La Vuelta Femenina 2025 route
Barcelona hosts opening team time trial with three flat stages and three mountain stages along northern east-to-west route

The 2025 Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es will cover 748 kilometres across seven days of racing on a northern trek of Spain from the Mediterranean to the Asturian mountains. It is also punctuated with the toughest finale in the history of the women's Spanish stage race when the general classification could be decided on the mountaintop Cotobello finish.
The overall route is one day and 119km shorter than last year's event, but the May 4-10 race packs a punch regardless with an opening team time trial for a third consecutive edition.
The historic buildings of ‘Tinglados’ in Barcelona's Moll de Llevant hosted the route presentation of La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es, two months before the Women's WorldTour stage race begins a few kilometres inland from the Port of Barcelona.
There are a total of three flat stages and three mountain stages once the GC is set on the opening day.
Stage 1: Barcelona to Barcelona (team time trial), 8km
Stage 1 is an all-out, flat 8km team time trial from Casa Milà to the turnaround point at Gardens of the Pedralbes Palace and back to the unusual building know as La Pedrera, or 'stone quarry'.

Stage 2: Molins de Rei to Sant Boi de Llobregat, 99km
Stage 2 is suitable for breakaway riders, as the 99km between Molins de Rei and Sant Boi de Llobregat begins with a category 2 climb to Alto de la Creu de L'Aragall.

Stage 3: Barbastro to Huesca, 132km
A rolling 132km stage 3 connects Barbastro to Huesca where the wind has a chance to create chaos before a fast finish.
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Stage 4: Pedrola to Borja, 111km
Stage 4 from Peorola to Borja is a medium mountain stage of 111km with a pair of categorised climbs.

Stage 5: Golmayo to Lagunas de Neila, 120km
Stage 5 delivers the first dose of high mountains, with the 120km path from Golmayo leading to the category 1 ascent of Lagunas de Neila, a climb made famous at the Vuelta a Burgos.

Stage 6: Becerril de Campos to Baltanás, 126km
Stage 6 is a reprieve from climbing, but not the winds which could blow up the race and cause unattentive riders to miss key moves. The 126km relatively flat stage begins in Becerril de Campos and has a lumpy finish into Baltanás.

Stage 7: La Robla to Cotobello. Asturias, 152km
The longest stage of the week, and ever held by Vuelta Femenina, will be the final day of racing, with 152km and more than 2,500 metres of elevation gain. A modest uphill begins from La Robla in León and enters the valleys and peaks of Asturias with a trio of categorised climbs, the final a mountaintop finish to Cotobello.

La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es 2025 schedule
Stage 1 | Sunday, May 4 - Barcelona to Barcelona (team time trial, 8km) |
Stage 2 | Monday, May 5 - Molins de Rei to Sant Boi de Llobregat (99km) |
Stage 3 | Tuesday, May 6 - Barbastro to Huesca (132km) |
Stage 4 | Wednesday, May 7 - Pedrola to Borja (111km) |
Stage 5 | Thursday, May 8 - Golmayo to Lagunas de Neila (120km) |
Stage 6 | Friday, May 9 - Becerril de Campos to Baltanás (126km) |
Stage 7 | Saturday, May 10 - La Robla to Cotobello. Asturias (152km) |

Jackie has been involved in professional sports for more than 30 years in news reporting, sports marketing and public relations. She founded Peloton Sports in 1998, a sports marketing and public relations agency, which managed projects for Tour de Georgia, Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and USA Cycling. She also founded Bike Alpharetta Inc, a Georgia non-profit to promote safe cycling. She is proud to have worked in professional baseball for six years - from selling advertising to pulling the tarp for several minor league teams. She has climbed l'Alpe d'Huez three times (not fast). Her favorite road and gravel rides are around horse farms in north Georgia (USA) and around lavender fields in Provence (France), and some mtb rides in Park City, Utah (USA).
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