The Vuelta Extremadura Féminas returns for its third edition in 2025, now upgraded to UCI 2.1 status. The higher ranking has attracted a stronger startlist, with UAE Team ADQ, Uno-X Mobility, and Visma | Lease a Bike joining Movistar and Lidl-Trek for the first time.
This year’s race features four stages across three days, an increase from the three stages held in both 2023 and 2024. The key change is the addition of a second stage on the opening day, with a 9km time trial in the morning followed by a 90km road stage later in the day.
Last year, Mareille Meijering took the overall victory, thanks to a decisive solo breakaway on Stage 2 that gave her a strong enough time gap to resist rivals in the final individual time trial. She finished 35 seconds ahead of Gaia Realini and 44 seconds ahead of Brodie Chapman, while Ellen van Dijk claimed victory in the time trial – her first win since returning from maternity leave.
Photo Credit: Rafa Gomez/Sprint Cycling AgencyThe race was launched in 2023 at 2.2 level, with Arkéa dominating from start to finish. The team won the opening 6.4km team time trial, edging out Stade Rochelais by four seconds, before sealing a podium lockout on the final climb to Piornal. Megan Armitage, Clara Emond, and Maaike Colje finished 1-2-3, with Massi Tactic’s Cecile Lejeune the nearest challenger.
Women’s WorldTour teams made their first appearance in 2024, with Movistar and Lidl-Trek attending. That number has grown in 2025, with five top-tier teams on the startlist, making this year’s race far more competitive.
Which teams are racing at Vuelta Extremadura Féminas 2025?
- Atum General Tavira SC Farense
- Cantabria Rio Miera
- Eneicat-CM Team
- Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi
- Lidl-Trek
- Massi Baix Ter Women’s Team
- Matos Mobility Flexaco IHS
- Movistar Team
- Team Coop-Repsol
- Team Farto-Kiroot
- Team Visma Lease a Bike
- Tenerife-Bike Point-Gsport
- UAE Team ADQ
- Uno-X Mobility
- USA
- Winspace Orange Seal
What does the Vuelta Extremadura Féminas 2025 route look like?
Stage 1 (TT)
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Where can I watch Vuelta Extremadura Féminas 2025?
Live on the SportPublicTV YouTube page with a different link for each stage
Stage 1 (TT) (also listed as Stage 1 Part 1)
Stage 2 (also listed as Stage 1 Part 2)
Stage 3 (also listed as Stage 2)
Stage 4 (also listed as Stage 3
Twitter updates will be via the #VueltaExtremadura25 or #VueltaExtremadura hashtags.
Who are the main riders to watch?
- Claire Steels
- Carys Lloyd
- Lucia Ruiz Perez
- Anouska Koster
- Mie Bjorndal Ottestad
- Katrine Aalerud
- Emma Norsgaard
- Ellen van Dijk
- Gaia Realini
- Ane Santesteban
- Usoa Ostolaza
- Yulia Biriukova
- Heidi Franz
- Imogen Wolff
- Viktoria Chladanova
- Marion Bunel
- Martina Fidanza
- Karolina Perekitko
- Nadia Gontova
- Paula Blasi
- Maeva Squiban
- Eilidh Shaw
- India Grangier
- Stina Kagevi
- Daniela Campos
- Nicole Steinmetz
- Karin Soderqvist
