Vuelta 2025 Favourites stage 9: Hilly stage with long final climb

Over the first 9.6 kilometres, the final climb averages 6.4%, easing off considerably after that. Which seems to favour a breakaway. GC riders would need a tougher finale to put time into their rivals.

The route is rarely flat, but the climbs between Alfaro and the Valdezcaray ski area are never steep enough for the organisers to classify them. Except for the ascent to the line, which is a 1st-category climb.

Favourites 9th stage 2025 Vuelta a España

*** Marc Soler, Marco Frigo, Lorenzo Fortunato, Juan Ayuso
** João Almeida, Giulio Ciccone, Matteo Jorgenson, Jonas Vingegaard
* Santiago Buitrago, Wout Poels, Jay Vine, Maximilian Schachmann, Javier Romo

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