2025 Vuelta a España Route: The route of the Vuelta a España 2025 was presented in Madrid on the 19th of December, but we already knew that the Spanish Grand Tour will start in Italy. La Vuelta’25 also includes a team time trial, an individual time trial and a stage up the Alto de l’Angliru. The last summit finish is on the Bola del Mundo, the day before the final stage in Madrid.
La Vuelta a España 2025
Vuelta’25 Details:
From 23 August to 14 September 2025, La Vuelta’25 will be made up of 21 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,138 kilometres.
- 3 hilly, uphill finale stages
- 4 flat stages
- 1 flat, uphill finale stage
- 6 medium mountains stages
- 5 mountain stages
- 1 individual time trial stages
- 1 team time trial stages
- 2 rest days
The first days in Italy
The Vuelta a España starts on 23 August in the Italian region of Piedmont. Venaria Reale has the honour of holding the 2025 ‘la Gran Salida’ and the Opening Stage. From there, the stage goes to Novara, a route of 183 kilometres. It looks like a stage for the fast-finishers. The only climb of the day, the third category Puerto Bienca-Tomalino, is 120 kilometres from the finish.
Stage 1 for the sprinters
Stage Two starts in Alba and finishes after 157 kilometres in Limone Piemonte. The climbers will take over in the finale and the red jersey will change shoulders. The first 135 kilometres are flat, but the finish line is on the Puerto Limonte, a climb of about 10 kilometres, which gets very steep near the top.
Vuelta’25 stage 2 – A tough final
The Third Stage on Italian soil is short at only 139 kilometres, but it is not easy. Between San Maurizio and the finish in Ceres, the Italian roads are all up and down, with the second category Puerto Issiglio. A stage for hard-man’s break.
From Italy to France on Stage 4
On Stage 4, the Vuelta leaves Italy. The start is in Susa before crossing into France, where the finish line is in Voiron. At the beginning of the stage there are two second category cols, including the Col du Lauteret, but the finale is relatively easy. The riders then fly to Spain for a 20 kilometre team time trial the next day. The TTT starts and finishes in Figueras, in the province of Girona. On Stage 6, the peloton then heads to Andorra, a tough mountain stage.
La Vuelta’25 goes to Andorra on stage 6
The Seventh Stage is also a major mountain stage, with two Cat.2 climbs and two first category. The finish line is after the final climb to Cerler Huesca La Magia (11.8km at 7.2%). The riders can recover a little the next day, because Stage 8 to Zaragoza is relatively easy. The sprinters will want this one, because Stage 9 is again difficult. Although the final climb is not particularly steep and the approach is also not too bad.
Stage 10 could spring a surprise
After nine days of racing, the riders have their first rest day. The GC riders will have to recover quickly, because the Tenth Stage is another important one for them. Again, there is a summit finish after a hard day. The Larra Belagua climb, which made its debut in La Vuelta’23 with
Remco Evenepoel giving a true master class, will again be the star of the race. The final climb will determine the stage winner. Stage 11, starting and finishing in Bilbao, has a lot of climbing. The last in a series of seven tough hills is the Alto de Pike (2.1km at 9.3%), which you might remember from the 2023 Tour de France. In Stage 12, the Collada de Brenes (7.9km at 6.5%), with the summit 23 kilometres from the finish, is the main difficulty.
The dreaded Alto de Angliru on stage 13
The favourites may well keep quiet in the stage to Los Corrales de Buelna, because Stage 13 finishes on the dreaded Alto de Angliru (13km at 9.7%). And Asturias has even more in store for la Vuelta. Stage 14 ends on the Alto de la Farrapona (18.6km at 5.8%), the highest mountain in the province at 1,708 meters. TStage 15, from A Veiga/Vegadeo to Monforte de Lemos, is more of a transition stage where the escapees will want to seize their chance.
The Alto de la Farrapona at 1,708 metres on stage 14
The day after the second rest day, a stage through the middle mountains awaits. The finale includes a third category climb, one first category climb and finally two second category climbs. Stage 17 finishes on the Alto de El Morredero, an irregular climb of over 23 kilometres and an average gradient of 5.2%. After the climbers have had their chances to strike several times, the time trialists get their opportunity in Valladolid. A 26 kilometre time trial is on Thursday.
The last climb of the 2025 Vuelta – The Bola del Mondo
The sprinters who finish the Vuelta will be rewarded in the final days with two chances. Stage 19, when the peloton rides from Rueda to Guijuelo. And on the final day, Stage 21, the traditional finish is in Madrid, the fast men will probably fight it out among themselves. But in between there is the tough mountain Stage 20. This finishes on the Bola del Mundo, the incredibly steep extension of the Puerto de Navacerrada. The last 3.3 kilometres are at an eye-watering 12.1%.
Stage 21 – The Madrid procession and sprint
2025 Vuelta a España Stages:
23.08 Stage 1: Torino – Novara 200km
24.08 Stage 2: Alba – Puerto Limone 157km
25.08 Stage 3: San Maurizio Canavese – Ceres 139km
26.08 Stage 4: Susa – Voiron 189km
27.08 Stage 5: Figueres – Figueres 20km
28.08 Stage 6: Olot – Pal Andorra 170km
29.08 Stage 7: Andorra La Vella – Cerler 187km
30.08 Stage 8: Monzón Templario – Zaragoza 158km
31.08 Stage 9: Alfaro – Estación de Esquí de Valdezcaray 195km
01.09 Rest Day 1
02.09 Stage 10: Sendaviva – El Ferial Larra Belagua 168km
03.09 Stage 11: Bilbao – Bilbao 167km
04.09 Stage 12: Laredo – Los Corrales del Buelna 143km
05.09 Stage 13: Cabázon de la Sal – L’Angliru 200km
06.09 Stage 14: Avilés – La Farrapona 135km
07.09 Stage 15: A Veiga – Monforte Lemos 167km
08.09 Rest Day 2
09.09 Stage 16: Mos – Poio 172km
10.09 Stage 17: O Barco de Valdeorras – Alto de El Morredero 137km
11.09 Stage 18: Valladolid – Valladolid 26km
12.09 Stage 19: Rueda – Guijuelo 159km
13.09 Stage 20: Robledo de Chavela – Bola del Mundo 156km
14.09 Stage 21: Alalpardo – Madrid 98km.
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