{"id":423841,"date":"2025-09-14T14:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/423841\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T14:02:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T14:02:12","slug":"vuelta-a-espana-stage-21-live-all-the-action-from-the-finale-in-madrid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/423841\/","title":{"rendered":"Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a stage 21 LIVE \u2013 All the action from the finale in Madrid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2025-09-14T13:57:57.000Z<\/p>\n

Will we even get a finale?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s a legitimate question, given the pro-Palestine protests that have disrupted this Vuelta so often and so dramatically so far. We’ve seen demonstrations in smaller cities, remote areas, and mountains but the race now takes centre stage in the heart of a capital city for the best part of two hours. It’s been one of the stories of the race and could yet be the defining story of today.<\/p>\n

For now, have a read of this excellent piece from Vuelta veterean Alasdair Fotheringham<\/p>\n

A ‘deep well’ of historical and political context \u2013 Why are there so many pro-Palestine protests at the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

2025-09-14T13:24:46.459Z<\/p>\n

It’s an evening finale, as per usual, with the sun setting on Madrid as the riders complete their laps of the Castellana and Gran Via. The start is coming up shortly before 5pm local time, with the finish expected around 7:15pm.<\/p>\n

2025-08-11T19:11:44.082Z<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome along to Cyclingnews’ live coverage of stage 21 of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a. It’s the end of the road for the Vuelta, with the final stage taking place in the Spanish capital of Madrid, on a circuit that usually sees a sprint finish and, barring accident, will see Jonas Vingegaard crowned as the overall winner of the 2025 Vuelta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Refresh 2025-09-14T13:57:57.000Z Will we even get a finale? It’s a legitimate question, given the pro-Palestine protests that have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4104],"tags":[4230,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-423841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115203024121843938","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}