Heading to Italy, the Vuelta organization announced Monday that the 2025 Tour of Spain will start from Italy for the first three stages.
The 2025 edition of the Tour of Spain will start from the Italian region of Piedmont, at the foot of the mountains and with the Alps as a backdrop, in a special edition celebrating the race’s 90th anniversary, organizers announced on Monday. The Italian region will host the first three full stages from August 23 before the peloton returns to Spain, the Vuelta’s promoters explained in a press release.
The start of the first stage will take place at the royal Palace of Turin, to reach Novara on a route of 183 kilometers along the Bienca-Tomalino pass. The second stage will start from Alba and will end after 157 kilometers in Limone Piemonte, in what will be the first uphill finish of the race.
on the third day the race will take place between San Maurizio Canavese and Ceres, on a route of 139 kilometers and passing through the Issiglio pass, while the fourth stage will start from Susa towards France.
“The start of the Vuelta de Piedmont, a stage surrounded by mountains, history and natural beauty, expands the list of international locations visited by the spanish race and further strengthens the ties between the great countries of European cycling”indicates the press release.
As its launch in 1935, the Tour of Spain has visited several countries with a strong cycling tradition such as France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The 2025 edition, which will therefore see the first departure from Italy, will be the sixth starting from abroad after Lisbon (1997), Assen (2009), Nîmes (2017), Utrecht (2022) and Lisbon-Oeiras-Cascais ( 2024). ), to which must be added the official departure already announced from the Principality of Monaco in 2026.
“Italy is a country that has undoubtedly left its mark on the history of the Vuelta. Italian riders achieved 187 stage victories in the Spanish round, making them the third country with the most stage victories after Spain and Belgium.the organizers underlined. Six cyclists of Italian nationality achieved the final victory: Angelo Conterno (1956), Felice Gimondi (1968), Giovanni Battaglin (1981), Marco Giovannetti (1990), Vincenzo nibali (2010) and Fabio Aru (2015). The rest of the route will be announced on December 19 at the IFEMA Municipal Palace in Madrid.