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2025-09-04T14:01:30.252Z
Visma-Lease a Bike are still setting the tempo in the peloton with two riders. UAE Team Emirates-XRG immediately behind them then Q36.5 after them. Vingegaard quite a few riders back.
2025-09-04T13:59:35.232Z
The break is so large with splits constantly opening up and being closed back together again as riders pull out of the line or try to force someone through.
2025-09-04T13:55:31.612Z
70km to go
2025-09-04T13:53:33.518Z
52 riders now together at the front of the race with two minutes on the peloton.
2025-09-04T13:47:59.896Z
That chase group is now 11 riders strong and are about 20″ off the back of the 40 man group. The peloton are 1’57” down.
2025-09-04T13:43:10.666Z
80km to go
2025-09-04T13:39:42.985Z
The gap finally is going out as expected on the flat between the two climbs. The break have 1’50” on the peloton.
2025-09-04T13:35:03.172Z
There are 42 riders at the front with 9 more coming across. They would make the leading group 51 riders strong. That would mean there would be two pelotons.
2025-09-04T13:32:16.482Z
Racing is back to normal today after the protests of yesterday…
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2025-09-04T13:29:16.567Z
Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) is in the breakaway as is Bruno Armirail (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale). The Frenchman is the best placed rider at +8’27”.
2025-09-04T13:26:10.345Z
The break is really stretched out and splitting thanks to the pace set by Hessmann but not a big enough gap to form a new group just yet.
2025-09-04T13:22:54.678Z
Visma-Lease a Bike are just setting the pace they want on the ascent and descent and it will all be obvious what the race situation is when the riders get to the flat.
2025-09-04T13:21:12.659Z
100km to go
2025-09-04T13:17:59.613Z
KoM (Puerto de Alisas)
2025-09-04T13:16:23.749Z
Romo now pushes on solo and is trying to thin this break out.
2025-09-04T13:15:55.347Z
Javier Romo (Movistar), Michiel Hessmann (Movistar) and Alec Segaert (Lotto) tried to get a gap but the group behind is chasing hard.
2025-09-04T13:14:55.818Z
Crash!
2025-09-04T13:13:54.182Z
The peloton finally allow a minute of a gap up to the break that are said to be around 40 riders in number.
2025-09-04T13:11:09.070Z
Lars Craps (Lotto) attacks the peloton as he tries to join the break of almost 40 riders but the peloton aren’t letting anyone else go.
2025-09-04T13:09:48.088Z
Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) is dropped again. He is having an awful race and is clearly struggling.
2025-09-04T13:07:23.608Z
Visma-Lease a Bike now take control of the peloton and are setting a solid tempo on the front with Dylan van Baarle controlling things.
2025-09-04T13:06:47.827Z
Roughly 35 riders in the breakaway now with 36″ on the peloton.
2025-09-04T13:06:10.688Z
Ayuso, Buitrago, Pablo Castrillo (Movistar) all comes across to the break with multiple others and Soler immediately hits the front to pace.
2025-09-04T13:05:26.464Z
This is chaos. Riders all over the road with several groups up the road but also riders off the back as well including Ben O’Connor (Jayco-AlUla).
2025-09-04T13:02:58.378Z
Several more riders going up the road out of the peloton. This is utter carnage as Ayuso and Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) leading this counter move to join the 22 riders up the road.
2025-09-04T13:01:33.890Z
12 riders get a gap on the peloton led by Ayuso with Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) also involved.
2025-09-04T13:00:50.730Z
Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) launches in the peloton with Soudal-QuickStep), XDS-Astana and Bahrain Victorious all involved but Movistar are dragging it back as they are happy with the race situation having Canal and Hessmann up the road.
2025-09-04T12:59:36.488Z
Onto the Puerto de Alisas go the riders with just 20″ on the peloton. Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers) is leading the break at the moment. However, XDS-Astana are chasing behind to try and get the gap small enough to bridge.
2025-09-04T12:57:26.703Z
The weather looks a bit gloomy but the pace is anything but. Rapid racing so far with the average speed over 50kph.
2025-09-04T12:54:21.049Z
The break of 22 riders has 15″ on the peloton as they are about to start the first climb of the day.
2025-09-04T12:53:42.466Z
Pickering (TBV), Guernalec (ARK), Denz (RBH) and Christen (Q36) join the leading group.
2025-09-04T12:50:01.304Z
There’s now 22 riders up the road with about 10″ on the peloton.
2025-09-04T12:48:49.494Z
Break:
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2025-09-04T12:46:57.480Z
18 riders get a gap on the peloton.
2025-09-04T12:42:59.410Z
Another move is made with a small gap once again. It is a tough ask to form this break as Lidl-Trek and Q36.5 may want to control for potential stage wins for Pidcock and Mads Pedersen.
2025-09-04T12:40:27.615Z
The bunch is still intact after 20km of racing. It is a very intriguing start. If the break hasn’t gone by the Alisas climb it could be a very tough ascent for some of the riders built more for flat.
2025-09-04T12:35:31.121Z
130km to go
2025-09-04T12:32:25.688Z
The start of the climb is only 20km away from the riders now. The Puerto de Alisas is 8.6km long with an average gradient of 5.8%.
2025-09-04T12:30:50.281Z
After that brief flurry of attacks in the peloton it has all calmed down again with the bunch rolling along. Average speed so far is 55kph, so they are not hanging around.
2025-09-04T12:27:38.943Z
Just 8km in and the break are caught yet again.
2025-09-04T12:26:35.081Z
The group is brought back with a break of 16 riders getting a tiny gap on the pack.
2025-09-04T12:25:49.319Z
Two riders have a small gap on the peloton.
2025-09-04T12:21:43.629Z
It is a big chance for riders who may want to go into the day’s break today, so the start is being rather cagey.
2025-09-04T12:20:07.605Z
No moves going away early on.
2025-09-04T12:19:35.983Z
The start was slightly delayed due to a mechanical for one of the riders.
2025-09-04T12:15:13.048Z
144.9km to go
2025-09-04T12:00:35.208Z
Neutral start
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2025-09-04T11:53:13.437Z
The weather is rather moody looking today in Laredo.
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2025-09-04T11:51:47.359Z
Yesterday was the first time that Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) has looked under pressure with Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) managing to distance the race leader. However, the red jersey was able to get back to the Yorkshireman both times.
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2025-09-04T11:48:14.830Z
The main talking point yesterday was, of course, the protests. The stage was cancelled with no stage winner. We have several news stories on our website with all the reaction and statements from riders, teams, the race and the UCI. Find one of the articles below…
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2025-09-04T11:43:13.136Z
Sign on is well underway with the neutral start coming in about 15 minutes in Laredo.
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2025-09-04T11:40:55.243Z
The day starts in Laredo and makes it’s way to Los Corrales de Buelna over a distance of 143.9km. It could be a reduced sprint from either the break or peloton. Perhaps a solo break can get away to victory.
2025-09-04T11:39:25.162Z
Today’s stage looks like an ideal day for the breakaway with two categorised climbs on the menu. However, they are around 70km apart on what is a largely flat stage aside from that.
2025-08-11T17:22:56.470Z
¡Hola! And welcome to the Cyclingnews’ live report of stage 12 at La Vuelta 2025.