One of Spain's most recently created races, O Gran Camiño, has had very reputable winners in recent years and the 2025 throws up some surprises. The Galician race will start in Portugal, and take place from the 25th February to the 2nd of March.
Last year, Jonas Vingegaard won the race with an overwhelming dominance. This year, O Gran Camiño presents a very attractive edition, which will start in Portugal as a novelty. 5 stages that will include summit finishes, a gravel stage and a time-trial.
The race will be held from February 26 to March 2, just after the Vuelta a Andalusia in Spain and prior to the spring classics. Here's everything you need to know about the profiles and route of O Gran Camiño 2025.
The inaugural stage of O Gran Camiño will be held in Portugal. The 190.6 km stage will start in Maia and finish in Matosinhos. Emblematic places such as Barcelos and Ponte de Lima will be crossed, before reaching the finish line, where the stage will be decided in a sprint with certainty.
The second stage of O Gran Camiño will already take place already in Galicia. Here the fight for the general classification will break out. It will be the first mountain stage, with two 3rd category gates: San Antoniño, which will be climbed at the beginning of the day, and San Vicenzo, which will be climbed twice before the finish in A Estrada;
Stage 3 of the race will be a 15.5 km time trial in Ourense. It will not be flat, as halfway through the race the riders will be challenged by the Alto de Sabadelle. Therefore, this individual time trial will also be key for the fight for the overall classification.
The queen stage of O Gran Camiño 2025 will be the 4th day, with a brutal finish in the mythical mountain pass of O Cebreiro. The day will include 3,100 meters of elevation gain, with other iconic climbs such as A Pitinidoira. 142 difficult kilometers that will continue to test the GC men and faour the climbers like no other day.
The general classification will be decided on the last day of the race, with another very demanding stage of 165.3 km. There will be two climbs to the Alto de Lampai, and three 'sterrato' sections before the finish in Santiago de Compostela.
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