La Vuelta A Espana Highlights

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of the first stage of the final Grand Tour of the year, a 9.4km Individual time-trial through Monaco. Jonas Vingegaard was victorious in this race last year, having previously won the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023, and he also went on to win this year's Giro d'Italia to become one of only eight riders in history to have won all three Grand Tours.

Rebecca Charlton presents action from stage two of the Grand Tour race, a hilly 214.3km route from the Place du Palais Princier in Monaco to Manosque, France. Last year's second stage took place in Italy and saw eventual race winner Jonas Vingegaard claim his first of three stage victories in the 2025 race.

Rebecca Charlton presents action from stage three of the Grand Tour race, a 174km mountain route from the coastal town of Gruissan in southern France to a formidable summit finish near the Spanish border in Font-Romeu.

Rebecca Charlton presents action from stage four of the Grand Tour race, a 104.8km route that started and finished in Andorra la Vella, and featured four categorised climbs and 3,800 meters of elevation gain.

Rebecca Charlton presents action from stage five of the Grand Tour race, a hilly 173.4km route from Falset to Roquetes. This stage could have provided an opportunity for cyclists who had lost time in previous stages to attempt an escape, while teams of the fastest riders will have tried to control the race in one of the few clear opportunities of a sprint to the finish line.

Rebecca Charlton presents action from stage six of the Grand Tour race, a 177.4km route from Alcossebre to Castellón that featured a category one climb to El Bartolo. Alcossebre had hosted a start once before, in 2017, while this was the ninth occasion in which a stage had finished at Castellón.

Rebecca Charlton presents action from stage sven of the Grand Tour race, a 149.8km mountain route beginning in Vall d'Alba and heading towards a summit finish in the ski resort of Aramon Valdelinares, a leg that could have a major impact on the overall standings.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage eight of the Grand Tour race, a flat 171km route from Puçol to Xeraco. This was one last opportunity for the sprinters to shine before Monday's rest day, but they first needed to overcome a overcome a climb to Barx.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage nine of the Grand Tour race, a 187.4km mountain route from La Vila Joiosa to Alto de Aitana. This was the final leg before the first rest day and one that was likely to prove challenging to the peloton, with over 5,000 metres of uphill slopes.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 10 of the Grand Tour race, a 195.5km route from Alfaro towards an uphill finish at the ski resort of Valdezcaray. Following the first rest day, the Province of Albacete hosted a winding stage where escapes may have proved beneficial if the sprinter teams did not manage to control the race.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 11 of the Grand Tour race, a flat 151.3km route from Cartagena to Lorca. This was a leg set to provide the sprinters with an opportunity to impress, but they did face a category three climb 30km from the finish line.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 12 of the Grand Tour race, a 166.6km mountain route from Vera to Calar Alto. This was the first time that Vera had hosted a departure, but Calar Alto had been the scene for three previous La Vuelta finishes.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 13 of the Grand Tour race, a 192.8km mountain route starting in Almunecar and ending in Loja. The start of this winding stage was set to prove particularly difficult, and those competing for the yellow jersey will have needed to be at their very best.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 14 of the Grand Tour race, a 154.5km mountain route starting in Jaén and ending in Sierra de la Pandera. The La Pandera Mountain Range is one of the most recurring high-altitude finales on the annual tour, and is notable for witnessing Richard Carapaz win during his final appearance in 2022.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 15 of the Grand Tour race, a 189.7km route from Palma del Río to Córdoba. Ahead of the second and final rest day the riders were tasked with a winding, medium-mountain stage that was designed to test the legs of those in the peloton.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 16 of the Grand Tour race, a 181.1km route from Cortegana to Palos de la Frontera. The peloton returned to action after the second and final rest day and were faced with a stage that began on winding roads but had the potential for a sprint finish.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 17 of the Grand Tour race, a 185km route from Dos Hermanas to Seville. This was the flattest stage on the entire tour and was expected to have a fast pace from the off with the sprinter teams dominating proceedings.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 18 of the Grand Tour race, a 32.1km individual time-trial from the coastal city of El Puerto de Santa Maria to Jerez de la Frontera. Slovenian Tadej Pogacar triumphed in the only other time-trial on this year's Tour, which served as the first stage in Monaco.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 19 of the Grand Tour race, a 210.8km route from Vélez-Málaga to Peñas Blancas. While this stage started off on relatively flat terrain it certainly didn't stay that way, with three ascents and one descent, before it climaxed with one long, final ascent to Peñas Blancas.

Rebecca Charlton presents highlights of stage 20 of the Grand Tour race, a 186.8km route from La Calahorra to Collado del Alguacil. The penultimate day of the Tour was scheduled to be a punishing one as the peloton faced an arduous mountain stage, which included a final climb up the Collado del Alguacil that featured an 8.3km ascent at an inclination of 9.8 per cent.

Action from stage 21 of the Grand Tour race, as the event ended with a 112km city circuit around Granada.