Vuelta a España 2025 stage 4 preview - Longest day of racing stretches across the Italian and French Alps

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206.7km on tap Tuesday, August 26 from Susa to Voiron

CERES, ITALY - AUGUST 25: (L-R) Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark - Red Leader Jersey and Matteo Jorgenson of The United States and Team Visma | Lease a Bike compete during the La Vuelta - 80th Tour of Spain 2025, Stage 3 a 134.6km stage from San Maurizio Canavese to Ceres 704m / #UCIWT / on August 25, 2025 in Ceres, Italy. (Photo by Dario Belingheri/Getty Images)
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Tuesday's stage 4 brings the longest route of the Vuelta a España, with 206.7 kilometres through the Alps of Italy for a stop in France. The opening 77km from the start in the Susa are all uphill, featuring the climbs of Montgenèvre and Lautaret, and then level out for a fast finish with a slight uphill into Voiron.

A category 3 ascent to Puerto Exiles strikes immediately, 10.5km from the start, and leads to the 8.4km ascent of Col de Montgenèvre, which marks entry from Italy to France. Once through Briançon, the peloton will complete the 13.8km stretch to Col du Lautaret.

Stage 4 profile of 2025 Vuelta a España

Stage 4 profile (Image credit: Unipublic)

Climbs

  • Km 10.4: Cat. 3 - Puerto Exiles
  • Km 37.8: Cat.2 - Col de Montgenevre
  • Km 76.8: Cat.2 - Col du Lauteret

Sprints

  • Noyarey, km. 174.4 - time bonus
Jackie Tyson
Jackie Tyson
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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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