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Vuelta a España 2025: The battle for red comes down to the final six days of racing

Rouleur takes a look at how the final week of Grand Tour in 2025 could play out

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage 16 preview: The climbing continues

Vuelta a España 2025 stage 16 preview: The climbing continues

A tough stage welcomes the riders back after the final rest day of the Vuelta

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage 15 preview: Can the sprinters handle the hills?

Vuelta a España 2025 stage 15 preview: Can the sprinters handle the hills?

It is an attritional day on stage 15 which could be suit the sprinters who can make it over the early climbs

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage 14 preview: La Farrapona summit finish

Vuelta a España 2025 stage 14 preview: La Farrapona summit finish

The Asturias region serves up another savage mountain stage at the Vuelta a España

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage 13 preview: the Angliru awaits

Vuelta a España 2025 stage 13 preview: the Angliru awaits

One of the hardest climbs in the world is beckoning on a pivotal stage of the Vuelta

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage 12 preview: Chance for the breakaway

Vuelta a España 2025 stage 12 preview: Chance for the breakaway

The parcours of stage 12 favours a strong breakaway 

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage 11 preview: Unpredictable finale in the Basque Country

Vuelta a España 2025 stage 11 preview: Unpredictable finale in the Basque Country

The peloton tackles a lumpy circuit of Bilbao, which could spark fireworks both for the stage win and the overall classification

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Vuelta a España 2025 state of play: Will Vingegaard be challenged?

Vuelta a España 2025 state of play: Will Vingegaard be challenged?

Rouleur analyses the battle for the red jersey after the first nine days of racing at the Vuelta

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Learning to play the long game: Tom Pidcock is a serious GC contender

Learning to play the long game: Tom Pidcock is a serious GC contender

The British rider impressed with his second place finish behind Jonas Vingegaard on stage nine

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage 10 preview: Breakaway or general classification?

Vuelta a España 2025 stage 10 preview: Breakaway or general classification?

Who will come out on top on the first stage back after the rest day?

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage nine preview: Summit finish before the rest day

Vuelta a España 2025 stage nine preview: Summit finish before the rest day

The category one finish atop Valdezcaray will be the final play before the first rest day at the Vuelta a España

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With the Vuelta GC all to play for, how long can Træen hold onto the red jersey?

With the Vuelta GC all to play for, how long can Træen hold onto the red jersey?

The overall leaders are tightly bunched together - except for the Norwegian who is 2:33 ahead of Jonas Vingegaard in second 

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage eight preview: Chance for the sprinters

Vuelta a España 2025 stage eight preview: Chance for the sprinters

After the TTT and two mountain stages, the sprinters get their chance in Zaragoza

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage seven preview: Cerler summit finish looms

Vuelta a España 2025 stage seven preview: Cerler summit finish looms

The peloton faces four categorised climbs on a challenging day in the Pyrenees 

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage six preview: The first Pyrenean test

Vuelta a España 2025 stage six preview: The first Pyrenean test

A mountainous day represents the hardest stage of the 2025 Vuelta a España so far

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage five preview: Team Time Trial

Vuelta a España 2025 stage five preview: Team Time Trial

As the Vuelta enters its home country, the teams line up in a race against the clock

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage four preview: Breakaway or peloton?

Vuelta a España 2025 stage four preview: Breakaway or peloton?

Stage four is finely poised between the breakaway and the puncheurs of the peloton

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage three preview: Puncheur's delight

Vuelta a España 2025 stage three preview: Puncheur's delight

The Vuelta a España stage three looks to be one for the versatile sprinters or punchy climbers 

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage two preview: First summit finish

Vuelta a España 2025 stage two preview: First summit finish

The Vuelta takes on the category two test to Limone Piemonte

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Vuelta a España 2025 stage one preview: The sprint for red

Vuelta a España 2025 stage one preview: The sprint for red

The first red jersey of the 2025 Vuelta a España will likely go to a sprinter

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Tour de France Femmes 2025 team ratings: Who are the winners and losers?

Tour de France Femmes 2025 team ratings: Who are the winners and losers?

Rouleur has a look at how each team performed over the nine days at this year's race

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The spectre of the Madeleine: Has the Tour de France Femme's queen stage caused a cagey GC race?

The spectre of the Madeleine: Has the Tour de France Femme's queen stage caused a cagey GC race?

The race's only summit finish has loomed large over the fight for the yellow jersey

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Tour de France

Tour de France 2025 team ratings: the final scores

A look at how each team performed over the three weeks of this year's race

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Teamwork, tactics and timing: Visma's dream start to the Tour de France Femmes

Teamwork, tactics and timing: Visma's dream start to the Tour de France Femmes

Marianne Vos won the first stage of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift with her teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prévot coming third

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Tour de France 2025 stage 21 preview: The Montmartre circuit

Tour de France 2025 stage 21 preview: The Montmartre circuit

The final stage may still finish on the Champs-Élysées but not by the traditional route

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Tour de France 2025 stage 20 preview: Attritional terrain favours break

Tour de France 2025 stage 20 preview: Attritional terrain favours break

A lumpy day in the Jura mountains provides a sting in the tail as the Tour nears its end 

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Tour de France 2025 stage 19 preview: Final high mountain test

Tour de France 2025 stage 19 preview: Final high mountain test

The last Alpine day features five categorised climbs and finishes above 2,000m at La Plagne

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Tour de France 2025 stage 18 preview: The queen stage

Tour de France 2025 stage 18 preview: The queen stage

It's crunch time at the Tour de France, as the race enters the high Alps with three hors catégorie climbs on the agenda for the...

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Tour de France 2025 stage 17 preview: A rare sprint opportunity

Tour de France 2025 stage 17 preview: A rare sprint opportunity

The sprinters' teams will have their work cut out to control a breakaway, but they won't want to let a stage-winning chance slip away up...

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