Emotional end of the journey The Vuelta 2025 this afternoon-evening from IFEMA Municipal Palace (Madrid). The departure of the Spanish round from the Italian region of Piedmontbut now all the details of an emotional edition of the race, which will be 90 years old next year, are public. As such, the presentation of the itinerary brought together some of the great champions that La Vuelta has had: Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, Fabio Aru, Nairo Quintana, Laurent Jalabert, Alex Zulle, Roberto Heras, Perico Delgado, Ángel Casero, Álvaro Pino, Melcior Mauri, Agustín Tamames, Abraham Olano and Marino Lejarreta.
As we said, La Vuelta 25 will start in the Piemonte region, at the foot of the Italian alpson the sixth departure from another country after departure Lisbon (1997), Assen (2009), Nîmes (2017), Utrecht (2022) and Lisbon (2024)not counting the of Monaco in 2026. An unprecedented and demanding start to the race, in a setting surrounded by history and natural beauty, with an online stage, which has only happened twice this century: 2007 and 2020, with more crumbs than in Tila, with a third-class port to decide who will wear the mountain jersey first and the first foreseeable arrival in the sprint; before experiencing the first high finish on the second day. From Italythe platoon will enter the roads of France before coming to Spain Cataloniawhere in the fifth stage the team time trial will be conducted Figuereson leaving the next day from Oot towards Pal (Andorra), in the first stage of the mountain in the first final category, a day in which the first differences between the favorites can be seen. From Andorra, La Vuelta goes Aragon, La Rioja, Navarra, Euskadi, Cantabria, Galicia, Castilla and León until the end in Madrid.
La Vuelta 2025 in detail
La Vuelta 25 consists of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,138 km. From August 23 to September 14, 2025.
• 3 undulating stages with a high finish
• 4 flat stages
• 1 flat stage with high finish
• 6 moderate mountain stages
• 5 mountain stages
• 1 individual time trial
• 1 team time trial
• 2 days off
Overall, the 2025 route makes a special nod to tradition, paying homage to some of La Vuelta’s historic ports. The peloton will once again face some of the climbs that have been the hallmark of its nine decades of racing. Morredero, Cerler, Valdezcaray, Andorra, Angliru, La Farrapona wave World Ball. And in this view of tradition it also stands out Valladolidthe city that hosted the first finish line in the history of La Vuelta in 1935 and that, as a tribute, will host a decisive individual time trial with four days left until the finish on September 14.
An edition of the Vuelta that the top leader of the race, Javier Guillén, summed up in these words at the end of the presentation event: “This is La Vuelta, in the end we have DNA, we have a Vuelta that looks to the sky and not to land. We know what people want and where competitiveness has 21 stages and we have to compete in all 21. Spain is a territory that allows us to do stages of all kinds and we have to take advantage of it. I know it’s not a Vuelta for sprinters, in the end you want to be there but it’s a bit difficult.
Source: La Verdad
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