The team time trial in Figueras, with its 24 km flat route, could potentially turn the general classification upside down, and the teams favored for the overall victory also seem to be the main favorites for today's time trial. Both UAE Emirates and Visma-Lease a Bike have arrived at this Vuelta with some talented time trial specialists. The UAE team is slightly favored, but the Dutch team also has a highly respectable squad. Jay Vine, Ivo Oliveira, Mikkel Bjerg, Felix Grossschartner, João Almeida, and Juan Ayuso are all national time trial champions, which makes UAE Emirates the number one favorite.

Of course, Jonas Vingegaard has also arrived with a strong team for this Vuelta. The Dane can count on Matteo Jorgenson, Dylan van Baarle, Wilco Kelderman, and former world hour record holder Victor Campenaerts. Unfortunately, Vingegaard will have to race with one fewer rider compared to his competitors: Axel Zingle did not start on Monday due to a crash in the second stage, which caused him a shoulder injury.

Ineos-Grenadiers arrives with a powerhouse team today, completely relying on Filippo Ganna's qualities, who knows a thing or two about time trials, and will have Kwiatkowski, Bernal fighting for the general classification, Jungels, and Turner who won yesterday ahead of Philipsen. The Lidl-Trek of Ciccone will also be at the start with Giro time trial winner Daan Hoole, accompanied by Bagioli, Bernard Julien, Pedersen, and Verona. The Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe can also count on Jai Hindley's power, along with Nico Denz, Pellizzari, Aleotti, and Sobrero. Groupama-FDJ will have a very solid team with Stefan Küng and Rémi Cavagna, tasked with defending the red jersey of David Gaudu.

The team time trial brings the Vuelta back to its home roads, as after the Grand Start in Piedmont, with three days of racing on Italian roads and a brief incursion into France, today the Spanish stage race begins its journey within its "home walls".