2025 Vuelta a España by BikeRaceInfo

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Weather at the race city of Figueres at 2:10 PM, local time: 24C (76F), showers in the vicinity, with the wind from the east-southeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). Rain is likely to end about 2:45 PM. With the first team scheduled to start at 4:37, the riders should not have to race in the rain.

The stage: Intense team time trial to test the coordination of the teams, who will benefit from their rouleurs the most during this stage. The circuit will favor the specialists and offer no respite for those fighting for the general classification.

The race: First team scheduled to start was Team Lotto at 4:37 PM.

Here's the race organizer's stage five report:

The first stage of La Vuelta 25 held on Spanish soil shook up the overall standings once again, as Jonas Vingegaard regained La Roja thanks to Visma-Lease a Bike’s collective performance in Figueres. However, the Dutch outfit had to settle for second place on the day, finishing 8 seconds behind Juan Ayuso and Joao Almeida’s UAE Team Emirates-XRG, who averaged 56.8 km/h to win the stage.

The Spanish and Portuguese stars are now Vingegaard’s closest chasers in the overall standings, alongside their teammate Marc Soler (+8 seconds). Lidl-Trek was the third fastest team on the day, and their Italian leader Giulio Ciccone completes the GC top 5, 9 seconds behind Vingegaard, who claims his 30th Grand Tour leader’s jersey (27 Maillot Jaune, 3 La Roja). Leader at the start of the stage, David Gaudu, finished 9th (+24 seconds) with Groupama-FDJ.

The race:
After visiting Italy and France, La Vuelta 25 is in Catalunya for stage 5. The Spanish action kicks-off with a 24.1-km team time-trial around Figueres set to shake up the overall standings. The TTT is a classic of La Vuelta, featuring for the 17th time this century on the course of the Spanish Grand Tour.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG on their way to winning the stage. Photo: Sprint Cycling

Lotto and Lidl-Trek show the way
Lotto are the first off the ramp, at 16:37. And they set a strong benchmark, averaging 55.9 km/h to cover the 24.1 km in 25’35’’. Their time holds off against powerhouses such as Jayco AlUla (+17’’), but they’re beaten by Mads Pedersen and Giulio Ciccone’s Lidl-Trek, who navigate the course at 56.5 km/h and clock a time of 25’35’’.

Powered by Filippo Ganna and Egan Bernal, Ineos Grenadiers appear to be flying at the start, putting almost 10’’ into Lidl-Trek’s benchmark at the first checkpoint (km 7.8). But they can’t keep with the increasing pace set by the American squad, who retain the lead 7’’ ahead of the British outfit. Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe slot in between the two powerhouses (+3’’), despite Matteo Sobrero suffering a hard tumble.

UAE Team Emirates-XRG put the hammer down
UAE Team Emirates-XRG and Visma-Lease a Bike also set off strong, with the Emirati outfit only trailing by 0.01 second at the first checkpoint! Jonas Vingegaard’s teammates are 3’’ behind. In the meantime, David Gaudu’s Groupama-FDJ already loses 7’’.

Gaps increase at the second intermediate point… But both UAE Team Emirates-XRG and Visma-Lease a Bike manage to finish very strong. Juan Ayuso, Joao Almeida and their teammates take the stage win, 8’’ ahead of Jons Vingegaard, who reclaims La Roja, as Gaudu and his team drop 24’’.

Complete Results:

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24.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 56.855 km/hr

1	UAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG	25min 26'sec
2	TEAM VISMA \| LEASE A BIKE	@ 8sec
3	LIDL-TREK	0' 09''
4	RED BULL-BORA-HANSGROHE	0' 12''
5	INEOS GRENADIERS	0' 16''
6	MOVISTAR TEAM	0' 17''
7	DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE	0' 17''
8	Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM	0' 22''
9	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0' 24''
10	LOTTO	0' 27''
11	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS	0' 31''
12	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	0' 36''
13	INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY	0' 39''
14	EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST	0' 39''
15	ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK	0' 42''
16	TEAM JAYCO-ALULA	0' 44''
17	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP	0' 48''
18	TEAM PICNIC-POSTNL	0' 53''
19	ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH	0' 54''
20	COFIDIS	0' 57''
21	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	1' 18''
22	XDS ASTANA TEAM	1' 35''
23	BURGOS-BURPELLET-BH	1' 44''

GC after stage 5:

GC leader: Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike)
Mountains classification leader: Joel Nicolau (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA)
Points classification leader: Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)
Best young rider: Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emriates-XRG)
Teams classification leader: UAE Team Emirates-XRG

707.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.706 km/hr

1	Jonas Vingegaard	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	16hr 11min 24sec
2	Juan Ayuso	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	@ 8sec
3	João Almeida	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
4	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
5	Giulio Ciccone	Lidl-Trek	0:09
6	David Gaudu	Groupama-FDJ	0:16
7	Matteo Jorgenson	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Jai Hindley	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:20
9	Giulio Pellizzari	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Egan Bernal	INEOS Grenadiers	0:22
11	Jefferson Cepeda	Movistar Team	0:25
12	Felix Gall	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Thomas Pidcock	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	0:30
14	Santiago Buitrago	Bahrain-Victorious	0:39
15	Ben Tulett	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	0:47
16	Finn Fisher-Black	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:48
17	Giovanni Aleotti	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:51
18	Ben O'Connor	Team Jayco AlUla	0:52
19	Javier Romo	Movistar Team	0:53
20	Junior Lecerf	Soudal Quick-Step	0:56
21	Mikel Landa	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
22	Léo Bisiaux	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Antonio Tiberi	Bahrain-Victorious	0:58
24	Torstein Træen	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
25	Marco Frigo	Israel-Premier Tech	1:02
26	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Bruno Armirail	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
28	Cristián Rodríguez	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:03
29	Sepp Kuss	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	1:05
30	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty	1:18
31	Kevin Vermaerke	Team Picnic PostNL	1:20
32	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	1:29
33	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	1:33
34	Markel Beloki	EF Education-EasyPost	1:34
35	Lorenzo Fortunato	XDS Astana Team	1:43
36	Harold Tejada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
37	Harold Martín López	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
38	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
39	Raúl García Pierna	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	1:50
40	Guillermo Thomas Silva	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:57
41	Abel Balderstone	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
42	Maximilian Schachmann	Soudal Quick-Step	2:04
43	Chris Harper	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
44	Sergio Samitier	Cofidis	2:13
45	Sergio Geovani Chumil	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:15
46	Mario Aparicio	Burgos Burpellet BH	2:23
47	Rudy Molard	Groupama-FDJ	2:30
48	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:34
49	David de la Cruz	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	2:38
50	Michał Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	2:40
51	Sergio Higuita	XDS Astana Team	2:51
52	Nicola Conci	XDS Astana Team	2:56
53	Lukas Nerurkar	EF Education-EasyPost	3:09
54	Gianmarco Garofoli	Soudal Quick-Step	3:15
55	James Shaw	EF Education-EasyPost	3:30
56	Mauri Vansevenant	Soudal Quick-Step	3:33
57	Brieuc Rolland	Groupama-FDJ	3:48
58	Fausto Masnada	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
59	Wout Poels	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
60	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	3:57
61	Archie Ryan	EF Education-EasyPost	4:03
62	Ben Zwiehoff	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	4:11
63	Clément Braz Afonso	Groupama-FDJ	4:23
64	Jesús Herrada	Cofidis	4:26
65	Callum Scotson	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
66	Brandon Smith Rivera	INEOS Grenadiers	4:29
67	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	4:31
68	Andrea Bagioli	Lidl-Trek	4:58
69	Luis Faura José	Burgos Burpellet BH	5:21
70	Paul Ourselin	Cofidis	5:22
71	Julien Bernard	Lidl-Trek	5:30
72	Johannes Staune-Mittet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	6:00
73	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	6:06
74	Matteo Sobrero	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	6:09
75	Damien Howson	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	6:32
76	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	6:35
77	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	6:37
78	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
79	Lars Craps	Lotto	6:55
80	Jaume Guardeño	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	7:07
81	Jan Hirt	Israel-Premier Tech	7:31
82	Jordan Labrosse	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	7:39
83	Wilco Kelderman	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	7:40
84	Simon Carr	Cofidis	7:43
85	Finlay Pickering	Bahrain-Victorious	8:07
86	Victor Campenaerts	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	8:26
87	Eric Antonio Fagúndez	Burgos Burpellet BH	8:37
88	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	8:46
89	Roman Ermakov	Bahrain-Victorious	8:48
90	Emanuel Buchmann	Cofidis	9:25
91	Hugo de la Calle	Burgos Burpellet BH	9:41
92	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	9:57
93	Michel Hessmann	Movistar Team	10:05
94	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	10:09
95	Bjorn Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	10:12
96	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	10:19
97	Alessandro Verre	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	10:21
98	Kamiel Bonneu	Intermarché-Wanty	10:31
99	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	10:40
100	Gijs Leemreize	Team Picnic PostNL	10:48
101	Pierre Thierry	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	10:49
102	Rémi Cavagna	Groupama-FDJ	10:51
103	Chris Hamilton	Team Picnic PostNL	11:07
104	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	11:09
105	Léandre Lozouet	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	11:19
106	Patrick Gamper	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
107	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco AlUla	11:22
108	Jack Haig	Bahrain-Victorious	11:29
109	Felix Grossschartner	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	11:39
110	Eduardo Sepúlveda	Lotto	s.t.
111	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	11:57
112	Esteban Chaves	EF Education-EasyPost	12:10
113	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	12:18
114	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	12:36
115	Ethan Vernon	Israel-Premier Tech	12:40
116	Juan Guillermo Martinez	Team Picnic PostNL	12:47
117	Ivo Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	12:53
118	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	12:55
119	Pablo Castrillo	Movistar Team	13:06
120	Jonas Gregaard	Lotto	13:07
121	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	13:17
122	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	13:20
123	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	13:23
124	Nicolò Buratti	Bahrain-Victorious	13:46
125	David González	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	13:56
126	Alec Segaert	Lotto	13:59
127	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	14:00
128	Eddie Dunbar	Team Jayco AlUla	14:09
129	Marcel Camprubí	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	14:42
130	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	15:58
131	Nadav Raisberg	Israel-Premier Tech	16:05
132	Oliver Knight	Cofidis	16:29
133	Dylan van Baarle	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	16:43
134	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto	16:51
135	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	16:52
136	Fernando Barceló	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	17:28
137	Mathijs Paasschens	Bahrain-Victorious	18:02
138	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:17
139	Nico Denz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	18:21
140	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Wanty	18:32
141	Louis Rouland	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	18:36
142	Tobias Bayer	Alpecin-Deceuninck	18:40
143	Carlos Verona	Lidl-Trek	19:02
144	George Bennett	Israel-Premier Tech	19:08
145	Nicolas Vinokurov	XDS Astana Team	19:40
146	Victor Guernalec	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	19:43
147	Jenthe Biermans	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	19:48
148	Jakub Otruba	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	19:52
149	Dion Smith	Intermarché-Wanty	20:11
150	Joan Bou	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	20:44
151	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	20:45
152	Ramses Debruyne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:51
153	Gal Glivar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:53
154	Luca Van Boven	Intermarché-Wanty	21:03
155	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	21:09
156	Joel Nicolau	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	21:15
157	Christopher Juul-Jensen	Team Jayco AlUla	21:44
158	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	22:20
159	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	22:21
160	Arne Marit	Intermarché-Wanty	22:34
161	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	22:48
162	Luca Vergallito	Alpecin-Deceuninck	22:58
163	Stanisław Aniołkowski	Cofidis	23:04
164	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	23:11
165	Casper van Uden	Team Picnic PostNL	23:16
166	Huub Artz	Intermarché-Wanty	23:35
167	Anders Foldager	Team Jayco AlUla	23:50
168	Jardi Christiaan van der Lee	EF Education-EasyPost	24:07
169	Daniel Cavia	Burgos Burpellet BH	25:23
170	Koen Bouwman	Team Jayco AlUla	25:41
171	Sinuhé Fernández	Burgos Burpellet BH	26:42
172	Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier	Lidl-Trek	27:06
173	Elia Viviani	Lotto	27:22
174	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	28:19
175	Domen Novak	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	30:10
176	Nickolas Zukowsky	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	31:38
177	Liam Slock	Lotto	s.t.
178	Xabier Mikel Azparren	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	34:50
179	Oscar Riesebeek	Alpecin-Deceuninck	42:44