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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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