PREVIEW & FAVOURITES | Vuelta a España 2025 stage 14

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 14.

Stage 14 will take the riders up to the Alto de la Farrapona, a short stage but with a difficult second half where more important gaps are set to be created in the fight for the overall classification. After the brutality that the last few stages has presented, this could be even more dangerous for the GC riders, who must battle their way through fatigue to put on a strong performance in another key stage.

Although the summit finish is quite difficult this is not a stage where you must only look towards one climb. The penultimate ascent, Alto de San Lorenzo, is in itself a brutality and a climb which can be attacked just as hard.

10 kilometers at 8.6% and the final 5 kilometers average over 10% with no resting sections. It's a grueling constant effort which can be very dangerous for those who do not have the best of days. The climb ends with 34 kilometers to the finish, not too far.

But the climb to La Farrapona is the one to take into consideration the most. It's 17 kilometers in total, although you could argue it's even longer if you count false-flat roads. But the final 7 kilometers average 8.5% and that's where the biggest differences should be made on the day.

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