Vuelta a España 2025

Lawson Craddock leaves Giro d'Italia to attend birth.

Vuelta a España officials urging fans to stay at home as health conditions worsen in Spain.

No fans in Spain's rowdy Basque Country will be allowed to line key climbs in the first week of this year's race.

Race director Javier Guillén finds hope in seeing the Tour reach Paris, plans to mimic COVID protocol used in France.

The revelation of the 2019 Vuelta a España, Tadej Pogačar won three stages and attacked his way onto the final podium. Today, we examine his power data from the second half of the race.

The revelation of the 2019 Vuelta a España, Tadej Pogačar won three stages and attacked his way onto the final podium. Today, we examine his power data from the first half of the race.

Kiel Reijnen says younger riders are getting more freedom from team directors to race for the win—and that's a good thing.

The Vuelta saw the strands of the past, present and future weave together in stunning fashion

The Slovenian makes history following a near-flawless Vuelta victory that confirmed he is a grand tour powerhouse.

Primoz Roglic finished in the bunch to secure the red jersey, which he had held since stage 10.

Cooler heads prevailed ahead of the Vuelta's penultimate stage following a wild ride that saw Movistar at the center of controversy.

The UCI took the extraordinary step to allow chasing riders to pace back to the front group, adding a twist to the 'race-or-wait' debate

Emirates signs the American climber on a two-year deal hoping that the best is yet to come

Riders criticize Movistar's tactic in the aftermath of a crash that sent Roglic, López and others to the ground

Frenchman Rémi Cavagna won Friday's stage 19 with a powerful solo move into Toledo.

Sergio Higuita salvaged EF's Vuelta a Espana by winning stage 18 in Becerril de la Sierra. Roglic defended his lead.

Philippe Gilbert's two stage victories at the Vuelta is proof that he's on fine form ahead of the UCI road world championship in Yorkshire.

Latest climbing stage at the Vuelta is reminiscent of the decisive stage in 2015 when Tom Dumoulin crumbled. Could Primoz Roglic suffer a similar fate?

Wednesday's stage of the Vuelta a Espana was supposed to be easy. Then, gusting crosswinds and aggressive tactics transformed it into the hardest day of the 2019 race.

Crosswinds created havoc at the Vuelta a España as a 50-man breakaway gained valuable time, vaulting Nairo Quintana back into contention.

We examined Sepp Kuss's power data from his victory on stage 15 of the Vuelta a España. Kuss was calm during the race's midpoint before unleashing a sustained surge of power on the final climb.

Backed by the deep and motivated Jumbo-Visma team, it’s going to take a major mistake or mishap for this Vuelta to slip away

Jakob Fuglsang won the first grand tour stage of his career atop the Vuelta's mighty summit finish. Primoz Roglic defended his lead in the overall.

Kuss is the latest American to win a stage at the Vuelta, and his rise to the top of the WorldTour started in the dusty trails of Colorado.

After riding his first grand tour in the 2018 Vuelta, Kuss has learned with every race he'd ridden. Now he can add a long-range climbing victory to his locker.

Sepp Kuss launches lone strike on final climb to power to victory, Primoz Roglic and Alejandro Valverde grow their gap on GC contenders.

The Coloradan wins out of a breakaway to confirm his arrival at the WorldTour with a stage victory in just his third grand tour start.

Rivals will be trying to unsettle Roglic in two decisive climbing stages looming in northern Spain.

Having only started racing on the road in 2015, the young Norweigan rode to 18th overall in August's Tour of Poland, and now finds himself eigth overall in his first grand tour.

Several GC riders brought down by a touch of wheels inside the final kilometer, though all were able to complete the stage without major injury.

Having only entered the WorldTour at the start of the season, the young Slovenian finds himself sole leader of his team and third on GC at his first grand tour.

A year after winning two stages at the Spanish grand tour, the American is hoping the stars align once again

Movistar duo Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde vowed to keep fighting after they were dropped on the Los Machucos climb. Time is running out at this Vuelta for Movistar to dethrone leader Primoz Roglic.

Paved less than a decade ago, the Los Machucos climb has already become part of Vuelta lore after just one inclusion. This year the punishing climb opens a decisive weekend in the mountains.

Gilbert's Vuelta stage victory is a sign that the Belgian star is peaking just before the world road championships.

American Will Barta says he's not quite back to 100 percent after hip surgery, however he is relishing his grand tour debut at the Vuelta a España.

Now Vuelta race leader is trying to apply those lessons in Spain, as he guns to win his first grand tour title

American roars from fourth in time trial to next day’s breakaway at Spanish grand tour

Roglic and his Jumbo-Visma teammates are hoping there’s a different ending to this Vuelta story than what happened at the Giro in May

Movistar rallied around Quintana's GC run a day after Marc Soler showed frustration with team tactics.

Race altering storms leave some wondering if the hail-soaked stage should have been shortened, as two GC favorites hit the deck.

10 years since Valverde won his last Vuelta, 2019 sees a realistic chance of the world champion taking his second.

After suffering through 2018 with illness, Stetina has spent the 2019 season mixing up WorldTour duties with gravel and mountain bike racing, and a strong performance on stage 8 of the Vuelta shows he's back to his best.

A brutal eight days of racing has trimmed the GC field to a foursome and left a weary peloton in its wake

The Slovenian time-trial ace is better than his rivals in the race against the clock. The question is whether he can match them in the mountains.

The toll of Thursday's crash continued to be felt as injuries prove too much for Tejay van Garderen, who abandoned the Vuelta with a fractured finger and other injuries.

The Spanish team has long struggled to balance the needs and ambitions of all of its GC captains

The highly touted Slovenian rookie is already making waves barely a week into his grand tour debut

Riders vow to keep fighting in this Vuelta after the American team suffered multiple crashes and lost two of its strongest riders.

The young American rider is having another strong Vuelta performance, riding in support of GC contender Primoz Roglic.

A high-speed crash proved costly to the peloton as the Colombian star and the former race leader are sent packing home with injuries

Following a Giro d'Italia that left him less than satisfied, Colombia's 'Superman' returns to the Vuelta intent on controlling his narrative

The Colombian star is cautiously sizing up the opening climbs in the first half of the Vuelta as a real test to see if he's fully back at his best

The highly touted American is diving head-first into his grand tour debut with the added pressure of trying to help Primoz Roglic win the overall

In a race expected to be dominated by Colombians, the Irish pair of Roche and Bennett reminded everyone of the island's pedigree

'Superman' Lopez is counting his lucky stars after capturing red in Saturday's team time trial that could have ended very differently

Jumbo-Visma look to take up the racing after bad luck struck on stage 1, with mechanicals, injuries, and a 40-second time loss being picked up in only 13.4km.

Colombia's self-styled 'Superman' is poised to round out the Latin American grand tour sweep with a strong ride in Spain

A victory at the Belgian Waffle Ride and strong showings at other off-road adventure races helped Stetina rekindle love for the bike

Hot off third at the Giro d'Italia, Primoz Roglic may be one of the favorites to win the Vuelta a España. The Slovenian, however, doesn't see it that way.

Nairo Quintana won't be grumbling about sharing leadership duties following Carapaz's late-hour exit from the Vuelta

A swarm of riders from North and South America are expected to dominate the Vuelta across all terrain

With Ineos's big names sitting on the sidelines, the team is sending a mix of young and old to the Vuelta

Dimension Data brings stage hunters to Spanish grand tour, led by American Ben King who won two stages last year

Three Americans will line up Saturday, as EF Education First brings a well-rounded squad to the year's final grand tour.

The five-day Burgos tour is a good indicator of who is on winning form going into the Vuelta later in August

Despite some key names missing, Vuelta officials are hopeful the race will pack the same punch that fans have grown accustomed to

Though it took too long, the case to disqualify Juan José Cobo from the 2011 Vuelta is an important milestone in the fight for clean sport.

The UCI has cited Juan Jose Cobo for a biological passport violation, which could strip the Spaniard of his 2011 Vuelta title; a move that would give the win to Froome

The 2019 Vuelta route includes 59 categorized climbs but a surprisingly tame final week of racing.

The Vuelta will begin in the low countries in 2020. It will be only the fourth time the Spanish tour has had its grand depart on foreign soil.

The route for the Spanish grand tour will be unveiled next week, but details are leaking out.

The always-exciting Vuelta is expected to return to mountainous terrain in Andorra for 2019. Full route will be unveiled mid-December.

Was it a good edition of the Vuelta? What does it mean for Yates? How do we rank this year's grand tours? We unpack the action from Spain.

The 23-year-old rode to second place overall at the recent Vuelta a Espana.

Always one of the season's best races, the Vuelta delivered lots of surprises, and we have three key takeaways from the 2018 race.

The Spanish team fell short of its goals to place at least one rider on the podium, although it won two stages and the team prize.

Peter Sagan's three-year reign as world champion will likely come to an end soon, and he was unable to win a stage at the Vuelta.

Simon Yates won the Vuelta a Espana, his first grand tour victory, but he's still bitter about losing the Giro d'Italia.

After many years of promise, Yates secures first grand tour victory having taken a different path from Team Sky's big-budget approach