Vuelta a España 2025

The predicted bunch sprint happened on stage 1 of the Vuelta a España, with a big name seizing the first race leader’s jersey.

Philipsen bounces back strongly in Vuelta following his bad injury in Tour de France.

British star Pidcock upbeat heading into sixth, and hopefully best, grand tour of his career.

Led by Kuss and Jorgenson, eight North Americans line up for the 2025 Vuelta a España aiming for super-sized impact in the season's final grand tour.

UAE Emirates-XRG chases its first grand tour win without Pogačar as Ayuso and Almeida promise to bury the hatchet to take on Vingegaard: 'We had small clashes, but things are quickly resolved.'

'Worlds don't fit in': Vingegaard confirms he will skip Rwanda worlds to stay focused on winning the 2025 Vuelta a España.

From Vingegaard and Kuss through Pidcock and O'Connor: How the favorites, outsiders, and wildcards stack up for the 2025 Vuelta a España.

Road to red jersey clears for Vingegaard as Carapaz, Ciccone withdraw from GC battle in latest flurry of teams to confirm Vuelta selections.

No power vacuum this year: Visma enters the Vuelta a España with the strongest team and Vingegaard as the undisputed GC leader.

We’ve combed through hundreds of race results and power files from the Vuelta favorites.

Kuss, Jorgenson bounce back from Tour de France to join Vingegaard as podium-potential superdomestiques at the Vuelta a España.

Analysis: Vingegaard needs a statement win to reassert authority in the GC landscape and settle the scales after another Tour defeat to Pogačar.

Vingegaard, Kuss, Ayuso will battle for the Vuelta's red jersey across the hardest grand tour parcours of the year.

Pidcock to skip MTB worlds clash with Van der Poel to face off against defending champ Tadej Pogačar at Rwanda road worlds.

You can watch Vingegaard, Kuss, Jorgenson, Almeida, Carapaz at the 2025 Vuelta a España live on television or streaming, or via catch-up.

Form-check on the 2025 Vuelta a España favorites with less than two weeks to go: Who's been hiding off the radar and who's lighting it up?

There's no Tadej Pogačar, but a stupid-deep start list is assembling for 'the last chance saloon' of the GC racers.

Tour de France winner Pogačar to target Canadian races, João Almeida to lead UAE in Vuelta.

From the Angliru and Bola del Mundo climbs, a start in Italy, and the likely return of Pogačar, what's not to love about La Vuelta 2025?

Australian rider to head to Jayco AlUla with heightened ambitions after dazzling Vuelta performance.

We dive into the power numbers of Primož Roglič, Pavel Sivakov, and more at La Vuelta a España.

Vuelta a España winner Roglič will work with Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe to keep driving team standards upwards.

Tour de Hoody: From brutal heat to near-record attrition, a chaotic Vuelta delivered non-stop thrills, but missed out on a larger narrative to make it great.

After brilliant 2023, Kuss and Visma-Lease a Bike leave the Vuelta a España wondering what could have been: 'It was a race of ups and downs.'

UAE's haul included three stage wins, the King of the Mountains jersey, the most combative rider prize, the team classification victory, and a top-10.

Stefan Küng wins first grand tour stage in final time trial as Ben O’Connor secures second overall ahead of Enric Mas.

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe hit by illness, causing late scare for Roglič on final mountain stage.

Roglič fends off all attacks from rivals on day of illness within his team.

Shoddy pokes around the pits at the season's final grand tour to get a look at the latest time trial tech.

‘I’m happy with the way I am functioning’: Roglič uncorks his most dominant ride in three years to seize Vuelta lead.

Twice finishing fourth in grand tours, can Aussie climber hold on for podium spot? 'Still two very important days.'

Ben O’Connor blows up on penultimate summit finish of race, with Roglič taking over at the top with two days to go.

'I had a bad day and I paid for it:' Landa admits he didn't have great legs in GC debacle.

Australian rider likely facing last day in Vuelta leader’s jersey Friday with big summit finish looming.

'This is a dream': A trio of stage wins and nine other top-10s through 18 stages slot the team's Vuelta among the best ever for a wild card team in modern grand tour racing history. 

Too little, too late: The gap was insurmountable by the time sport directors called Matteo Cattaneo out of winning breakaway to help.

Berrade lands third stage win for small Kern Pharma team as GC chaos costs Landa, Kuss and Yates time.

In-form Belgian star Van Aert forced to end 2024 campaign early after big crash in Vuelta a España this week.

Time running out for Thomas De Gendt and his final breakaway win at Vuelta a España: 'The legs have to cooperate too.'

We dive into the power numbers of Primož Roglič, Ben O’Connor, and more at La Vuelta a España.

Long-range breakaway braves wet conditions at the Vuelta but is caught close to the end by late attack: 'Win number three is special.'

Van Aert returns home to recover from horrific Vuelta crash as Visma-Lease a Bike faces another setback: 'We feel for him.'

Stage win for Marc Soler and mountains jersey for Jay Vine on Covadonga see the 'super team' refusing to give up after GC chances look slim.

Despite another gutsy defense, Australian seems to accept that his chances of winning the Vuelta are diminishing by the day: 'I had no power.'

Ben O’Connor dropped on final climb but puts in huge fight to hold red jersey by several seconds.

'It's very sad': Van Aert abandons the Vuelta after winning three stages and leading both the green points jersey and King of the Mountains competition.

A 20-second penalty to Primož Roglič gives Aussie an unexpected cushion in GC crunch-time: 'You can guarantee tomorrow he’ll go all-in to get it back.'

Roglič rues Cuitu Negru time penalty as O'Connor proves stubbornly resilient in red jersey: 'There’s still quite some work to do.'

American rider moves up three places in the overall standings following strong Vuelta display on Sunday: 'The Vuelta's been super hard.'

After Sunday's climbing chaos, it's still impossible to say who will win the Vuelta and who will step onto the final podium September 8 in Madrid.

Australian continues his long stint in the red jersey, setting a national record along the way.

Roglič’s drafting penalty after planned bike swap widens gap to O'Connor in race for red.

Enric Mas and Primož Roglič gain time on O’Connor, but Australian limits losses to stay in red jersey.

Showdown on the Cuitu Negru will decimate race, could define GC: ‘It looks crazy steep at the end.’

O'Connor and Gall try to balance ego and ambition as fight for red jersey heats up at Vuelta a España: 'We both have our goals.'

Mountain stage comes down to a big bunch sprint, with Groves and Van Aert flat out in drag race to the line.

Jeremy Whittle assesses how Decathlon-Ag2r La Mondiale needs to weigh the risk and reward of O’Connor racing for a career-first grand tour podium.

‘I was planning to have a rest day’: Van Aert adds polka dots to red and green Vuelta jersey collection, Kuss struggles in savage mountaintop showdown.

Australian continues as race leader but Roglič landed big blows Friday. ‘It is nice when you go good.’

American rider McNulty slides under guardrail and down slope, dodges serious injury in fall.

Primož Roglič launches huge attack, dropping overall leader O’Connor and inching ever-closer to the red jersey.

Australian race leader O’Connor in admirably serene state of mind despite time loss Wednesday.

'It happens a lot in cycling': Road blockage debate heats up after O'Connor deletes his Twitter account in wake of social media firestorm.

Equipo Kern Pharma rider lands team's first-ever Vuelta stage victory day after its ex-president’s death.

'Yellow cards' fly after controversial blocking incident provokes spill at Vuelta a España.

‘I can’t believe it’: Perfectly-timed final kilometer surge ends run of bad luck for Dunbar and earns first WorldTour victory.

Race leader Ben O’Connor loses time following stinging attack by Primož Roglič and Enric Mas.

Reports that Mexican phenom Isaac del Toro is infected with COVID is latest in what's been a brutal, over-the-top Vuelta a España.

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Van Aert attacked from the start of mid-mountain stage and didn't stop until he outsprinted last man standing Pacher, GC racers hit pause.

From crit racing to the WorldTour, Sheehan hopes to cap his meteoric rise with a breakaway victory at the Vuelta: 'Good chances to go for a stage.'

The Vuelta is turning into a chaotic race where riders are trading-off having amazing days. Here's how Roglič, O'Connor, Carapaz and more have performed.

Breaking down the hardest stage of the race up to this point and taking stock of where things stand on the Vuelta's first rest day.

Plus, Shoddy asks WorldTour mechanics everything you want to know about working the final grand tour of the season.

Close to 20,000m climbing in the leg-snapper grades of the northern mountains could blow the GC apart another half-dozen times.

After a rough start, Colorado climber eyes Vuelta comeback with the hardest climbs on horizon: 'The form is there.'

Adam Yates and Richard Carapaz on the up, but it’s a much tougher day for three key riders.

The crash-defying descent steals the show Sunday and caps a solid first week for the Movistar captain: 'The key is that the sensations are good.'

Briton races back into contention on grueling Vuelta mountain stage, as does Richard Carapaz while O'Connor keeps rivals in check.

Riders’ association president Adam Hansen in contact with riders, Vuelta organizer and the UCI over oppressive heat: 'Some riders are struggling worse than others.'