Vuelta a España 2025
AUGUST 23 – SEPTEMBER 14

The Vuelta a España – cycling’s final Grand Tour of the year –
was launched in 1935, aiming to emulate the growth and
prestige of the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia


ROUTE

For first time 80th edition begins in Turin, Italy – first of three
stages in Italian region of Piemonte – before riders traverse French Alps.
Crossing into Spain from stage five, lung-bursting route features summit
finishes at fearsome Angliru, La Farrapona and Bola del Mundo

1
START: Aug 23,
Torino, Italy

Novara
2
Alba
Limone Piemonte
San Maurizio Canavese
3
Ceres
FRANCE
Susa
4
Voiron

5
Figueres
Olot
6
Pal, Andorra
Andorra La Vella
7
Cerler
Monzón Templario
8
Zaragoza
Alfaro
9
Estación de Esquí de Valdezcaray
Parque de la Naturaleza Sendaviva
10
El Ferial Larra Belagua
Bilbao
11
Laredo
12
Los Corrales de Buelna
Cabezón de la Sal
13
L’Angliru
Avilés
14
La Farrapona
A Veiga
15
Monforte de Lemos
Poio
16
Mos
O Barco de Valdeorras
17
Alto de El Morredero
18
Valladolid
Rueda
19
Guijuelo
Robledo de Chavela
20
Bola del Mundo
Alalpardo
21 FINISH: Sep 14, Madrid
SPAIN
PORTUGAL

Total race distance
3189.8km


STAGE
BREAKDOWN

Stage 1
Start
Finish
Start / finish
Rest day
Individual time-trial
Team time-trial
Mountain stage
Medium mountain
Hill stage
Flat stage

Stage	Date 	km
1	Aug 23	186.1
2	24	159.6
3	25	134.6
4	26	206.7
5	27	24.1
6	28	170.3
7	29	188
8	30	163.5
9	31	195.5
10	Sep 2	175.3
11	3	157.4
12	4	144.9
13	5	202.7
14	6	135.9
15	7	167.8
16	9	167.9
17	10	143.2
18	11	27.2
19	12	161.9
20	13	165.6
21	14	111.6


Elite Club
Slovenian rider Primož
Roglič (left) equalled record
of Roberto Heras with fourth La Vuelta title
in 2024. This year, Roglič is not expected to
defend title, while 2022 winner Remco Evenepoel
misses event to focus on World Championships

4
Primož
Roglič SVN
2019, 20, 21, 24	
Tours 6

4
Roberto
Heras ESP
2000, 03, 04, 05 9

3
Tony
Rominger SUI
1992, 93, 94	6

3
Alberto
Contador ESP
2008, 12, 14	5


HIGHEST NUMBER OF DAYS IN LEADER’S JERSEY

Alex Zülle SUI (1993, 96, 97, 2000)
48

Primož Roglič SVN (2019, 20, 21, 22, 24)
42

Roberto Heras ESP (2000, 02, 03, 04 05)
34

Gustaaf Deloor BEL (1935, 36)
32

Delio Rodriguez ESP (1941, 45, 46, 47)
32

Tony Rominger SUI (1992, 93, 94)
32


Overall
leader: Red
Awarded to La Vuelta
winner. Worn by race
leader at start of each
stage – calculated by
totalling each day’s
finishing
time

La Roja
Race leader’s red jersey
introduced in 2010, inspired
by success of Spain’s World and
European Cup-winning football
team – La Roja. Earlier colour
variations include inaugural
orange jersey of 1935


Title contenders

Two-time
Grand Tour winner
Jonas Vingegaard
Visma-Lease a Bike
Ambitious to improve on
second-place finish in 2023.
Strong climbing abilities,
combined with elite
endurance make Danish
rider favourite for title

Tour de Suisse champion
João Almeida
UAE Team Emirates
Aiming for maiden
Grand Tour victory.
Leads team, alongside
youthful Spanish talent
Juan Ayuso (inset),
aiming to avenge
crashing out at
Tour de France


2025 season:
Most victories by team

General classification and stage wins – data as of Aug 19

UAE Team Emirates XRG	72
Lidl – Trek		43
Soudal Quick-Step	32
Team Visma – Lease a Bike 27
Team Grenke		24
INEOS Grenadiers	24

Team Emirates are chasing
cycling history by surpassing
Columbia-HTC for most wins in single
season (85, 2009). Team has amassed
72 race wins from over 20 different riders
to date, highlighting superb squad depth


King of the
Mountains:
Polka dot
Held by rider
who proves to be
best climber, with
more severe climbs
offering most
points

Best
young rider:
White
Awarded to highest
placed rider aged
under 26. Prize
first introduced
in 2017

Points
leader: Green
Fastest sprinters
compete for points
at end of each stage –
points adjusted by
terrain, flat stages
awarding most
points


STAGE 20: Highest point of race

Start:
Robledo de
Chavela 844m

Alto de
La Escondida
1260m

Puerto de
La Paradilla
1343m

Alto
del León
1511m

Puerto de
Navacerrada
1854m

Finish:
Bola del Mundo
Puerto De Navacerrada 2251m

km	13.6 26.4 59 115.8 165.6	


RECENT
GRAND TOUR
WINNERS

	Giro d’Italia		Tour de France		Vuelta a España
2019	Richard Carapaz ECU	Egan Bernal COL		Primož Roglič SLO
2020	Tao Geoghegan Hart GBR	Tadej Pogačar SLO	Primož Roglič SLO
2021	Egan Bernal COL		Tadej Pogačar SLO	Primož Roglič SLO
2022	Jai Hindley AUS		Jonas Vingegaard DEN	Remco Evenepoel BEL
2023	Primož Roglič SLO	Jonas Vingegaard DEN	Sepp Kuss USA
2024	Tadej Pogačar SLO	Tadej Pogačar SLO	Primož Roglič SLO
2025 	Simon Yates GBR 	Tadej Pogačar SLO	August 23 – September 14


Sources: La Vuelta, Gracenote 
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