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Today we are in Santiago de Compostela.

Well, where are we Daniel? For the last time in this World Test Bania.

We are in Santiago de Compostela, which is the ultimate destination of the Wiltas

Bania, ultimate destination of course well for some people of the Camino de Santiago.

600 people a day, almost quarter of a million people a year, make the pilgrimage to end up here.

It's a pilgrimage that the Wiltas makes from time to time as well, not all that often.

I mean the Wiltas usually finishes in Madrid. It's not as fluid as the Jero, but far more so than the Tour de France.

And being here just highlights for me what a great thing it is I think for a ground tour to finish outside the capital city

because Madrid, like Paris, always feels a little bit flat. Whereas here in Santiago de Compostela

there's a great atmosphere, you know it's the right size of town.

The Wiltas is really taking it over, there are lots of crowds out and it's a fantastic setting isn't it?

It is rich, the Wiltas as you say doesn't often finish outside.

Only three times in fact since 1987 and all three times those exceptions have been Santiago de Compostela.

Prior to that it did often finish outside Madrid, finished in the vast country most years for a long stretch from 1955 to 1978

but since then it's mainly been Madrid.

The theme of our final episode from the Vuelta, we're going to try and marry that idea to the Vuelta itself

and the riders who've been on their own sort of pilgrimage but there are also six pilgrims of the Vuelta who are going to be highlighting and talking about.

In tonight's episode our final one from the Vuelta, our final one from the third Grand Tour of the Year, although there will be a final episode, the final episode of Cometa Zero

featuring the rider's diaries, audio diarists, will come out on Tuesday so stay tuned for that.

It's a time trial, tonight 33 kilometres long, the first riders are off wearing the shadows of the cathedral

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