How To Watch The Vuelta A España 2025
How To Watch The Vuelta A España 2025
It's time for the Vuelta a España 2025, which will not include the year's most successful rider or last year's champion. Here's how to watch all 21 stages.
Slovenian superstar Tadej Pogacar isn’t only dominant, he’s also a selfless teammate, and that’s one of the reasons he’s decided to skip the third Grand Tour of the 2025 season, the Vuelta a España, set for Aug. 23-Sept. 14.
Pogacar has had a busy and successful year, including a recent victory at the Tour de France 2025 – his second consecutive win and fourth overall title at the most prestigious race in cycling.
So why miss this Grand Tour? There are many good reasons.
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First, there are enough events on the calendar that riders are able to customize their schedules each year to make sure they hit the races that best fit their availability, level of fitness, strengths, goals, priorities and more.
Pogacar has ridden in La Vuelta before.
In 2019, he won three stages of the 21-stage event and took the jersey for the best young rider. This year, he’s simply going to focus on other races and goals.
What does that mean for the rest of his UAE Team Emirates?
It means the squad’s other standouts and General Classification contenders can take aim at the spotlight, and for La Vuelta 2025, that means João Almeida and Juan Ayuso, who often work in support of Pogacar.
At the same time, Pogacar’s absence at the peak of his career also opens the door for his rivals to chase their own Grand Tour glory and La Vuelta’s coveted red leader’s jersey.
The list of top contenders this year also will include Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard, a two-time Tour de France winner, who has been working his way back from a variety of injuries and has spent a lot of time lately in Pogacar’s shadow.
Who else could make a run at the GC title or multiple stage wins across the 21 challenging days, a slate that features seven medium mountain stages, six mountain stages, five flat stages, two time trials and a hilly stage with a high-altitude finale?
- Richard Carapaz
- Damiano Caruso
- Antonio Tiberi
- Felix Gall
- David Gaudu
- Filippo Ganna
- Guilio Ciccone
- Mads Pedersen
- Nairo Quintana (2016 champion)
- Jai Hindley
- Mikel Landa
- Eddie Dunbar
- Derek Gee
- Sepp Kuss (2023 champion)
Two names that are noticeably absent from the initial entry list – four-time winner and last year’s champion Primoz Roglic and 2022 winner Remco Evenepoel.
How To Watch The Vuelta A España 2025
For Canadian viewers, the Vuelta A España 2025 will be streaming on FloBikes and the FloSports app.
To see the start and estimated finish times for each stage, click here.
Highlights, race replays and breaking news will be available on both platforms.
Stage highlights, replays and more breaking news, including recaps and rider interviews, will be on both platforms.
In the United States, the Vuelta a España is scheduled to be broadcast on the NBC Networks and streaming on the NBC Peacock app.
Vuelta A España 2025 Schedule
- Stage 1 – Aug. 23: Torino - Reggia di Venaria to Novara (186.1km)
- Stage 2 – Aug. 24: Alba to Limone Piedmonte (159.6km)
- Stage 3 – Aug. 25: San Maurizio Canavese to Ceres (134.6km)
- Stage 4 – Aug. 26: Susa to Voiron (206.7km)
- Stage 5 – Aug. 27: Figueres (team time trial) (24.1km)
- Stage 6 – Aug. 28: Olot to Pal.Andorra (170.3km)
- Stage 7 – Aug. 29: Andorra La Vella to Cerler (188km)
- Stage 8 – Aug. 30: Monzón Templario – Zaragoza (163.5km)
- Stage 9 – Aug. 31: Alfaro – Valdezcaray (195.5km)
- Rest Day – Sept. 1
- Stage 10 – Sept. 2: Sendaviva – Larra-Belagua (175.3km)
- Stage 11 – Sept. 3: Bilbao (157.4km)
- Stage 12 – Sept. 4: Laredo – Los Corrales del Buelna (144.9km)
- Stage 13 – Sept. 5: Cabázon de la Sal – L’Angliru (202.7km)
- Stage 14 – Sept. 6: Avilés – La Farrapona (135.9km)
- Stage 15 – Sept. 7: A Veiga – Monforte Lemos (167.8km)
- Rest Day – Sept. 8
- Stage 16 – Sept. 9: Poio – Mos Castro de Herville (167.9km)
- Stage 17 – Sept. 10: O Barco de Valdeorras – El Morredero (143.2km)
- Stage 18 – Sept. 11: Vallodolid (individual time trial) (27.2km)
- Stage 19 – Sept. 12: Rueda – Guijuelo (161.9km)
- Stage 20 – Sept. 13: Robledo de Chavela – Bola del Mundo (165.6km)
- Stage 21 – Sept. 14: Alalpardo – Madrid (111.6km)
Total kilometers for 2025 is 3,151 kilometers or approximately 1,958 miles.
When Does The Vuelta A España 2025 Start?
The Vuelta A España 2025 starts Aug. 23 and will conclude Sept. 14.
The schedule includes 21 stages and two rest days (Sept. 1 and Sept. 8).
Every day, the cyclists start together. Every stage varies in distance and physical demand, and the characteristics of each stage determine what type of rider should excel or how the race should finish.
For example, some stages feature flat finishes, and that means the sprinters likely will be battling for those stage wins.
How Long Is The Vuelta A España 2025?
The course for the Vuelta A España 2025 will be 3,151 kilometers or approximately 1,958 miles.
How Many Teams/Riders Compete In The Vuelta A España?
Traditionally, there are 22 teams and up to 176 competitors in the Vuelta A España.
The 2025 race will feature 23 teams and more than 180 riders.
Who Won The Vuelta A España In 2024?
Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic won the Vuelta a España in 2024 for a record-equaling fourth career victory at the storied race.
The former ski jumper has been plagued by crashes and injuries, including two significant ones in 2024, but he continues to persevere and managed to land himself among the year’s most memorable moments with wins at the 2024 Critérium du Dauphiné and La Vuelta.
Roglic, who won the Vuelta a España in 2019, 2020 and 2021, joined Spain’s Roberto Heras as the event’s only four-time champions (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005) and made it a clean sweep for Slovenia in the Grand Tours in 2024, with Pogacar winning the Giro and TDF.
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