rider is making his Grand Tour debut, but seems most suited to the flat, fast course. His rivals are Van Aert, Victor Campenaerts, and possibly Primoš Roglic. [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...] [...]