PREVIEW & FAVOURITES | Vuelta a España 2025 stage 20

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 20.

The Bola del Mundo climb is brought back for the final GC stage of the race. It is a day where not many surprises are expected seeing that the final climb is very difficult and those beforehand don't allow for much space to surprise. But Bola del Mundo itself provides roads to create big gaps.

However the stage is not easy at all, having some small climbs early in the day where a strong breakaway can be formed and later go on to fight for the stage win.

There is a bonus sprint with 50 kilometers to go at the summit of the penultimate climb of the day, which is 6.9 kilometers at 7.5%. But this won't really see attacks, it's all going to happen on the final climb.

At the end of a day with 4100 meters of climbing we've got the ascent to the Puerto de Navacerrada and it's summit at the Bola del Mundo. It's 12.4 kilometers long at 8.6%, with the final 3 averaging 12%. A brutal climb, capable of making the difference and with the altitude factor added to the mix, the end of the stage taking place at over 2200 meters of altitude.

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