Vuelta a España 2025, Stage 21: Alalpardo → Madrid
Hilly, 14 September 2025. 111.6 km with 1,678 m of climbing.
The route stored for this stage does not match the official course exactly: it measures 108.1 km against the official 111.6 km. The distance and climbing above are the official figures; the profile and the gradient figures measured on it come from the stored route, so read them as indicative of the terrain rather than an exact reproduction of the stage.
- Distance
- 111.6 km
- Climbing
- 1,678 m
- Highest point
- 734 m
- Steepest km
- 4.4% at km 42
- Start
- Alalpardo 667 m
- Finish
- Madrid 653 m
The wind on the day
Averaged along the route between 12:30 and 15:30 local time: 2 km/h from a variable direction, gusting to 16 km/h on average. Dry.
- Average wind
- 2 km/h
- Direction
- Variable
- Average gust
- 16 km/h
- Temperature
- 27°C 24 to 30°C
Historical weather for 14 September 2025, sampled at 18 points along the route and pre-computed before the app shipped. It is not a live forecast and the app makes no weather calls. Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0).
Riding it
111.6 km with 1,678 m of climbing. The road rises at more than 3% for 15.0 km of it and is above 8% for 0.0 km, so the climbing comes in repeated efforts rather than one long ascent.
The high point is 734 m at km 3. The steepest kilometre on the profile averages 4.4%, at km 42. It finishes on flat or gently rolling road.
In ProPace the stage runs with this wind along the route, resolved into headwind, tailwind and crosswind at each point, and the app puts your own numbers on it against the pro reference. The reference profile and how the simulation works are set out in How much slower than a pro are you?
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