2025 Vuelta a España

The 2025 Vuelta a España is a three-week cycling race taking place in Italy, France, Andorra and Spain. It started on 23 August in Turin, and will finish on 14 September in Madrid.^[1] It is the 80th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2025 men's road cycling season.

For the women's race, see 2025 La Vuelta Femenina.

2025 Vuelta a España

2025 UCI World Tour
Route of the 2025 Vuelta a España
Race details
Dates	23 August – 14 September
Stages	21
Distance	3,151 km (1,958 mi)
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Teams

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2025 Vuelta a España

Twenty-three teams are participating in the race. All 18 UCI WorldTeams were automatically invited. They were joined by five UCI ProTeams: the two highest ranked UCI ProTeams in 2024 (Lotto and Israel–Premier Tech), along with three teams selected by Unipublic, the organisers of the Tour.^[2][3]

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) rules allow twenty-two teams to enter a Grand Tour – eighteen UCI WorldTeams, the two highest ranked UCI ProTeams from the previous season and two teams invited by the organisers. Grand Tour race organisers ASO and RCS Sport asked the UCI to allow an additional wildcard team to be invited to Grand Tour events, after lobbying from smaller teams competing for the wildcard slots.^[4] Larger teams were reported to not support the request.^[5] In March 2025, the UCI announced that twenty three teams would be permitted in 2025, allowing an additional team to be invited.^[6]

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Arkéa–B&B Hotels
• Cofidis
• Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Wanty
• Lidl–Trek
• Movistar Team
• Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
• Soudal–Quick-Step
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• Team Picnic–PostNL
• UAE Team Emirates XRG
• Visma–Lease a Bike
• XDS Astana Team

UCI ProTeams

• Burgos Burpellet BH
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Israel–Premier Tech
• Lotto
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

Pre-race favourites

Jonas Vingegaard of Visma–Lease a Bike was considered the clear favourite, having finished second in the 2025 Tour de France.^[7] The Visma team was widely believed to be the strongest in the race and promised to offer the best support for Vingegaard, both in the mountain stages and on flat terrain.^[8] The team included 2024 and 2025 Paris-Nice champion Matteo Jorgenson, 2023 Vuelta champion Sepp Kuss, 2023 Tour of Norway champion Ben Tulett, and the experienced veteran Wilco Kelderman for climbing support, all of whom were arguably strong enough to lead general classification campaigns themselves. Support on the flat stages (including the 20km team time trial) was to be provided primarily by 2022 Paris–Roubaix champion Dylan van Baarle and double European time trial champion and Tour de France stage winner Victor Campenaerts.

UAE Team Emirates XRG also had two strong contenders with Juan Ayuso and João Almeida. Alongside the two leaders, UAE fielded several accomplished support riders. Marc Soler, a multiple Vuelta stage winner, and Jay Vine, the 2023 Tour Down Under champion, were expected to play key roles in the high mountains. Domen Novak and Felix Großschartner added further depth to the climbing squad. Mikkel Bjerg and Ivo Oliveira, both strong time trial specialists, were selected to reinforce the team in the 20 km team time trial and on flat terrain.^[9]

Red Bull–BORA–hansgrohe approached the race with a balanced line-up built around multiple options in the mountains. Jai Hindley, winner of the 2022 Giro d’Italia, provided proven Grand Tour experience, while Giulio Pellizzari represented a strong challenger for the young riders' classification after a 6th place finish at the 2025 Giro. The presence of Matteo Sobrero and Giovanni Aleotti gave the squad further flexibility, allowing them to support different leaders depending on how the race developed.

Soudal Quick-Step were centred on Mikel Landa, continuing his long record of Grand Tour leadership, while INEOS Grenadiers included former Tour de France and Giro d’Italia champion Egan Bernal. Landa was expected to ride consistently in the high mountains, returning from his unfortunate early injury in the 2025 Giro, with Quick-Step’s young riders offering climbing depth. Felix Gall of Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale, who finished fifth at the 2025 Tour de France, was also one of the favourites for a podium finish.^[10] One-day race specialist and double Olympic mountain bike champion Tom Pidcock of Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team also declared an ambition to compete for the general classification.^[11] Ben O'Connor, who finished second in the 2024 Vuelta following a stunning breakway performance on stage 6, was also competing at the race for Jayco Allula.

In other competitions, the favourite for the green jersey for most points was Mads Pedersen of Team Lidl–Trek.^[12] His main competitor on flat sprint stages was multiple Tour de France stage winner Jasper Philipsen. Ben Turner of Ineos Grenadiers also posed a threat following a stage win and points classification victory a few weeks before the Vuelta at the Tour of Poland. Other notable sprinters included Casper van Uden, Jake Stewart, Ethan Vernon, Orluis Aular, and Bryan Coquard.

Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners^[1]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	23 August	Turin (Reggia di Venaria) (Italy) to Novara (Italy)	183 km (114 mi)		Flat stage	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)
2	24 August	Alba (Italy) to Limone Piemonte (Italy)	157 km (98 mi)		Flat stage	Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
3	25 August	San Maurizio Canavese (Italy) to Ceres (Italy)	139 km (86 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	David Gaudu (FRA)
4	26 August	Susa (Italy) to Voiron (France)	192 km (119 mi)		Medium-mountain stage
5	27 August	Figueres to Figueres	20 km (12 mi)		Team time trial
6	28 August	Olot to Pal (Andorra)	171 km (106 mi)		Mountain stage
7	29 August	Andorra la Vella (Andorra) to Cerler (Huesca La Magia)	187 km (116 mi)		Mountain stage
8	30 August	Monzón (Templario) to Zaragoza	158 km (98 mi)		Flat stage
9	31 August	Alfaro to Valdezcaray	195 km (121 mi)		Hilly stage
	1 September	Pamplona	Rest day
10	2 September	Arguedas (Parque de la Naturaleza Sendaviva) to El Ferial Larra Belagua	168 km (104 mi)		Flat stage
11	3 September	Bilbao to Bilbao	167 km (104 mi)		Medium-mountain stage
12	4 September	Laredo to Los Corrales de Buelna	143 km (89 mi)		Medium-mountain stage
13	5 September	Cabezón de la Sal to L'Angliru	202 km (126 mi)		Mountain stage
14	6 September	Avilés to Alto de La Farrapona	135 km (84 mi)		Mountain stage
15	7 September	Vegadeo to Monforte de Lemos	167 km (104 mi)		Medium-mountain stage
	8 September	Pontevedra	Rest day
16	9 September	Poio to Mos (Castro de Herville)	172 km (107 mi)		Medium-mountain stage
17	10 September	O Barco de Valdeorras to Ponferrada (Alto de El Morredero)	143 km (89 mi)		Medium-mountain stage
18	11 September	Valladolid to Valladolid	26 km (16 mi)		Individual time trial
19	12 September	Rueda to Guijuelo	159 km (99 mi)		Flat stage
20	13 September	Robledo de Chavela to Bola del Mundo	159 km (99 mi)		Mountain stage
21	14 September	Valdeolmos-Alalpardo to Madrid	101 km (63 mi)		Flat stage
Total			3,151 km (1,958 mi)

Race overview

Main articles: 2025 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11 and 2025 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21

Week one

The first stage of the race featured a flat stage that offered the sprinters an opportunity to take the first red leader's jersey. After the six-man break was caught, the race headed to the inevitable bunch sprint where Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck) won ahead of Ethan Vernon (Israel–Premier Tech) and Orluis Aular (Movistar Team), taking the first red jersey in the process.^[13] Stage two finished atop the second-category climb to Limone Piemonte (9.8 km at 5.1%). Before the final climb, there was a crash that involved several riders, including Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a Bike). All riders involved safely finished the stage. The win was decided by a reduced bunch sprint, where Vingegaard emerged victorious in a photo finish against Giulio Ciccone (Lidl–Trek). The Dane subsequently took the red jersey.^[14]

The third stage finished on a small uphill finish in Ceres, with the last 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) averaging 4.2%. Inside the final kilometer, Ciccone led out Mads Pedersen (Lidl–Trek) before the Dane led into the final corner. However, David Gaudu (Groupama–FDJ) divebombed the corner to take the lead out of the exit, outsprinting Pedersen to win the stage. Vingegaard took third to take four bonus seconds, which allowed him to keep the red jersey over Gaudu, who is now on the same time as the race leader.^[15]

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage^[16]

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Jasper Philipsen	Jasper Philipsen	Jasper Philipsen[a]	Alessandro Verre	Ethan Vernon	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	Hugo de la Calle
2	Jonas Vingegaard	Jonas Vingegaard		Jonas Vingegaard[b]	Juan Ayuso	Visma–Lease a Bike	Liam Slock
3	David Gaudu		Jonas Vingegaard[c]	Alessandro Verre			Sean Quinn
4
5							not awarded
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18							not awarded
19
20
21							not awarded
Final

1. On stage 2, Pepijn Reinderink, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first placed Jasper Philipsen wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification and second place Ethan Vernon wore the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification.
2. On stage 3, Alessandro Verre, who was second in the mountains classification, wore the polka dot jersey, because first placed Jonas Vingegaard wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification.
3. On stage 3, Giulio Ciccone, who is second in the points classification, will wear the green jersey, because first placed Jonas Vingegaard will wear the red jersey as the leader of the general classification.

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the team classification
	Denotes the leader of the mountains classification		Denotes the winner of the combativity award

General classification

General classification after Stage 3 (1–10)^[16][17]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)	Visma–Lease a Bike	10h 55' 36"
2	David Gaudu (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	+ 0"
3	Giulio Ciccone (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	+ 8"
4	Egan Bernal (COL)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 14"
5	Tom Pidcock (GBR)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 16"
6	Jai Hindley (AUS)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 16"
7	Santiago Buitrago (COL)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 16"
8	Matteo Jorgenson (USA)	Visma–Lease a Bike	+ 16"
9	Juan Ayuso (ESP)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 16"
10	Valentin Paret-Peintre (FRA)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 16"

Points classification

Points classification after Stage 3 (1–10)^[16][17]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)	Visma–Lease a Bike	65
2	Giulio Ciccone (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	54
3	David Gaudu (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	52
4	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	50
5	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	Lidl–Trek	43
6	Ethan Vernon (GBR)	Israel–Premier Tech	40
7	Orluis Aular (VEN)	Movistar Team	35
8	Egan Bernal (COL)	Ineos Grenadiers	30
9	Sean Quinn (USA)	EF Education–EasyPost	20
10	Pepijn Reinderink (NED)	Soudal–Quick-Step	20

Mountains classification

Mountains classification after Stage 3 (1–9)^[16][17]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Alessandro Verre (ITA)	Arkéa–B&B Hotels	8
2	Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)	Visma–Lease a Bike	5
3	David Gaudu (FRA)	Groupama–FDJ	3
4	Giulio Ciccone (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	3
5	Sean Quinn (USA)	EF Education–EasyPost	3
6	Joel Nicolau (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	2
7	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	Lidl–Trek	1
8	Patrick Gamper (AUT)	Team Jayco–AlUla	1
9	Nicolas Vinokurov (KAZ)	XDS Astana Team	1

Young rider classification

Young rider classification after Stage 3 (1–10)^[16][17]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Juan Ayuso (ESP)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	10h 55' 52"
2	Valentin Paret-Peintre (FRA)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 0"
3	Junior Lecerf (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 0"
4	Giulio Pellizzari (ITA)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 0"
5	Matthew Riccitello (USA)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 0"
6	Marco Frigo (ITA)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 0"
7	Harold Martín López (ECU)	XDS Astana Team	+ 0"
8	Sergio Chumil (GUA)	Burgos Burpellet BH	+ 19"
9	Kevin Vermaerke (USA)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 19"
10	Antonio Tiberi (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 19"

Team classification

Team classification after Stage 3 (1–10)^[16][17]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Visma–Lease a Bike	32h 47' 34"
2	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 2"
3	XDS Astana Team	+ 2"
4	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 2"
5	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 25"
6	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 28"
7	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 40"
8	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 1' 08"
9	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1' 10"
10	Movistar Team	+ 1' 38"