The 20 clubs in the Bundesliga and the First League are the full members of the association. Unlike the other Grand Tours, the Vuelta a España often has difficult mountain finishes in the first week. With the start of the Tour of Spain in Assen in 2009 and the subsequent stages to Liège, the Vuelta a España passed three new countries with the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium. In 2016, half of all stages ended at the end of a climb. When his club Tottenham played at Everton, Son mainly attracted attention because of a scene that overshadowed the game itself. And in the same issue Werner Schilling quoted Munich's goalkeeper Bernd Hartmann, who admitted after the game that 1860 was prepared to risk being sent off in the uncompromising fight for every chance. The 2022 edition was won by Belgian Remco Evenepoel. The start abroad in Utrecht was made up for in 2022. In 2022, however, significantly less steep climbs were completed. A year later, Borussia finished third in the Bundesliga and at the same time reached the final of the DFB Cup for the second time. After just one year in the second division, the AaB kickers returned to the upper house for the 1965 season and immediately took seventh place, placing themselves in secure midfield.

With the Col du Tourmalet (2115 m), a mountain finish on one of the most famous climbs of the Tour de France was even planned for 2020. In the years that followed, the Italian also won the other two Grand Tours, the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France. The Briton had also previously won the 2017 Tour de France, becoming the first rider since Alberto Contador to win two three-week national tours in the same year. In 2008 Alberto Contador also won the Vuelta a España after the Giro d'Italia, becoming the first rider since Marco Pantani to also win two Grand Tours in the same year in 1998. The first categorized climb completed at the inaugural Vuelta a España in 1935 was the Alto del León (1115m), also known as Puerto de Guadarrama, also located in the Iberian Plateau. Helper represented Italy at the 1997 and 1998 European U18 B Championships, when he was voted the tournament's best defender, the 1999 U20 Junior C World Championship and the 2000 U20 Junior B World Championship. At that time, stages with a length of more than 300 kilometers were common, while today only a few daily sections lead to more than 200 kilometers.

The derbies of the generation were closely linked to the names of the two playmakers Sandro Mazzola (Inter) and Gianni Rivera (Milan) and their rivalry with each other. The winners of the Intercontinental Cup, which is usually referred to as the World Cup in German-speaking countries, were eligible to start. With victories in 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005, Roberto Heras equaled Tony Rominger's previous record of overall winners and is still the most successful driver at the Vuelta a España. The riders of the leading team in the team classification and the stage winner of the previous stage wear a red shirt number. The following year he also won the Giro d'Italia, making him the last rider ever to be included in the list of athletes to win all three Grand Tours. Along with new signing Robin van Persie, who set the accents on offense, Carrick's defensive and leadership qualities were once again key factors in Manchester United's 20th English championship of the 2012/13 season. He won the club's "Player of the Year" award and was also voted into PFA Team of the Year. In the final of the North West Counties Football League Challenge Cup, the team beat Curzon Ashton 2-1. FC United became only the third team to win the NWCFL league and cup double.

Although local rivals Manchester United were five points clear four games before the end of the season, they could still be overtaken by the better goal difference, with Queens Park Rangers only being defeated by two goals in added time on the last day of the game. In 2015, Fabio Aru took the overall lead from Tom Dumoulin on the last stage before the final in Madrid, to become the sixth Italian winner of the Tour. The 2010 winner was Vincenzo Nibali, who arrived in Madrid wearing the newly introduced red jersey. From then on, the Belgian franc was recognized as a means of payment in Luxembourg. In addition, the Tour of Spain was keen to experiment and surprised every year with new steep and narrow climbs, which are often referred to as "rampas inhumanas". In addition, an individual time trial and a team time trial are usually included in the program of the Tour of Spain. The other regions are, apart from the Autonomous Community of Madrid, rather sporadically in the program of the tour. In the recent past, the organization of the tour combined a trip to the Pyrenees with a stopover in Andorra or France.