The Lakes of Covadonga (el. 1134 m.) are composed of two glacial lakes located on the region of Asturias, Spain. These lakes, often also called Lakes of Enol or simply Los Lagos, are Lake Enol and Lake Ercina located in the Picos de Europa range and they are the original center of the Picos de Europa National Park, created in 1918. They are near Covadonga Sanctuary.

Vuelta a España

The road ascending from Covadonga to the lakes is a popular climb in professional road bicycle racing, having been used by Vuelta a España many times in the last 25 years.

Together with Alto de l'Angliru, Lagos de Covadonga is the most important climb in the modern history of the Vuelta. The road that leads to the lakes starts at Covadonga and is 12.6 kilometres long at an average gradient of 7.3% (height gain: 1056 m). The most demanding section is La Huesera, 7 kilometres from the top of the climb, with an average gradient of 15% during 800 meters. It was featured for the first time in 1983 with the victory of Marino Lejarreta, who was in a fierce battle with Bernard Hinault for overall victory. This was the same Vuelta that saw Hinault, Greg LeMond and Laurent Fignon all riding on the same team.

Winners of the Lakes of Covadonga stage

Year	Name	Country
1983	Marino Lejarreta	Spain
1984	Raimund Dietzen	Germany
1985	Pedro Delgado	Spain
1986	Robert Millar	United Kingdom
1987	Lucho Herrera	Colombia
1989	Álvaro Pino	Spain
1991	Lucho Herrera	Colombia
1992	Pedro Delgado	Spain
1993	Oliverio Rincón	Colombia
1994	Laurent Jalabert	France
1996	Laurent Jalabert	France
1997	Pavel Tonkov	Russia
2000	Andrei Zintchenko	Russia
2001	Juan Miguel Mercado	Spain
2005	Eladio Jiménez	Spain
2007	Vladimir Efimkin	Russia
2010	Carlos Barredo	Spain
2012	Antonio Piedra	Spain
2014	Przemysław Niemiec	Poland
2016	Nairo Quintana	Colombia
2018	Thibaut Pinot	France
2021	Primož Roglič	Slovenia

External links

• Lagos de Covadonga climb details (in Spanish)
• Information and profile of the Covadonga by Climbbybike.com
• Cycling up to Lagos de Covadonga: data, profile, map, photos and description

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[fr] Lacs de Covadonga

[it] Laghi di Enol