Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2025 (La Vuelta Ciclista a España)

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Men's Road Cycling UCI World Tour 2025 (La Vuelta Ciclista a España)

 

Various Cities (AND/FRA/ITA/ESP) - 23 August 2025 - 14 September 2025

 

 

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Edited January 12 by Sindo

[Federer91 3,389]

Not gonna lie, Pogacar's decision to miss the Vuelta has tainted my interest in it a bit. Though i'm sure, when we get things going and start having the GC battle under way it will pop-up again.

[heywoodu 16,468]

Peloton is ready for the start in Venaria Reale, let the Giro d'Italia begin  

 

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Who on earth decided not to have a (team) time trial to start off the Vuelta 

 

Edited August 23, 2025 by heywoodu

[Federer91 3,389]

7 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Peloton is ready for the start in Venaria Reale, let the Giro d'Italia begin  

 

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Who on earth decided not to have a (team) time trial to start off the Vuelta 

 

Who on Earth decided the Vuelta to start in... Italy? It's understandable if it's a smaller country, but Italy of all places. Are there not enough Italia races on the calendar or what.

 

It's like if the tennis US Open have it's opening day matches be played at the AO courts..

[Olympicsnell 333]

30 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Not gonna lie, Pogacar's decision to miss the Vuelta has tainted my interest in it a bit. Though i'm sure, when we get things going and start having the GC battle under way it will pop-up again.

The opposite here, pog missing the vuelta has made it actually interesting 

[heywoodu 16,468]

7 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Who on Earth decided the Vuelta to start in... Italy? It's understandable if it's a smaller country, but Italy of all places. Are there not enough Italia races on the calendar or what.

 

It's like if the tennis US Open have it's opening day matches be played at the AO courts..

Yeah that is the other thing, indeed. The Vuelta was the last GT to mostly start inside it's own country, but that's also gone by now.

[heywoodu 16,468]

7 minutes ago, Olympicsnell said:

The opposite here, pog missing the vuelta has made it actually interesting 

Absolutely. With Pogacar, we would probably have a Tour de France-like snoozefest in terms of the GC, now it can actually be somewhat interesting (perhaps, unless Vingegaard simply takes over that role).

[Olympicsnell 333]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Absolutely. With Pogacar, we would probably have a Tour de France-like snoozefest in terms of the GC, now it can actually be somewhat interesting (perhaps, unless Vingegaard simply takes over that role).

Yeah, i don't 100% trust jonas to destroy everyone the way pog did at the giro last year, also looking forward to watching UAE all argue and fallout with one another without someone to lead them 

[heywoodu 16,468]

On 8/23/2025 at 1:20 PM, heywoodu said:

Absolutely. With Pogacar, we would probably have a Tour de France-like snoozefest in terms of the GC, now it can actually be somewhat interesting (perhaps, unless Vingegaard simply takes over that role).

This hasn't aged well so far. One of the worst GT's I remember in recent years in terms of action. The start in Italy was godawful, zero action, entirely uninteresting course, and after that it didn't get any better...

[Grassmarket 4,311]

On 8/30/2025 at 6:52 AM, heywoodu said:

This hasn't aged well so far. One of the worst GT's I remember in recent years in terms of action. The start in Italy was godawful, zero action, entirely uninteresting course, and after that it didn't get any better...

Bit more like it today.  Probably still going to be a procession, but..