PREVIEW & FAVOURITES | Vuelta a España 2025 stage 17

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 17.

But in Galicia, the riders will still find high mountains to tackle. Stage 17 will see the peloton take on another short day on the bike, but with a difficult final climb to the Alto de El Morredero. The peloton will be riding in a region recently devastated by wildfires, but it's beauty will certainly still be visible.

Another unipuerto stage, with a few small climbs but nothing meaningful until the riders go through Ponferrada and head into the base of the climb to the Alto de El Morredero. The climb is 12.1 kilometers long at 7.9% but features different sections. The opening 1.5 kilometers average 9% but then we have a flat section that leads into the "official" start of the ascent.

The final 8.8 kilometers average 9.5%, it's a terribly steep climb specially in in the first half of the final section and it's simply one where the pure climbers can once again destroy the peloton and the GC race. The riders will climb up well above the vegetation in the area and will have an exposed finale, one that is not as steep as the opening kilometers of the climb.

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