Vuelta a España 2025 stage 2 preview

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August 24, 2025 Stage 2: Alba - Limone Piemonte 159.6km

Stage profile for the 2025 Vuelta a España
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The first summit finish of the Vuelta a España comes early on stage 2 to Limone Piemonte. While not the hardest of the race's 10 summit finishes, it should be more than enough to unseat sprinter Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) from the race lead.

Clocking in at just 159.6 kilometres, it's a relatively short stage and, with so many fresh legs in the peloton Limone Piemonte's relatively benign 5% average gradient over 10km might not be enough to put any of the Vuelta a Espana contenders into difficulty, especially in the absence of Tadej Pogačar.

However, the climb will be an opportunity to test the wits and fitness of some of the second-tier challengers.

Keep an eye on Tom Pidcock (Q36.5), who is the highest-placed of the declared contenders in the Vuelta current GC standings.

Climbs

  • Limone Piemonte (cat. 2), km. 159.6

Sprints

  • Busca, km. 68.4 - time bonus
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Laura Weislo has been with Cyclingnews since 2006 after making a switch from a career in science. As Managing Editor, she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news. As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track, Laura has a passion for all three disciplines. When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads, paths and gravel tracks. Laura specialises in covering doping, anti-doping, UCI governance and performing data analysis.

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