Puerto de Tárbena is a Category 2 climb in Costa Blanca — 6.92km at 5.8% average gradient, cresting at 594m. It comes 150.3km from the finish of Stage 9 of La Vuelta a España 2026 (La Vila Joiosa / Villajoyosa → Alto de Aitana. Costa Blanca, 187km). Set your groupset — Shimano, SRAM, Campagnolo or a custom setup — and see exactly which gears get you up it, kilometre by kilometre.
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