PREVIEW & FAVOURITES | Vuelta a España 2025 stage 12

The Vuelta a España 2025 will take place from August 23 to September 14 and will start from Italy! The final Grand Tours of the season will start in Italy, pass through France and Andorra, before going through a heap of mountainous and hilly stages throughout the Spanish mainland. We preview stage 12.

Stage 12 could be for the breakaway but a potential GC fight could also be triggered on the climb to Collada de Brenes. It's an interesting day at the Vuelta, one of the few that has this type of profile where attacks from far are encouraged, and where the race can get very tactical. The start of the stage is mostly flat, and the profile overall very simple, as the riders tackle two similar climbs.

The ascent to Brenes is the main feature of the day and the one where most riders will have their eyes on. It's 7.7 kilometers long at around 8% and it's quite hard actually, with the first kilometer lowering the average. it's difficult enough to create proper differences and the summit comes with 22 kilometers to go.

This means that, with the downhill and flat finale, attacks that can make the difference on the climb can link up with riders from the breakaway and increase gaps in a way that is harder on the climbs between riders of similar ability. It should be an interesting day into Los Corrales de Buelna.

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