August Race Overview: What Awaits After the Tour?

The Tour de France 2025 may be over, and soon the Tour de France Femmes will also be in the books, but August brings a fresh wave of racing. From one-day races to stage races, culminating in the final Grand Tour of the year, the Vuelta a España, at the end of the month.

Overview of the races in August

Less than a week after the end of the Tour de France, the post-Tour classic San Sebastián Klasikoa will take place in Spain (August 2nd) – a race that often attracts some prominent names to the start line. The next day, the Circuito de Getxo follows (August 3rd). Both races coincide with the final weekend of the Tour de France Femmes.

In the following week, the WorldTour stage race Tour de Pologne (August 4th–10th) will take place. That same week, a bunch of other stage races will also be held:

• Volta a Portugal 🇵🇹 (August 6th–17th)

• Trans-Himalaya Cycling Race 🇨🇳 (August 6th–10th)

• Arctic Race of Norway 🇳🇴 (August 7th–10th)

• Tour de l’Ain 🇫🇷 (August 6th–9th)

The action continues the following week with more stage races:

• PostNord Tour of Denmark 🇩🇰 (August 12th–17th)

• Tour de Pologne (Women) 🇵🇱 (August 12th–14th)

• Tour de Romandie Féminin 🇨🇭 (August 15th–17th)

Alongside these, a bunch of one-day races will be held, including the German Worldtour race Bemer Cyclassics (August 17th) as well as:

• GP Yvonne Reynders (Women) 🇧🇪 (August 15th)

• Circuit Franco-Belge 🇧🇪 (August 15th)

• Polynormande 🇫🇷 (August 17th)

Another block of stage races will then begin for the men, while the women take on GP Lucien Van Impe 🇧🇪 (August 21st):

• Tour du Limousin 🇫🇷 (August 19th–24th)

• Deutschland Tour 🇩🇪 (August 20th–24th)

• Renewi Tour 🇧🇪 (August 20th–24th)

As these stage races wrap up, the final Grand Tour of the year begins: La Vuelta a España 🇪🇸starting with a flat stage before moving into a stage with an uphill finish.

This year, we’ll see Jonas Vingegaard in action as he lines up for the third Vuelta of his career, aiming to take the overall victory for the first time in his career. Tadej Pogačar has also appeared on the provisional start list, but it has recently been announced that he will not be going to the Spainish Grand Tour this year. Instead his 2 strong teammates though João Almeida and Juan Ayuso will lead UAE Team Emirates XRG In the fight for the overall win against Jonas Vingegaard.

Jonas Vingegaard and Mads Pedersen are among the riders who has confirmed that they will be at start of the final Grand Tour of the year. While Tadej Pogacar will focus on regaining his world championship title

In the final week of August, the Vuelta isn’t the only race on the calendar. The men will take on:

• Tour du Poitou-Charentes 🇫🇷 (August 26th–29th)

• Muur Classic Geraardsbergen 🇧🇪 (August 27th)

• Bretagne Classic 🇫🇷 (August 31st)

Meanwhile, the women’s calendar features:

• Kreiz Breizh Elites Dames 🇫🇷 (August 28th)

• Classic Lorient Agglomération 🇫🇷 (August 30th)

And then August comes to an end with the Vuelta continuing into September where the World Championship among other races awaits...👀🌈