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2025 Vuelta a España

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2025 Vuelta a España
2025 UCI World Tour, race 31 of 36
Route of the 2025 Vuelta a España
Route of the 2025 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates23 August – 14 September
Stages21
Distance3,151 km (1,958 mi)
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The 2025 Vuelta a España is a three-week cycling race taking place in Italy, France, Andorra and Spain. It started on 23 August in Turin, and will finish on 14 September in Madrid.[1] It is the 80th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2025 men's road cycling season.

Teams

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Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2025 Vuelta a España

Twenty-three teams are participating in the race. All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by five UCI ProTeams: the two highest ranked UCI ProTeams in 2024 (Lotto and Israel–Premier Tech), along with three teams selected by Unipublic, the organisers of the Tour.[2][3]

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) rules allow twenty-two teams to enter a Grand Tour – eighteen UCI WorldTeams, the two highest ranked UCI ProTeams from the previous season and two teams invited by the organisers. Grand Tour race organisers ASO and RCS Sport asked the UCI to allow an additional wildcard team to be invited to Grand Tour events, after lobbying from smaller teams competing for the wildcard slots.[4] Larger teams were reported to not support the request.[5] In March 2025, the UCI announced that twenty three teams would be permitted in 2025, allowing an additional team to be invited.[6]

UCI WorldTeams

UCI ProTeams

Pre-race favourites

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Jonas Vingegaard of Visma–Lease a Bike was considered the clear favourite, having finished second in the 2025 Tour de France.[7] The Visma team was widely believed to be the strongest in the race and promised to offer the best support for Vingegaard, both in the mountain stages and on flat terrain.[8] The team included 2024 and 2025 Paris-Nice champion Matteo Jorgenson, 2023 Vuelta champion Sepp Kuss, 2023 Tour of Norway champion Ben Tulett, and the experienced veteran Wilco Kelderman for climbing support. Support on the flat stages (including the 20km team time trial) was to be provided primarily by 2022 Paris–Roubaix champion Dylan van Baarle and double European time trial champion and Tour de France stage winner Victor Campenaerts.

UAE Team Emirates XRG also had two strong contenders with Juan Ayuso and João Almeida. Alongside the two leaders, UAE fielded several accomplished support riders. Marc Soler, a multiple Vuelta stage winner, and Jay Vine, the 2023 Tour Down Under champion, were expected to play key roles in the high mountains. Domen Novak and Felix Großschartner added further depth to the climbing squad. Mikkel Bjerg and Ivo Oliveira, both strong time trial specialists, were selected to reinforce the team in the 20 km team time trial and on flat terrain.[9]

Felix Gall of Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale, who finished fifth at the 2025 Tour de France, was also one of the favourites for a podium finish.[10] Ben O'Connor, who finished second in the 2024 Vuelta following a breakway performance on stage 6, was also competing at the race for Jayco Allula.

In other competitions, the favourite for the green jersey for most points was Mads Pedersen of Team Lidl–Trek.[11] His main competitor on flat sprint stages was multiple Tour de France stage winner Jasper Philipsen. Ben Turner of Ineos Grenadiers also posed a threat following a stage win and points classification victory a few weeks before the Vuelta at the Tour of Poland. Other notable sprinters included Casper van Uden, Jake Stewart, Ethan Vernon, Orluis Aular, and Bryan Coquard. For the young riders' classification, Giulio Pellizzari represented a strong challenger after a 6th place finish at the 2025 Giro.

Route and stages

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Stage characteristics and winners[1]
Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner
1 23 August Turin (Reggia di Venaria) (Italy) to Novara (Italy) 183 km (114 mi) Flat stage  Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
2 24 August Alba (Italy) to Limone Piemonte (Italy) 157 km (98 mi) Flat stage  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
3 25 August San Maurizio Canavese (Italy) to Ceres (Italy) 139 km (86 mi) Medium-mountain stage  David Gaudu (FRA)
4 26 August Susa (Italy) to Voiron (France) 192 km (119 mi) Medium-mountain stage  Ben Turner (GBR)
5 27 August Figueres to Figueres 20 km (12 mi) Team time trial  UAE Team Emirates XRG (UAE)
6 28 August Olot to Pal (Andorra) 171 km (106 mi) Mountain stage  Jay Vine (AUS)
7 29 August Andorra la Vella (Andorra) to Cerler (Huesca La Magia) 187 km (116 mi) Mountain stage  Juan Ayuso (ESP)
8 30 August Monzón (Templario) to Zaragoza 158 km (98 mi) Flat stage  Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
9 31 August Alfaro to Valdezcaray 195 km (121 mi) Hilly stage  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
1 September Pamplona Rest day
10 2 September Arguedas to El Ferial Larra Belagua 168 km (104 mi) Flat stage
11 3 September Bilbao to Bilbao 167 km (104 mi) Medium-mountain stage
12 4 September Laredo to Los Corrales de Buelna 143 km (89 mi) Medium-mountain stage
13 5 September Cabezón de la Sal to L'Angliru 202 km (126 mi) Mountain stage
14 6 September Avilés to Alto de La Farrapona 135 km (84 mi) Mountain stage
15 7 September Vegadeo to Monforte de Lemos 167 km (104 mi) Medium-mountain stage
8 September Pontevedra Rest day
16 9 September Poio to Mos (Castro de Herville) 172 km (107 mi) Medium-mountain stage
17 10 September O Barco de Valdeorras to Ponferrada (Alto de El Morredero) 143 km (89 mi) Medium-mountain stage
18 11 September Valladolid to Valladolid 26 km (16 mi) Individual time trial
19 12 September Rueda to Guijuelo 159 km (99 mi) Flat stage
20 13 September Robledo de Chavela to Bola del Mundo 159 km (99 mi) Mountain stage
21 14 September Valdeolmos-Alalpardo to Madrid 101 km (63 mi) Flat stage
Total 3,151 km (1,958 mi)

Race overview

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Main articles: 2025 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11 and 2025 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21

Week one

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The first stage of the race featured a flat stage that offered the sprinters an opportunity to take the first red leader's jersey. After the six-man break was caught, the race headed to the inevitable bunch sprint where Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck) won ahead of Ethan Vernon (Israel–Premier Tech) and Orluis Aular (Movistar Team), taking the first red jersey in the process.[12] Stage two finished atop the second-category climb to Limone Piemonte (9.8 km at 5.1%). Before the final climb, there was a crash that involved several riders, including Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike). All riders involved safely finished the stage. The win was decided by a reduced bunch sprint, where Vingegaard emerged victorious in a photo finish against Giulio Ciccone (Lidl–Trek). The Dane subsequently took the red jersey.[13]

The third stage finished on a small uphill finish in Ceres, with the last 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) averaging 4.2%. Inside the final kilometer, Ciccone led out Mads Pedersen (Lidl–Trek) before the Dane led into the final corner. However, David Gaudu (Groupama–FDJ) divebombed the corner to take the lead out of the exit, outsprinting Pedersen to win the stage. Vingegaard took third to take four bonus seconds, which allowed him to keep the red jersey over Gaudu, who is now on the same time as the race leader.[14] The race went from Italy to France on the fourth stage. The first half of the stage contained three categorized climbs before a long descent led to mostly flat parcours in the second half of the stage. Despite the amount of climbing, the stage was decided by a bunch sprint with Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) edging out Philipsen to win his first Grand Tour stage. By finishing 25th on the stage compared to Vingegaard’s 42nd place, Gaudu took the red jersey by having the least sum of stage finish positions from the first four stages.[15]

The race reached Spain on the fifth stage as the riders tackled a 24.1-kilometre (15.0 mi) flat team time trial in Figueres. Lidl–Trek sat in the hot seat for most of the day but their time was eventually beaten by UAE Team Emirates XRG and Visma–Lease a Bike, with the former beating the latter by just eight seconds. Vingegaard regained the red jersey after Gaudu lost 16 seconds to the Dane while the UAE Team Emirates XRG trio of Juan Ayuso, João Almeida, and Soler occupy the second to fourth places in the GC at just eight seconds down. Protestors with Palestinian flags[16] blocked Israel-Premier Tech's team time trial.[17] The team finished the stage in 19th place of 23, 54 seconds to the stage winners,[18] but were then awarded 15 seconds due to the protest, thus placing them in 14th place.[19] One protestor was arrested.[20] Vuelta's director, Javier Guillén, responded by stating "they cannot allow what happened" in Stage 5 with the Israel-Premier Tech team.[21] Some sports commentators have commended protestors, but disapproved that the protest affected only one team[22] and for putting rider safety at risk during the protest[23]. Other commentators disapproved the protest all together affirming that the Vuelta is not the place for such protests.[24]

The riders tackled the first proper mountain stage on the sixth stage, which featured three climbs before a summit finish at Pal in Andorra (9.6 km at 6.3%). A group of 10 riders built a lead of almost seven minutes on the peloton, which was content to let them fight for the stage win. Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates XRG) attacked over the top of the penultimate climb, the Alto de la Comella, before holding off Torstein Træen (Team Bahrain Victorious) on the final climb to win the stage. In the peloton, the big news on the day was Ayuso losing seven minutes on the final climb to drop out of GC contention. Ciccone attacked once with Vingegaard on his wheel but most of the main GC contenders were able to claw their way back by the finish. Træen finished three and a half minutes ahead of the main GC group to take over the lead of the general classification.[25]

The seventh stage featured a second successive moutainous stage as the riders tackled the climbs of Port del Cantó (24.7 km at 4.4%), Puerto de la Creu de Perves (5.7 km at 6.3%), and Coll de L'Espina (7.1 km at 5.5%) before finishing atop Cerler (12.1 km at 5.8%). After losing seven minutes the previous day, Ayuso bounced back in the break, dropping his breakaway companions on the final climb to win the stage. This marked UAE Team Emirates XRG's third consecutive stage win. Despite an attack from Almeida, there was another GC stalemate as most of the contenders finished in the main GC group, which meant that Træen kept the red jersey.[26] The eighth stage was a flat stage with no categorized climbs. The stage went to an expected bunch sprint, where Philipsen came around Elia Viviani (Lotto) to win his second stage of this year's Vuelta. Viviani was eventually relegated for deviating too much during his sprint.[27]

Classification leadership

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Classification leadership by stage[28]
Stage Winner General classification
 Points classification
 Mountains classification
 Young rider classification
 Team classification
 Combativity award
1 Jasper Philipsen Jasper Philipsen Jasper Philipsen[a] Alessandro Verre Ethan Vernon Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team Hugo de la Calle
2 Jonas Vingegaard Jonas Vingegaard Jonas Vingegaard[b] Juan Ayuso Visma–Lease a Bike Liam Slock
3 David Gaudu Jonas Vingegaard[c] Alessandro Verre Sean Quinn
4 Ben Turner David Gaudu Mads Pedersen Joel Nicolau Sean Quinn
5 UAE Team Emirates XRG Jonas Vingegaard UAE Team Emirates XRG not awarded
6 Jay Vine Torstein Træen Jay Vine Giulio Pellizzari Jay Vine
7 Juan Ayuso Juan Ayuso
8 Jasper Philipsen Sergio Samitier
9 Jonas Vingegaard Michał Kwiatkowski
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18 not awarded
19
20
21 not awarded
Final
  1. ^ On stage 2, Pepijn Reinderink, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Jasper Philipsen wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification and second placed Ethan Vernon wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification.
  2. ^ On stage 3, Alessandro Verre, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the polka dot jersey, because first placed Jonas Vingegaard wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification.
  3. ^ On stage 3, Giulio Ciccone, who was second in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Jonas Vingegaard wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Classification standings

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Legend
Denotes the leader of the general classification Denotes the leader of the young rider classification
Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the leader of the team classification
Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

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General classification after Stage 9 (1–10)[28][29]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Torstein Træen (NOR) Team Bahrain Victorious 33h 35' 46"
2  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma–Lease a Bike + 37"
3  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 1' 15"
4  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 1' 35"
5  Felix Gall (AUT) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 2' 14"
6  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 2' 42"
7  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 2' 47"
8  Matteo Jorgenson (USA) Visma–Lease a Bike + 2' 49"
9  Jai Hindley (AUS) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 53"
10  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 53"

Points classification

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Points classification after Stage 9 (1–10)[28][29]
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl–Trek 120
2  Ethan Vernon (GBR) Israel–Premier Tech 111
3  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck 105
4  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma–Lease a Bike 100
5  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Lidl–Trek 88
6  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 62
7  Ben Turner (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 46
8  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 46
9  Orluis Aular (VEN) Movistar Team 46
10  João Almeida (POR) UAE Team Emirates XRG 45

Mountains classification

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Mountains classification after Stage 9 (1–10)[28][29]
Rank Rider Team Points
1  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates XRG 34
2  Louis Vervaeke (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step 23
3  Juan Ayuso (ESP) UAE Team Emirates XRG 20
4  Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education–EasyPost 18
5  Joel Nicolau (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 16
6  Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Visma–Lease a Bike 15
7  Lorenzo Fortunato (ITA) XDS Astana Team 10
8  Alessandro Verre (ITA) Arkéa–B&B Hotels 8
9  Marco Frigo (ITA) Israel–Premier Tech 7
10  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Lidl–Trek 7

Young rider classification

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Young rider classification after Stage 9 (1–10)[28][29]
Rank Rider Team Time
1  Giulio Pellizzari (ITA) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe 33h 38' 39"
2  Matthew Riccitello (USA) Israel–Premier Tech + 27"
3  Raúl García Pierna (ESP) Arkéa–B&B Hotels + 46"
4  Junior Lecerf (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 1' 28"
5  Harold Martín López (ECU) XDS Astana Team + 3' 37"
6  Sergio Chumil (GUA) Burgos Burpellet BH + 5' 43"
7  Jaume Guardeño (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 9' 30"
8  Ben Tulett (GBR) Visma–Lease a Bike + 9' 47"
9  Abel Balderstone (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 10' 08"
10  Marco Frigo (ITA) Israel–Premier Tech + 10' 33"

Team classification

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Team classification after Stage 9 (1–10)[28][29]
Rank Team Time
1 United Arab Emirates UAE Team Emirates XRG 99h 56' 42"
2 Netherlands Visma–Lease a Bike + 6' 24"
3 Kazakhstan XDS Astana Team + 14' 15"
4 Belgium Soudal–Quick-Step + 21' 34"
5 France Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 25' 44"
6 Bahrain Team Bahrain Victorious + 31' 03"
7 Germany Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 33' 06"
8 Spain Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 40' 37"
9 United Kingdom Ineos Grenadiers + 44' 49"
10 France Groupama–FDJ + 45' 48"

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