Profiles & Route Vuelta a Espana 2025 - Angliru, Farrapona, Bola del Mundo; 4 countries and a TTT
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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.
The Vuelta a España 2025 will start from the Italian Piedmont, where the first 3 stages will take place and will have a complete route through the north of the Peninsula (Madrid will be the furthest south that will be reached in the last stage). In total there will be 13 days of medium and high mountains, 5 undulating and 2 time trials (one of them for teams in the fifth stage) for a total of 3,265 kilometers.
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Stage 1
The race starts in Turin, the second city to host the start of the three Grand Tours. It will be a day for the sprinters, as stage 1 finishes in Novara and the finish is flat after 183 kilometers.
Stage 2
Stage 2, as usual in the Vuelta, will be a single stage. It is a completely flat stage until the finish in Limone. It is not a very hard summit, about 8 kilometers at 5%, but it will test the GC riders while offering a chance to several riders.
Stage 3
Stage three will be an explosive day and the last day in Italy, with a slightly uphill start that can be conducive to a successful breakaway. There will be three small climbs during the day, and then the finish in Ceres will be slightly uphill after what is a short stage.
Stage 4
The race leaves Italy to enter French territory, starting in Sousse and finishing in Voiron. First part of the stage very hard, with 3 climbs and then downhill to the finish. A breakaway could form at the start or it could be a sprint.
Stage 5 (TTT)
After the first four days abroad between Italy and France, the Vuelta a España enters Spanish territory in the Catalan town of Figueres, where a 20 kilometer team time trial will take place, which is sure to generate important differences between the favorites in the general classification.
Stage 6
The very high mountain arrives in stage 6 of the Vuelta with departure from Olot and arrival at the hard pass of Pal. Andorra in a route that will have three other passes including Collada de Toses (1st).
Stage 7
Back-to-back mountain stages starting from Andorra (last time the race will be outside Spain) and after a chain of three mountain passes ending in the hard Cerler. Huesca La Magia. Two stages around Andorra that can eliminate a few in the general classification.
Stage 8
Aragonese stage of rest for those in the general classification, although it is sure to be very tense because it is one of the few pure opportunities that the sprinters will have to get a win in the streets of Zaragoza.
Stage 9
After the special day for the sprinters we return to the "Javier Guillén" territory with the second single day of the edition with the finish at the Valdezcaray Ski Resort in La Rioja.
Stage 10
After being used in the 2023 edition, the climb to Larra Belagua is going to be used again as a summit finish. This time around though, at the end of a mostly flat stage.
Stage 11
Explosive terrain once more, the riders start and finish stage 11 in Bilbao where they will tackle plenty short but steep ascents.
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.
Stage 13
The queen stage? Stage 13 will have a flat start but head into the mountains for the traditional Cordal-Angliru combination. A brutal set of climbs, and the final one is home to many historic victories. Most recently, the Visma trio battled for the red jersey up it's slopes.
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.
Stage 15
The final stage of the second week will be a day for the breakaway. The finale in Monforte de Lemos is flat but the start is very hilly and difficult which makes it impossible to control, and where many will look to shoot their shot.
Stage 16
After it's success in 2021, the Vuelta brought back the final set of climbs in and around Castro de Herville. It's a hilly stage with a different variety of climbs that can lead to changes in the GC. A perfect profile for a GC raid.
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.
Stage 18 (ITT)
The race's only individual time-trial will take place in Valladolid. It will be a short one, only 26 kilometers in distance and completely flat, but it could lead to important differences.
Stage 19
Another opportunity for the sprinters late in the race. The town of Guijuelo will host the finale of a transition stage where the fast men will have the chance to shine.
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.
Stage 21
The race, as usual, ends in Madrid with a flat day that will give the sprinters a final chance to hunt for a Grand Tour victory in 2025.
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— La Vuelta (@lavuelta) December 19, 2024
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