The Vuelta a España 2025, the 80th edition of the race, is the final Grand Tour of the season, with the race following the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in the WorldTour calendar.
The route for the 2025 edition looks tailor-made for Jonas Vingegaard (Visma Lease a Bike) who will be looking to get back to winning ways after playing second fiddle to Tadej Pogačar at the Tour de France throughout July. Pogačar was initially planning on riding the Vuelta, but has decided to miss the Spanish race and focus on retaining his world title in Rwanda next month.
Vuelta a España 2025: Key details
Date | 23 August 2025 to 14 September 2025 |
Total distance | 3151km |
Number of stages | 21 |
Start location | Turin, Italy |
Finish location | Madrid, Spain |
UCI Ranking | WorldTour |
Edition | 80th |
Total climbing | TBC |
2024 winner | Primož Roglič |
TV coverage (UK) | TNT Sports, Discovery+ |
TV coverage (US) | Peacock |
Vuelta a España 2025: Stage-by-stage
Stage | Date | Start location | Finish location | Distance | Terrain |
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1 | 23 August | Torino | Novara | 200km | Flat |
2 | 24 August | Alba | Limone Piemonte | 157km | Flat, uphill finale |
3 | 25 August | San Maurizio Canavese | Ceres | 139km | Medium mountains |
4 | 26 August | Susa | Voiron | 192km | Medium mountains |
5 | 27 August | Figueres | Figueres | 20km | TTT |
6 | 28 August | Olot | Pal. Andorra | 170km | Mountains |
7 | 29 August | Andorra la Vella | Cerler. Huesca la Magia | 187km | Mountains |
8 | 30 August | Monzón Templario | Zaragoza | 187km | Mountains |
9 | 31 August | Alfaro | Estación de Esqui de Valdezcaray | 195km | Hilly, uphill finale |
10 | 2 September | Parque de la Naturaleza Sendaviva | El Ferial Larra Belagua | 168km | Flat, uphill finale |
11 | 3 September | Bilbao | Bilbao | 167km | Medium mountains |
12 | 4 September | Laredo | Los Corrales de Buelna | 143km | Medium mountains |
13 | 5 September | Cabezón de la Sal | L'Angliru | 202km | Mountains |
14 | 6 September | Avilés | Alto de la Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo | 135km | Mountains |
15 | 7 September | A Veiga/Vegadeo | Monforte de Lemos | 167km | Medium mountains |
16 | 9 September | Poio | Mos. Castro de Herville | 172km | Medium mountains |
17 | 10 September | O Barco de Valdeorras | Alto de El Morredero. Ponferrada | 137km | Medium mountains |
18 | 11 September | Valladolid | Valladolid | 26km | ITT |
19 | 12 September | Rueda | Guijuelo | 159km | Flat |
20 | 13 September | Robledo de Chavela | Bola del Mundo. Puerto de Navacerrada | 156km | Mountains |
21 | 14 September | Alalpardo | Madrid | 101km | Flat |
Vuelta a España: The jerseys
The red jersey of the Vuelta's general classification leader is now well established (it was previously gold, but changed in 2010). The leader of the mountains classification wears a polka-dot jersey, but its large blue spots mean it's very different to the one that riders in the Tour de France wear. The points leader's green jersey is lime green, while the jersey for best young rider (born after 1 January 1998), is white – familiar from the Tour de France.
There are other awards on offer as well, including the teams classification and a daily combativity award. Embellished jersey numbers, rather than jerseys, are on offer for this.
Vuelta a España 2025: The teams
There are 24 teams riding the 2024 Vuelta a España, including all 18 WorldTour teams and five second-tier ProTeams.
Read our full guide to the Vuelta a España start list here.
Vuelta a España: Past winners
2024: Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
2023: Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma
2022: Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl
2021: Primož Roglič (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
2020: Primož Roglič (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
2019: Primož Roglič (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
2018: Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton–Scott
2017: Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky
2016: Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team
2015: Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana
2014: Alberto Contador (Esp) Tinkoff–Saxo
2013: Chris Horner (USA) RadioShack–Leopard
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'We'll try to repeat it on Sunday' – Jasper Philipsen sprints to hat-trick victory on Vuelta a España stage 19
Jonas Vingegaard sneaks bonus seconds as red jersey battle enters final weekend
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‘In a short time trial like this you can’t make any mistakes’ - Filippo Ganna takes victory in nail-biting Vuelta a España stage 18 TT as Jonas Vingegaard clings onto the overall
The Ineos Grenadiers rider wins by less than a second in his team's third win of the race
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Vuelta a España stage 18 time trial start times
Jonas Vingegaard to begin effort at 17:17 local time in Valladolid
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Vuelta a España stage 18 time trial shortened for 'greater protection' amid protests
Organisers cut course in Valladolid by more than half to 12.2km
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Giulio Pellizzari romps to career first victory on Vuelta a España stage 17
The young Italian, wearing the white jersey, attacked to win solo at the summit finish
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'Utmost respect for those who are peacefully demonstrating' - Spanish cycling federation urges Vuelta a España protestors to mind rider safety
Federation asks for 'utmost care' from protestors, while Vuelta director vows race will continue to Madrid
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Egan Bernal claims victory on Vuelta a España stage 16 cut short by protests
Colombian takes first Grand Tour stage win since horror crash in 2022
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Vuelta a España stage 16 shortened due to more pro-Palestine protests on race route
Incident with 3km to go means road blocked, with race therefore shortened
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Jonas Vingegaard fighting all the way, Angliru brings out the best and UAE Team Emirates' crazy strength in depth – five things we learned from week two of the Vuelta a España
A look back over the middle week as the race takes shape ahead of the big push to Madrid
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Marc Soler wins Vuelta a España stage 14 from breakaway as Joao Almeida and Jonas Vingegaard deadlocked once more
UAE Team Emirates-XRG climber attacks in final 15km to take his fourth career Vuelta stage win
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Israel-Premier Tech remove ‘Israel’ from team kit for remainder of Vuelta after pro-Palestine protests
Team name remains the same, but kit changed to align with team vehicles
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'I've broken numerous power records at this Vuelta a España' – Tom Pidcock loses time on Angliru but continues to impress as a general classification rider
Q36.5 Pro Cycling rider remains in third overall after toughest test of race
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'Oof, I'm very sore' – João Almeida wins atop Angliru on stage 13 of the Vuelta a España as Jonas Vingegaard keeps red jersey
General classification shakeup takes place on mythical Asturian climb
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Protests disrupt Vuelta a España at foot of Angliru on stage 13
Breakaway stopped as activists block road again at Spanish Grand Tour
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Spain's foreign minister supports Israel-Premier Tech leaving Vuelta a España but team 'committed to racing on' – what's happening?
Stage 11 of the race was shortened after pro-Palestine protests at finish line, which have been widespread at the Vuelta in Spain
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Watch Vuelta a España stage 13: TV details, live streams, time schedule, for Angliru showdown
Jonas Vingegaard leads as the race heads up one of cycling's most fearsome mountains, Alto de l'Angliru – here's how to watch stage 13 of the Vuelta a España today.
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'I was told from the car to play like this – it's not something I really enjoy': Juan Ayuso outwits breakaway rival on Vuelta a España stage 12
The Spaniard outsprinted his breakaway rival after 26km out front
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'Putting us in danger isn't going to help your cause' – Frustrated Tom Pidcock after coming close to win on neutralised Vuelta a España stage 11
Briton gained time on some rivals, but wanted a stage win, which was impossible
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Jonas Vingegaard and Tom Pidcock take time on rivals on stage 11 of Vuelta a España as day ends without a winner
Pair escaped from other general classification contenders on final climb into Bilbao
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No winner on stage 11 of Vuelta a España due to pro-Palestine protests, general classification time taken with 3km to go
Intermediate sprint disrupted by people in the road, riot police at finish
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How to watch the Vuelta a España 2025: Everything you need to live stream the Spanish Grand Tour
All the information on broadcasters and live streams for the Vuelta a España from August 23 - September 14, so you can watch the Spanish Grand Tour online and on TV.
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'We are just cyclists doing our job' – Vuelta a España riders blame pro-Palestine protests for causing crash, demonstration delays start of stage 11
Multiple riders allege protesters caused an incident on stage 10
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'I feel super good' – GC Tom Pidcock continues to impress at Vuelta a España
Q36.5's multi-talented Briton defended fourth on stage 10 of the race, yet again finishing with the GC favourites
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'I don’t think I’ll ever get used to winning' – Jay Vine flies to second mountain stage victory at Vuelta a España on stage 10 as Jonas Vingegaard moves into red
UAE Team Emirates-XRG took their fourth stage win of the Spanish Grand Tour, but Vingegaard is now in control
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Juan Ayuso to leave UAE Team Emirates XRG at end of 2025 after 'differences in alignment with team's sporting philosophy'
Spanish GC rider says "I now feel it is time for me to take a different path, with the same enthusiasm"
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Vuelta a España 2025 start list: the complete lineup, from Mads Pedersen to Jonas Vingegaard
All the teams and riders for the 80th Vuelta a España, which begins in Turin on 23 August
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Tom Pidcock takes on GC, Jonas Vingegaard true to form and more: Five things we learned from the first week of the 2025 Vuelta a España
As the Spanish Grand Tour approaches the halfway mark, we look back at the first nine stages
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Jonas Vingegaard claims Vuelta a España victory on stage nine to take charge of race heading into second week
The Visma-Lease a Bike rider capitalised on the climb to reduce Torstein Træen's GC lead.
