The Vuelta a Espana 2025 is set to make history with its Grand Départ in Piedmont, Italy. While an official announcement from race organiser Unipublic is still pending, regional president Alberto Cirio has confirmed the news during the Balun d'Or awards ceremony in Cerretto Langhe. Cirio highlighted Piedmont's growing reputation as a hub for world-class sporting events, referencing past visits from the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France, and even the ATP Tennis Finals.
The 2025 Vuelta will mark a significant milestone as the race begins from the streets of Piedmont. Cirio shared initial details, shedding light on what promises to be an exciting start for the peloton.
Initial reports suggested a straightforward beginning, but new updates from Gazzetta d'Alba reveal some changes to the second stage of the race. The opening stage will kick off from Venaria Reale, with a likely sprint finish in Novara, offering sprinters an early opportunity to shine. However, the second stage is set to offer a different flavour. The peloton will roll out from Alba and head to Limone Piemonte, a route that could feature some unexpected challenges despite lacking significant climbs.
The third stage, however, promises to be the first major test for the riders. Starting in San Maurizio Canavese, the route heads into the mountains, finishing around Ceres. This challenging stage will likely sort the contenders from the pack and introduce the first hints of a general classification battle. The fourth stage will see the race shift toward France as it departs from Bussoleno. Further adjustments may still emerge following inspections of the route, but the foundations of an exciting Grand Départ are firmly in place.
Whilst the race is still a long way off, many of the riders and teams will already be planning ahead of the race. Will Tadej Pogacar be in attendance? Or will Primoz Roglic look to make it five red jerseys in his collection?
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- yeah, that’s a more fair assessment. “reaching mathieu’s level” doesn’t mean you’re planning to replicate his whole career. the former IS doable, potentially. it’s just the latter that likely is not.OCexile25-12-2024
- That’s not entirely true. Every person follows their own development path and peaks differently. Remco and Primoz had hardly started cycling before elite level. Jonas was pretty much under the radzr until he unexpectedly had to take over responsibility at JV. Some guys only get real good in their thirties others have peaked mid-twenties. You can’t tell in advance how and upto what level they will progress, obviously his career might not have MVDPs length but nothing says he could not end up doing a few seasons at his level.Mistermaumau25-12-2024
- well, del grosso is 21 right now. when mathieu was a year younger than that, he was already winning elite level world championships, not U23. i think del grosso will be a very good pro for years, but if he was really going to be the next van der poel someday, he’d already have to be at that level right NOW. van der poel was showing signs of true greatness when he was 15-16. THAT’S what generational talent looks like.OCexile25-12-2024
- Yeah.... gear 😅.mikolajjj24-12-2024
- It shouldn’t be about expectations in the first place should it? Besides, if you look at everyone’s calculations as a whole they don’t add up in the first place. There’ll be 2-3 riders with a 50% chance, a dozen with 10 or 20% and dozens more with a 5% so we’re expecting at least 2 if not 3 winners. Remind me again who won before her? Says it all about using data to decide on participation.Mistermaumau24-12-2024
- Ok, happy I’m not too interested in this team coz’ the account of what happened is really hard to follow.Mistermaumau24-12-2024
- The UCI is worse than USA CyclingVeganpotter24-12-2024
- It's not like they wanted her to not win😅 She had an outstanding Olympics. But there's a reason why she wasn't expected to win the road race and that's ok. Things like this happen and it's great...better than seeing expected winners win.Veganpotter24-12-2024
- Bruyneel ? The man with a lifetime ban from cycling...why do you keep giving him and his doper mate, Armstrong, a platform?DJ24-12-2024
- yeah, agree. on the subject of being a “complete rider,” i do think that’s getting more interesting. mathieu seems to have decided he wants to get much better at climbing the the high mountain passes. he appears to be looking for new challenges, which should be interesting to watch. in most cases you’d dismiss a goal like that at age 30, but it’s mvdp. he’s never going to climb with the real climbers, but if he can improve enough it could open up stage wins when the parcours isnt just purely toothy and punchy.OCexile24-12-2024