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The eightieth edition of Vuelta a España starts in Italy and ends in Spain. The organization announced this on Thursday. Traditionally, the entire course is mainly made for climbers with few opportunities for sprinters.
The round has only three really flat stages and no fewer than eleven stages with mountains. There are two time trials in total. The start is on August 23 in the Italian region of Piedmont, the finish on September 14 in the Spanish capital Madrid.
View the route schedule of the Vuelta in 2025 below here in 3D:
Next year the start will be in Turin, in the northwest of Italy, with a fairly flat opening stage of 183 kilometers. This offers opportunities for the sprinters to take the first leader’s jersey of this race.
The second stage arrives at the Limone Piemonte, the first arrival is uphill. In the fourth stage the route meanders across the border, from Susa in Italy to Voiron in France. The peloton then leaves for Spain, where a day later a 20 kilometer time trial with start and finish in Figueres is on the program. The eighteenth stage is also a time trial, of 26 kilometers.
In the second week, a hors-category climb looms, the Alto de L’Angliru, one of the toughest in Spain, which goes up by 23 percent on the toughest part. The last mountain stage finishes on the Bola del Mundo.
The final stage is as usual in Madrid.
Last year Lisbon was the starting point of the Tour of Spain. The race was won by the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, who won his fourth Vuelta title.
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