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Vuelta a Espana 2025 - Datalists: best riders

Friday 22 August 2025 • Stats

Daniël Herbers

Vuelta a Espana 2025 - Datalists

Which riders are at the start of Vuelta a Espana of2025? Who is the best overall rider? And who excells in sprinting or climbing.

Jasper, Jonas and Mads big stars competing

Out of the best 10 beste riders according to our computer-model are 3 at the start of this 80th Vuelta a Espana. Mads Pedersen (already succesful in Giro d'Italia with 4 stage-wins) is the best rider at the start in Turin according to the model. The overall score of the model is built up from the best scores of each rider, in this way specialists (pure sprinters, time trialists or classics specialists) can also get high in this ranking.

 

Best riders in Vuelta'25
Mads Pedersen (97)
Jasper Philipsen (95)
Jonas Vingegaard (95)
Joao Almeida (93)
Filippo Ganna (93)
Matteo Jorgenson (92)
Ben O'Connor (92)
Juan Ayuso (92)

 

Vingegaard by far best GC-specialist

Jonas Vingegaard is by far the most succesful GC-rider at the start of the third GrandTour of 2025. Besides the main contender of Visma is his helper Sepp Kuss the only other who knows how to win a GrandTour. Almeida and Ayuso both have shown remarkable strong performances in GCs, but still have to show what they're able to win a race lasting three weeks.

 

Philipsen and Pedersen best sprinters

Behind Jappe and Mads are the only top-sprinters present in the Vuelta of 2025. Mihkels, Viviani, Van Uden, Marit, Coquard and Zingle all have fast legs, but normally they will fall short against the two top-sprinters and spring-classic winners.

 

Many strong climbers as well

The GC-list resembles the list of best climbers (MTN Skill). Besides Vingegaard, Ayuso and Almeida also Gall, Landa and O'Connor are high in the ranks. Also Kuss and Cristian Rodrígueza are remarkble names in the list of best climbers compared to GC-riders.

 

Characteristics of riders

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