Froome’s Final Vuelta « Euro Weekly News

Chris Froome, possibly the best and most successful cyclists of his generation, said that next season is ‘potentially his last’ in an interview with Esencia Ciclista.

In the interview he also added that he wished to finish his career with a grand tour, especially ‘La Vuelta a España‘, a race he considers particularly ‘special’.

Chris appeared to be looking forward to the race, despite the fact that next year’s ‘Vuelta’ will contain mountain stages which, in his words, will be ‘brutal’.

Chris Froome and La Vuelta a España

Over the course of his 18 year professional cycling career, Chris seems to have developed a love of La Vuelta. It was winning La Vuelta in 2011 that marked his breakthrough as a serious contender in grand tour cycling. After finishing runner-up in the race in 2014 and 2016, he won La Vuelta again in 2017, with his impressive climbs of the Sierra Nevada in Granada and Angliru in Asturias.

La Vuelta a España 2025: A Challenging Route

As La Vuelta a España celebrates its 90th Anniversary in 2025, the race promises to be as exciting as ever with a route planned that will be particularly challenging, even for veterans like Chris.

From the beginning of the race on Saturday, August 23, 2025 and ending its final stage (which starts on Sunday, September 14) riders in La Vuelta a España will cover a colossal 3,265 km.

Riders will take off from the majestic region of Piedmont, at the foot of the Italian Alps. Organisers say this ‘unprecedented and very demanding’ start ‘will allow us to further strengthen the ties between the main territories of European cycling.’

After arriving in Spain via Catalonia, riders will have no shortage of climbs such as Andorra, Angliru, La Farrapona and Bola del Mundo.

Will it be third time lucky for Chris Froome at La Vuelta 2025?

After winning the race in 2017, Chris skipped a year in 2018 and instead took part and was placed 10th in La Vuelta a Andalucia.

In total, Chris won seven Grand Tours between 2011 and 2019. In addition to his two Vuelta a España wins these include one Giro d’Italia (2018) and four Tour de France titles (2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017).

In 2019, during a training accident where he crashed into a wall, Chris fractured his right femur, his elbow, and ribs. Although he was out of action for a while, he returned to La Vuelta a España in 2020 and 2022, although he wasn’t placed in either year.

Although Chris has struggled to attain the level of success he had before his accident, the prospect of returning to La Vuelta and achieving a hat-trick to end his career must be very motivating.