Vuelta a España 2025

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Stage 13: João Almeida holds off Jonas Vingegaard for win atop Agliru as duo battle on savagely-steep mountain / As it happened

From a showdown of the top two GC riders, João Almeida (UAE Team Emirate-XRG) emerged on the crest of the Angliru as the stage 13 winner, grabbing a few bonus seconds on race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike). Jai Hindley (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) separated from Sepp Kuss (Visma-Lease a Bike) on the final slopes of the 12.5km ascent to secure third.

Almeida gained only four seconds on Vingegaard, and trails by 46 seconds on the red jersey. Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) remained third overall, but lost 70 seconds, now at 2:18. Hindley moved into fourth place at a gap of 3:00.

Stage 12: Juan Ayuso beats Javier Romo in two-up breakaway sprint to secure victory / As it happened

Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) outsprinted breakaway partner Javier Romo (Movistar) to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a España, as solo chaser Brieuc Rolland (Groupama-FDJ) finished third on the day.

Race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) retained the race lead with the same 50-second margin over João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and 56 seconds ahead of Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling).

Stage 11: Tom Pidcock gains GC time on race leader Jonas Vingegaard as race neutralised with 3km to go / As it happened

No official winner was recognised on stage 11 of the Vuelta a España as officials made the call to only take GC times with three kilometres to go due to incidents at the finish line in Bilbao. Race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) retained the red jersey on the complicated day, with Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling) earning bonus seconds on the final climb.

Stage 10: Jay Vine climbs to second victory of Spanish Grand Tour as red jersey back in Jonas Vingegaard's grasp / As it happened

Jay Vine gave UAE Team Emirates XRG their fourth stage win of the 2025 Vuelta a España, soloing away from the late breakaway on the climb to Puerto de Belagua. After the first rest day, the stage began with two hours at a furious pace before a breakaway could form, with 30 riders going clear. Then, as the red jersey group closed in, Vine followed a move from Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) before forging ahead on his own. Behind, Traeen lost contact with Vingegaard and the red jersey was back on the Dane's shoulders.

Stage 9: Jonas Vingegaard seizes win after solo charge on Valdezcaray climb / As it happened

A 10km solo charge netted Jonas Vingegaard victory on stage 9 of the Vuelta a España, emerging from the rain to win atop the Valdezcaray climb. He made GC gains, but not quite enough to take the red jersey from Torstein Træen, though the Norwegian's lead was cut to 37 seconds. Only two riders – Tom Pidcock and João Almeida – could chase Vingegaard, finishing 24 seconds down, with the rest of the GC riders 1:46 back on a stage that shook up the general classification.

Stage 8: Jasper Philipsen pips Elia Viviani to take second stage victory / As it happened

Stage 8 offered a relatively calm day with a totally flat sprint day, and after being defeated on stage 4, Jasper Philipsen lived up to expectations to win again, conquering the messy finale in Zaragoza. He just pipped a highly disappointed Elia Viviani (Lotto) to the line, with Ethan Vernon (Israel-Premier Tech) third. There were no changes to the GC as Torstein Træen held onto red for another day.

Stage 7: Juan Ayuso delivers victory with solo charge on Cerler ascent / As it happened

After a massive GC collapse on stage 6, Juan Ayuso gave UAE Team Emirates XRG another stage win in the Vuelta a España. The Spaniard entered into the day's breakaway before soloing to the win. Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) held onto the race lead.

Stage 6: Jay Vine conquers Pal in Andorra from breakaway / As it happened

Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) escaped from a 10-rider breakaway with 21km to go and rode solo for the win on stage 6 at the Vuelta a España on Thursday in in Pal Andorra. Torstein Træen (Bahrain Victorious) finished 54 seconds back in second place and leaped 25 positions for the race lead. Træen now leads the Vuelta over fellow breakaway riders Bruno Armirail (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) and Lorenzo Fortunato (XDS-Astana), Armirail at 31 seconds down and Fortunato 1:01 behind. Previous race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) moved 2:33 back in fifth overall.

Stage 5: UAE Team Emirates-XRG delivers commanding team time trial victory while Jonas Vingegaard slips back into leader's jersey / As it happened

UAE Team Emirates-XRG won the Vuelta a España's team time trial on stage 5 with a searing second half effort. The group went from third-best time at the second time check to a winning time of 25:26 over 24.1 kilometres. Visma-Lease a Bike team finished second, eight seconds back, and put their team leader Jonas Vingegaard back into the red jersey.

Stage 4: Ben Turner powers past Jasper Philipsen for first Grand Tour stage victory / As it happened

Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) surprised everyone by outsprinting none other than Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) to win in Voiron, with the expected sprint delivering an unexpected winner, and a first Grand Tour stage victory for the Brit. On GC, countback saw the red jersey change hands, with Gaudu finishing sufficiently far ahead of Vingegaard to take over the race lead. It's also a first for the Frenchman: his first Grand Tour leader's jersey.

Stage 3: David Gaudu surprises with victory after uphill pass of Mads Pedersen at the line into Ceres / As it happened

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) made a late pass of Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) on the final 50 metres and won hilly stage 3 of the Vuelta a España. The Frenchman used his deposit of bonus seconds to move to second overall on GC. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) couldn't fully match the acceleration but finished third on the stage and held the red leader's jersey for a second day, now tied on time with Gaudu.

Stage 2: Jonas Vingegaard pips Giulio Ciccone to win stage 2 / As it happened

The first summit finish of the race in Limone Piemonte ended with a photo finish, with Jonas Vingegaard taking a narrow victory over Giulio Ciccone to move into the race lead.

Stage 1: Jasper Philipsen speeds to opening stage win / As it happened

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) sprinted to a commanding victory on stage 1 of the Vuelta a España in Novara, easily taking the first leader's jersey ahead of Ethan Vernon and Orluis Aular.

2025 Vuelta a España abandons

• Stage 1: No withdrawals
• Stage 2: Guillaume Martin (Groupama-FDJ)
• Stage 3: Zingle Axel Zingle (Visma-Lease a Bike) - DNS; Jorge Arcas (Movistar) - DNS
• Stage 4: Carlos García Pierna (Burgos Burpellet BH) - DNF; Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal-QuickStep) - DNF
• Stage 5: No withdrawals
• Stage 6:  Koen Bouwman (Jayco-AlUla) - DNF; Simon Carr (Cofidis), Pepijn Reinderink (Soudal-QuickStep) and Arjen Livyns (Lotto) - DNS
• Stage 7: Daniel Cavia (Burgos Burpellet BH), Luca Vergallito (Alpecin-Deceuninck) - DNF; Cristián Rodríguez (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) - DNS
• Stage 8: Eric Antonio Fagúndez (Burgos Burpellet BH) – DNF; Oliver Knight (Cofidis) – DNF; George Bennett (Israel-Premier Tech) – DNF
• Stage 9: No withdrawals
• Stage 10: Casper van Uden (Picnic-PostNL) - DNS; Raúl García Pierna (Arkéa-B&B Hotels) - DNF
• Stage 11: Ramses Debruyne (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Paul Ourselin (Cofidis) - DNS; Chris Harper (Jayco-AlUla) - DNF
• Stage 12: Sinuhé Fernandez (Burgo Burpellet BH), Esteban Chaves (EF Education-EasyPost) - DNF
• Stage 13: Archie Ryan (EF Education-EasyPost) - DNS; Fernando Barceló (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Ben O'Connor (Jayco-AlUla), Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) - DNF

2025 Vuelta a España overview

The 80th edition of the Vuelta a España will take place from August 23 to September 14, 2025.

Race organisers confirmed the full route details on December 19, which include 3138km of racing and ten summit finishes across 21 stages, showcasing Angliru and La Bola del Mundo (2258m altitude).

Organisers had already revealed that the Spanish Grand Tour will start in Piemonte, Italy, with three stages, including a mountain finish at Limone Piemonte on stage 2. Then, stage 4 heads into the French Alps for another mountain stage. In fact, the race will cross through four countries, including Italy, Andorra, France, and Spain.

In addition, the route offers a series of medium mountain stages, between four and six possibilities for bunch sprints, an individual time trial and a team time trial before concluding in Madrid.

Last year, Primož Roglič won a fourth Vuelta a España title in the 2024 edition, sealing his fifth Grand Tour title in the last six years with a second-place finish in the final stage time trial in Madrid.

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2025 Vuelta a España route

The Vuelta organisers announced the full route details on December 19 at Madrid's IFEMA Trade and Congress Centre, celebrating the 80th edition of the Grand Tour in 2025, with 10 summit finishes, an ascent of the mythical Angliru and a long, late individual time trial.

Head to the route tab to see a full breakdown of this year's route.

2025 Vuelta a España startlist

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Vuelta a España 2025 Schedule

Vuelta a España Records

Most overall wins: Roberto Heras (four); Primoz Roglič (four), Tony Rominger, Alberto Contador (three).

Most stage wins: Delio Rodríguez (39); Alessandro Petacchi (20); Laurent Jalabert, Rik van Looy (18); Sean Kelly (16); Gerben Karstens (14); Tony Rominger, Freddy Maertens (13); Primoz Roglič, Alejandro Valverde (12).

Most mountain classification wins: Jose Luis Laguía (five); David Moncoutie, Jose María Jiménez (four); Julio Jiménez, Anthony Karmany, Andres Oliva (three).

Most points classification wins: Sean Kelly, Laurent Jalabert, Alejandro Valverde (four); Erik Zabel (three).

Most starts: Inigo Cuesta (17).

Youngest winner: Angelino Soler, 1961 (21 years and 167 days).

Oldest winner: Chris Horner, 2013 (41 years and 327 days).

Smallest margin of victory: Erik Caritoux, 1984 (six seconds).

Largest margin of victory: Delio Rodríguez, 1945 (30:08).

Fastest edition: 2001 (42.534kmh.)