The 2025 Vuelta a España will characteristic 10 summit finishes, a person time trial, and a group time trial throughout three weeks subsequent summer time, it was introduced on Thursday night.
The Spanish Grand Tour begins in Italy, with a begin in Turin and a visit into France earlier than traversing to northern Spain, the place the vast majority of the race takes place, aside from a visit into Andorra too.
The eightieth version of the race begins on 23 August, and ends on 14 September in Madrid, after a troublesome race with only a few flat days. It seems tailor made for a rider like Tadej Pogačar.
The important thing climbs embrace the Alto de l’Angliru, again for the third time in 5 years, and the tenth time total, with the vertiginous Bola de Mundo additionally that includes on stage 20, simply exterior of Madrid, a sting within the tail.
The race begins with a collection of hilly phases in northern Italy, earlier than a stage into France over the Col du Lautaret on stage 4. It then resumes in Spain with a 20km group time trial on stage 5, earlier than the primary correct summit end on stage six, to Pal in Andorra. Stage seven brings one other class one summit end. This may seemingly be the place the final classification tone is about.
Stage 9 and ten are but extra class one finishes, earlier than a stage round Bilbao just like the opening day of the 2023 Tour de France. L’Angrilu, the legendary 12.5km goat monitor climb, comes on stage 13, and is adopted by one other class one end on stage 14.
After the second relaxation day, there may be one other cat one end to stage 17 round Ponferrada, the hosts of the 2014 World Championships, earlier than a 26km flat particular person time trial on stage 18, in Valladolid, which ought to swimsuit Pogačar or defending champion Primož Roglič.
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The finalé to the race is a second categoria especial summit end on the penultimate stage, to Bola del Mundo, the very best level of the race. Madrid’s flat last stage shall be a welcome aid to any quick males left.
As we get nearer to the third Grand Tour of the yr, examine again to see our full run-through of the race course.
