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2025 Vuelta a España
The 2025 Vuelta a España route was announced with the race for a second consecutive year starting outside of Spain, this time in Turin, Italy having started in Lisbon, Portugal in 2024.
It is a bit of a surprise to many that the organisers have once again opted to start outside of Spain, it's the first time it has ever been done in consecutive years and it will be three in 2026 with it starting in Monaco.
If you plan on having a bet on the outright winner or the daily stage markets, then be sure to give our Best Bookie for Betting on Cycling guide a read before you place any bets.
There are several markets available during the racing, most of which go to individual riders with the general classification being the main one as this is the overall winner of the tour.
What does the Vuelta a Espana consist of?
The 2025 Vuelta a Espana will consist of a total of the traditional twenty-one stages.
- 7x Medium-mountain Stages
- 6x Mountain Stages
- 5x Flat Stages
- 1x Hilly Stage
- 1x Team time trial
- 1x Individual time trial
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2025 Vuelta a España Predictions
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You can see who they are predicting to win the Vuelta a Espana and daily markets like rider matchups, which riders will produce better results and who they are picking to win the stage.
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2025 Vuelta a Espana - Phase 1
The La Vuelta kicks off with a flat stage from Turin to Novara on the 23rd of August, the first of nine stages on this first phase of the tour before the first rest day which came on the 1st of September, this first phase covered a total of 1,447km and goes through Italy, France Andorra and Spain.
| Stage | Route | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Stage 1 Sat (23 Aug) | Turin to Novara (Italy) Flat stage - 200 km (120 mi) | |
| Stage 2 Sun (24 Aug) | Alba to Limone Piemonte (Italy) Flat stage - 157 km (98 mi) | |
| Stage 3 Mon (25 Aug) | San Maurizio Canavese to Ceres (Italy) Medium-mountain stage - 139 km (86 mi) | |
| Stage 4 Tue (26 Aug) | Susa (Italy) to Voiron (France) Medium-mountain stage - 192 km (119 mi) | |
| Stage 5 Wed (27 Aug) | Figueres to Figueres Team time trial - 20 km (12 mi) | |
| Stage 6 Thu (28 Aug) | Olot to Pal (Andorra) Mountain stage - 170 km (110 mi) | |
| Stage 7 Fri (29 Aug) | Andorra la Vella (Andorra) to Cerler Mountain stage - 187 km (116 mi) | |
| Stage 8 Sat (30 Aug) | Monzón to Zaragoza Mountain stage - 187 km (116 mi) | |
| Stage 9 Sun (31 Aug) | Alfaro to Valdezcaray Hilly stage - 195 km (121 mi) | |
| Mon (1 Sep) | Rest day - Phase 1 Total - 1,447 km (898 mi) | |
2025 Vuelta a Espana - Phase 2
After their first rest day on the 1st, the riders get back into action with a flat stage from Arguedas to El Ferial Larra Belagua, the first of six stages on their second phase which covered a total of 982 km before their second and final rest day on the 8th of September.
| Stage | Route | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Stage 10 Tue (2 Sep) | Arguedas to El Ferial Larra Belagua Flat stage - 168 km (104 mi) | |
| Stage 11 Wed (3 Sep) | Bilbao to Bilbao Medium-mountain stage - 167 km (104 mi) | |
| Stage 12 Thu (4 Sep) | Laredo to Los Corrales de Buelna Medium-mountain stage - 143 km (89 mi) | |
| Stage 13 Fri (5 Sep) | Cabezón de la Sal to L'Angliru Mountain stage - 202 km (126 mi) | |
| Stage 14 Sat (6 Sep) | Avilés to Alto de La Farrapona Mountain stage - 135 km (84 mi) | |
| Stage 15 Sun (7 Sep) | Vegadeo to Monforte de Lemos Medium-mountain stage - 167 km (104 mi) | |
| Mon (8 Sep) | Rest day - Phase 2 Total - 982 km (611 mi) |
2025 Vuelta a Espana - Phase 3
The final phase is made up of six stages where the riders cover 751 km, the final chance for the riders to make their moves in their attempt to be crowned champion.
| Stage | Route | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Stage 16 Tue (9 Sep) | Poio to Mos Medium-mountain stage - 172 km (107 mi) | |
| Stage 17 Wed (10 Sep) | O Barco de Valdeorras to Ponferrada Medium-mountain stage - 137 km (85 mi) | |
| Stage 18 Thu (11 Sep) | Valladolid to Valladolid Individual time trial - 26 km (16 mi) | |
| Stage 19 Fri (12 Sep) | Rueda to Guijuelo Flat stage - 159 km (99 mi) | |
| Stage 20 Sat (13 Sep) | Robledo de Chavela to Bola del Mundo Mountain stage - 156 km (97 mi) | |
| Stage 21 Sun (14 Sep) | Valdeolmos-Alalpardo to Madrid Flat stage - 101 km (63 mi) | |
| Phase 3 Total - 751 km (467 mi) |
Vuelta a Espana General Classification
It is no surprise that the Spanish have a good record in the race considering it is their 'home' race, the winner of the general classification has been Spanish a total of thirty-two times with twenty-three riders making up those wins.
That number is clear of the next which is the French who have nine wins (eight riders) followed by the Belgians with eight wins (seven riders) and the Italians with six different winners.
Spanish rider Roberto Heras was the most successful rider in the race, having won it four times (2000, 2003, 2004 & 2005) until Primož Roglič's success in 2024 which also moved him onto four wins (2019, 2020, 2021 & 2024).
Tony Rominger (SUI) and Alberto Contador (ESP) are the only two other riders to have recorded three or more wins in the race with seven other riders having all won it twice.
Last Ten Vuelta a España Winners
| Year | Winner | Time | Stage Wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Primož Roglič Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe | 81h 49' 18" + 2' 36" | 3 |
| 2023 | Sepp Kuss Team Jumbo–Visma | 76h 48' 21" + 17" | 1 |
| 2022 | Remco Evenepoel Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team | 80h 26' 59" + 2' 02" | 2 |
| 2021 | Primož Roglič Team Jumbo–Visma | 83h 55' 29" + 4' 42" | 4 |
| 2020 | Primož Roglič Team Jumbo–Visma | 72h 46' 12" + 24" | 4 |
| 2019 | Primož Roglič Team Jumbo–Visma | 83h 07' 31" + 2' 33" | 1 |
| 2018 | Simon Yates Mitchelton–Scott | 82h 05' 58" + 1' 46" | 1 |
| 2017 | Chris Froome Team Sky | 82h 30' 02" + 2' 15" | 2 |
| 2016 | Nairo Quintana Movistar Team | 83h 31' 28" + 1' 23" | 1 |
| 2015 | Fabio Aru Astana | 85h 36' 13" +57" | 0 |
Vuelta a Espana Points Classification
Spaniard Alejandro Valverde is one of the most successful point classification riders, his win in 2018 was the fourth time that he picked up the award having previously also won it in 2012, 2013 & 2015.
His fourth win tied him with Irishman Sean Kelly (1980, 1985, 1986 & 1988) and Frenchman Laurent Jalabert who won the award four consecutive years (1994, 1995, 1996 & 1997).
As well as the general classification, Primož Roglič won the points classification in both 2019 & 2020 but could only manage runner-up in 2021 & 2024 whilst Kaden Groves has won back-to-back in 2023 & 2024.
Those two riders will now both head into 2025 looking for a third win which would put him level with German Erik Zabel (2002, 2003 & 2004).
Last Ten Points Classification Winners
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kaden Groves (AUS) (226) | Primož Roglič (SLO) (140) | Max Poole (GBR) (118) |
| 2023 | Kaden Groves (AUS) (315) | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) (236) | Andreas Kron (DEN) (167) |
| 2022 | Mads Pedersen (DEN) (409) | Fred Wright (GBR) (186) | Enric Mas (ESP) (136) |
| 2021 | Fabio Jakobsen (NED) (250) | Primož Roglič (SLO) (199) | Magnus Cort (DEN) (161) |
| 2020 | Primož Roglič (SLO) (204) | Richard Carapaz (ECU) (133) | Dan Martin (IRL) (111) |
| 2019 | Primož Roglič (SLO) (155) | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (136) | Sam Bennett (IRL) (134) |
| 2018 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (131) | Peter Sagan (SVK) (119) | Elia Viviani (ITA) (105) |
| 2017 | Chris Froome (GBR) (158) | Matteo Trentin (ITA) (156) | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (128) |
| 2016 | Fabio Felline (ITA) (100) | Nairo Quintana (COL) (97) | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (93) |
| 2015 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (118) | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (116) | Esteban Chaves (COL) (108) |
Vuelta a Espana King of the Mountains
It used to be a case of not looking at anything but a Spaniard to find the King of the Mountain winner, between 1941 & 1986 there were only three non-Spanish winners, and there were also eight winners between 1997 & 2006.
However, the tide has turned, since 2007, of the eighteen winners, only three of those have been Spanish, Luis León Sánchez in 2014 and then Omar Fraile in both 2015 & 2016, and 2020, 2021 & 2023, there wasn't a single Spaniard in the top three.
The French have picked up a lot of wins of late, David Moncoutié won it for four consecutive years between 2008 & 2011, Nicolas Edet won it in 2013, Geoffrey Bouchard in 2019, and Guillaume Martin picked up the title in 2020.
Jay Vine's success in 2024 means there has now been an Aussie in the top three for each of the last four tours, Michael Storer won it in 2021 and was third in 2023 whilst Robert Stannard was runner-up in 2022.
Last Ten King of the Mountain Winners
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jay Vine (AUS) | Marc Soler (ESP) | Pablo Castrillo (ESP) |
| 2023 | Remco Evenepoel (BEL) | Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) | Michael Storer (AUS) |
| 2022 | Richard Carapaz (ECU) | Robert Stannard (AUS) | Enric Mas (ESP) |
| 2021 | Michael Storer (AUS) | Romain Bardet (FRA) | Primož Roglič (SLO) |
| 2020 | Guillaume Martin (FRA) | Tim Wellens (BEL) | Richard Carapaz (ECU) |
| 2019 | Geoffrey Bouchard (FRA) | Ángel Madrazo (ESP) | Sergio Samitier (ESP) |
| 2018 | Thomas De Gendt (BEL) | Bauke Mollema (NED) | Luis Ángel Maté (ESP) |
| 2017 | Davide Villella (ITA) | Miguel Ángel López (COL) | Chris Froome (GBR) |
| 2016 | Omar Fraile (ESP) | Kenny Elissonde (FRA) | Robert Gesink (NED) |
| 2015 | Omar Fraile (ESP) | Rubén Plaza (ESP) | Fränk Schleck (LUX) |
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The Vuelta a Espana content on OLBG has been created and maintained by Andy Powell who through the creation of the content developed an understanding of the sport.
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