With three-time champion Annemiek van Vleuten retiring, a new group of potential victors will be vying for the red jersey at La Vuelta Femenina. Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) is the most obvious choice as race favourite, but she hasn’t had the same form on the run-in this season. Other contenders include Elisa Longo Borghini and Gaia Realini (Lidl-Trek), Kasia Niewiadoma and Ricarda Bauernfeind (Canyon-SRAM), Mavi García (Liv-AlUla-Jayco), Juliette Labous (dsm-firmenich-PostNL), Riejanne Markus (Visma-Lease a Bike), and Ashleigh Moolman Pasio and Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal).