Vuelta a España 2025

After breaking two vertebrae in the Tour de France, abandoning the race despite wearing yellow, Cancellara will start the Vuelta.

Luis Leon Sanchez plans to be an instrumental part of Astana's strong Vuelta team, and he hopes the race gives him top fitness for worlds.

Vincenzo Nibali, Fabio Aru, and Mikel Landa will headline an especially dangerous Astana squad at the Vuelta a España

The BMC rider will forgo his USA Pro Challenge defense in favor of racing the Spanish grand tour

Team Sky says that Chris Froome has unfinished business at the Spanish grand tour and may try for the red jersey later this year.

As the Spanish grand tour turns 80, some question the race's importance on the calendar — but there's no denying its rich history

Caja Rural, Cofidis, Colombia, Europcar, and MTN-Qhubeka all get wildcard nods for the Spanish grand tour

With Alberto Contador likely to focus on the Giro and Tour, Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde are early favorites for the 2015 Vuelta

No less than eight mountaintop finales are expected to be on tap for the 2015 Vuelta, which will be officially unveiled Sunday

The Vuelta returns to Andorra next year as more details emerge for the 80th edition of the Spanish grand tour

The Spanish grand tour will start with five days of racing in and around Malaga in the Andalucía region

Vuelta says a race akin to La Course is in the works for the 2015 grand tour, and it will seek top-category UCI designation

The Vuelta takes a long, hot, and hilly road through Spain, with GC, climbing, and sprinting action throughout

The Vuelta wraps up with a short, rainy time trial won by Adriano Malori. Contador cruises to GC victory

Results from the final stage of the 2014 Vuelta a España

The peloton tackles one final hard day of climbing at the Vuelta, and Contador confirms his place in the red leader's jersey

Contador matched Froome's aggression Saturday to win the stage and secure overall victory at the Vuelta with just one stage to go

Results from the penultimate stage of the 2014 Vuelta a España

Adam Hansen foils the sprinters in the finale, attacking to win alone in Cangas do Morrazo

The Australian strongman is rewarded for his guile and guts, riding to his second grand tour stage win in the Vuelta's stage 19

The GC remains unchanged after Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) launches a late attack to take stage 19

Chris Froome hasn't given up the fight for Vuelta GC, and his Spanish rivals have taken notice, now that the Sky leader is second overall

The contenders come out to play, and Chris Froome attacks his way into second place on GC. Aru wins, and keeps his fifth-place overall

Aru takes his second stage of the Vuelta, while Froome gains time on Contador and moves to second overall

Boonen and Cancellara are concentrating on the upcoming worlds, while Gesink has a family emergency to deal with

Degenkolb does it again as the Vuelta takes on a rolling stage with few major climbs but a fast sprint finish

John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) wins his fourth stage at the Vuelta, while the GC remains unchanged

Contador may be on cruise-control, but there is tension inside the Tinkoff-Saxo bus; they're hoping that something doesn't go wrong

The trio joins many others who have succumbed to the heat and the climbing in the Spanish grand tour

Global Cycling Network checks in with Chris Froome on the final rest day before the Vuelta's denouement

Contador is calm and confident ahead of the Vuelta's final challenges, though he doesn't think his fitness matches what he had for the Tour

Brutal days in the Vuelta a España's mountains give the climbing stars a chance to shine and shatter the GC dreams of a few contenders

The Sky rider claims the Spaniard hit him on a rainy descent during Sunday's stage 15 at the Vuelta a Espana

The peloton faces the Vuelta's queen stage, and Contador shows everyone why he's comfortably wearing the red leader's jersey

In a rivalry for the ages, Froome and Contador go head-to-head, but so far, the Spaniard has the upper hand

A Spanish motorcycle police officer was killed in an accident during Monday's 'queen stage' at the Vuelta a España

Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) wins stage 16, while Froome gains time on Valverde

Gianluca Brambilla and Ivan Rovny's breakaway disagreement leads to an altercation in stage 16

Instead of working together in Sunday's finale, Spain's top rivals missed a chance to eliminate Sky's Froome as a GC threat

It is Niemiec's day atop the final climb to Lagos de Covadonga, as the GC favorites see Contador's true form

Lampre-Merida's Niemiec wins as Contador and Valverde battle for GC supremacy

Photos from stage 14 of the Vuelta a España

Peter Sagan, who has struggled through the Vuelta a España, finally called it quits on stage 14

Results from stage 14 of the 2014 Vuelta a España

Cofidis' Daniel Navarro seizes the day with a late attack, while the GC favorites probe each other with attacks on the final climb

Daniel Navarro's late attack up the final climb earns him victory on stage 13 in Parque de Cabárceno. The GC remains unchanged

The peloton cruises through a day in Rioja country, while Krizek makes a solo move that is ultimately squashed by Degenkolb

The 2013 Tour champion is inconsistent at this Vuelta, one day challenging the mountain goats, the next, ceding time against the clock

American Andrew Talansky is optimistic that he'll reap rewards from the Spanish grand tour at world championships and Lombardia

John Degenkolb (Giant-Shimano) wins a fast, technical finish in the circuits of Logroño, as the GC remains unchanged.

With the exit of Nairo Quintana, the Vuelta lost the one rider who could truly put a fright into Alberto Contador

GC favorites trade blows on the final climb, but Quintana is not among them, after abandoning with a broken scapula

Aru attacks to win stage 11, while Quintana abandons, and Contador remains in red.

The 24-year-old Colombian crashes for the second time in two days and is taken to the hospital

Alberto Contador surged into the overall lead on day when archrivals Chris Froome stalled and Nairo Quintana crashed

Tony Martin wins the 36.7 kilometer time trial, while the GC picture crystalizes in Spain, with Contador in the driver's seat

Now, with his GC hopes as tattered as his torn skinsuit, Quintana vows to help teammate Alejandro Valverde at the Vuelta a España

Tony Martin claims stage 10 individual time trial, while Alberto Contador assumes the overall lead

The American has raced at several events in his debut season at the WorldTour level, including the Spanish grand tour

Tuesday's time trial will reshuffle the GC deck, and perhaps eliminate a few contenders, but it likely will not crown the overall winner

At Monday's press conference, Contador publicly admitted for the first time that he can compete to win the race for a third time

After only one week of racing, the Vuelta a España has tested the peloton with searing heat, fast sprints, and a few steep climbs

On the Vuelta a España's first rest day, Global Cycling Network tours the Lampre-Merida team bus

Photos from stage 9 of the Vuelta a España

Results from stage 9 of the 2014 Vuelta a España

Photos from stage 8 of the 2014 Vuelta a España

Results from stage 8 of the 2014 Vuelta a España

Days after losing hopes for a strong overall standing, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) went on the attack Friday after changing his attitude about the Vuelta

Froome dodged a bullet Friday, and confidence is growing within Team Sky that their man could have a real shot at Vuelta victory

The peloton suffers through a hot day of aggressive, crash-filled racing. De Marchi prevails, and Froome battles back from fall to gain time

Alessandro de Marchi rides alone to win the stage, while Chris Froome chips away at GC with a sneaky sprint

Global Cycling Network takes a look at the bus that transports Martin, Boonen, and other OPQS stars during the Vuelta

The Vuelta heats up in stage 6, as the GC contenders come out to play, and the pretenders are left behind on the steep climb to La Zubia

Marquee names are battling in the opening stages of the Vuelta a España, delivering on the promise of the season's most exciting grand tour

Alejandro Valverde takes back the overall lead on stage 6's steep finish climb

Four of the biggest favorites for Ponferrada are at this Vuelta: Fabian Cancellara, Philippe Gilbert, Tom Boonen, and Peter Sagan

The American hit the deck midway through the 180km stage to Ronda, but that wasn't going to stop him from celebrating the second team victory of this Vuelta

Tinkoff-Saxo puts Garmin-Sharp in trouble in the crosswinds. Degenkolb wins a fierce sprint, drawing the ire of Bouhanni

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) lost more than three minutes in Wednesday's stage when the bunch split up under pressure from Tinkoff-Saxo

John Degenkolb wins his second day in a row on a 180km stage from Priego de Córdoba to Ronda