2025 Vuelta a España Stage 11 Results & Recap
Stage 11 of the 2025 Vuelta a España is in the books. The final results and standings are below, followed by our recap of how the race unfolded.
Race Recap
Stage 11 Neutralized After Protest in Bilbao
Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España in Bilbao ended in chaos after pro-Palestine protestors stormed the finish line, forcing officials to neutralize the finale. With general classification times taken at the 3-kilometre-to-go mark, no stage winner was declared. Points were still awarded for the day’s climbs and the intermediate sprint, leaving the Alto de Pike as the decisive battleground for bonus seconds.
The Basque stage packed in sharp ascents from the very start, including Laukiz, Sollube, Morga and a double dose of the Alto del Vivero, before the steep 2.3-kilometre Pike climb just 7.6 km from the line. Marc Soler lit up the action on the first ascent of the Vivero, while Santiago Buitrago bridged across to him on the second, briefly holding a lead before the chasers reeled them in. Mikel Landa proved combative, cresting the Vivero first and topping the intermediate sprint, before fading as the favorites took control.
Behind, Visma–Lease a Bike and UAE tightened the pace, with Victor Campenaerts setting tempo for Jonas Vingegaard. João Almeida and Tom Pidcock launched repeated accelerations, with Matteo Jorgenson, Giulio Ciccone and Jai Hindley trying to stay in touch. As the group hit the Pike, Pidcock surged clear to grab six bonus seconds, Vingegaard followed for four, and Almeida, Hindley, Gall and Jorgenson crested just behind.
Earlier, Marc Soler had claimed points atop Balcón de Bizkaia, Morga and the intermediate sprint at Rekalde, where Buitrago and Mads Pedersen also scored. The high pace splintered the peloton multiple times, averaging more than 47 km/h mid-stage. Birthday boy Léandre Lozouet enjoyed a warm welcome from the Basque crowd, while Ramses Debruyne (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Paul Ourselin (Cofidis) abandoned due to illness and injury.
In the overall standings, Vingegaard took red from Torstein Træen, who cracked on the final climb and conceded more than two minutes. At the end of the day, the new GC top five stood as Vingegaard leading by 26 seconds over Træen, with João Almeida at +0:38, Tom Pidcock at +0:58, and Felix Gall at +2:03.
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