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2025-09-14T15:32:48.585Z
Lots of other races have taken place today, including Tour Féminin de l’Ardeche, Grand Prix Stuttgart & Region and La Choralis Fourmies Féminine, all of which have recently finished.
2025-09-14T15:25:59.193Z
It’s been a slow first half an hour, with less than 20km ridden in that time, but Lotto have just moved to the front and started setting a slightly quicker pace.
90KM TO GO
2025-09-14T15:21:49.119Z
The four jersey winners – Jay Vine, Jonas Vingegaard, Mads Pedersen and, as of yesterday, Matthew Riccitello.
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2025-09-14T15:20:15.752Z
It’s all fun and games in the peloton. Someone even has a small water pistol they’re firing at a rider.
2025-09-14T15:14:07.085Z
The wildcard teams Burgos Burpellet BH and Caja Rural – Seguros RGA take turns to pose at the front, giving us a very visible notion of how much the former have suffered this Vuelta – their roster of just four riders looks especially depleted in contrast to Caja Rural’s almost complete set of seven.
2025-09-14T15:10:23.646Z
Jonas Vingegaard signing a red jersey at the start of the stage.
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2025-09-14T15:04:24.603Z
The riders have taken these first few kilometres very easily. For now, they’re in party mode rather than race mode.
100KM TO GO
2025-09-14T15:03:15.574Z
UAE Team Emirates-XRG have their moment at the front, though this one’s a little less unambiguously celebratory. They have Jay Vine’s King of the Mountains win, João Almeida’s second-place overall and seven stage wins to celebrate, but there’s been internal tension throughout the race and questions about their tactics and harmony – and they ultimately fell short in their aim of winning the red jersey.
2025-09-14T15:00:27.499Z
It’s Lidl-Trek’s turn to celebrate. Their full roster of eight riders move to the front, Mads Pedersen resplendent in the green jersey he’s worn almost the entire race.
2025-09-14T14:58:13.779Z
Now Visma-Lease a Bike take their turn off the front of the peloton, celebrating Vingegaard’s overall victory. They’re posing in a custom black and red jersey they’re wearing for the day.
2025-09-14T14:56:17.559Z
The race has technically started, but as it’s the final celebratory stage, the riders are ambling along and in a party mood.
2025-09-14T14:54:54.094Z
There’s a fun moment for the Danish contingent in the peloton, as Pedersen in the green jersey and Vingegaard in the red jersey are joined by their compatriots arm in arm at the front of the race.
2025-09-14T14:49:51.423Z
The riders are off, making their way through the neutralised zone watched by packed crowds in the streets of Alalpardo.
2025-09-14T14:44:11.413Z
Completing the podium is Tom Pidcock, a result few predicted going into the Vuelta. The Brit has now proven himself as a Grand Tour GC contender, and spoke about how proud he was at this achievement, which ranks among the best of his career.
2025-09-14T14:40:27.824Z
While Jonas Vingegaard will wear the red jersey today, João Almeida will have to settle for second place. That’s still his highest ever finish at Grand Tour level, and is all the more impressive now we know that he has been suffering from illness.
2025-09-14T14:19:37.668Z
Jonas Vingegaard is set to clinch his third Grand Tour title, after his two Tour de France crowns. He may not have been at his very very best but he dismissed the talk of an Almeida comeback with a fine win on Bola del Mundo yesterday. This was his reaction.
2025-09-14T13:57:57.000Z
Will we even get a finale?
2025-09-14T13:24:46.459Z
It’s an evening finale, as per usual, with the sun setting on Madrid as the riders complete their laps of the Castellana and Gran Via. The start is coming up shortly before 5pm local time, with the finish expected around 7:15pm.
2025-08-11T19:11:44.082Z
Hello and welcome along to Cyclingnews’ live coverage of stage 21 of the Vuelta a España. It’s the end of the road for the Vuelta, with the final stage taking place in the Spanish capital of Madrid, on a circuit that usually sees a sprint finish and, barring accident, will see Jonas Vingegaard crowned as the overall winner of the 2025 Vuelta.