LA VUELTA ESPAÑA 2026 🇪🇸

Debs · September 5, 2026, 11:42pm

Sunday 6th September 2026

Stage 15 : Palma del Río - Córdoba (110.2km)

They revised this stage down from 190km to 110km due to ‘climate change’ and the onset of extremely hot weather
Shorter stage races usually mean more explosive action and a far more interesting bike race, plus a rest-day tomorrow; so we maybe in for a rampant free-for-all today!

Debs · September 6, 2026, 1:03pm

Kevin Vermaerke cheerfully snaps the start line selfie!

37ºc at start with a light breeze

Jersey wearers on Stage 15:

Enric Mas Movistar Team
Wout van Aert Visma-Lease a Bike
Santiago Buitrago Bahrain - Victorious
Oscar Onley Netcompany INEOS

Kevin Vermaerke UAE Team Emirates - XRG (combative number bibs)

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150 riders on the start line

Stage 15 is Underway!

Debs · September 6, 2026, 9:24pm

STAGE 15 RESULS : PALMA DEL RÍO - CÓRDOBA

Wout van Aert Visma-Lease a Bike, in 2:35:00
Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana
Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek
Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, all at same time
Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco AlUla, +58s
Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
Henok Mulubrhan (Eri) XDS-Astana
Stefan Küng (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, all at same time

(150 riders finished Stage 15)

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 15

Enric Mas Movistar Team, in 52:05:56
Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM, +2:06
Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, +2:10
Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost, +4:24
Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos, +5:44
Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious, +6:14
Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +6:49
Cristián Rodríguez (Spa) XDS-Astana, +7:01
Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United, +7:19
Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike, +8:55

POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 15

Wout van Aert Visma-Lease a Bike, 267 pts
Matthew Brennan (GBr) Team Visma Lease a Bike, 159 pts
Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana, 153 pts
Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis, 94 pts
Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 79 pts

KOM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 15

Santiago Buitrago Bahrain - Victorious 69 pts
Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike, 40 pts
Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar, 24 pts
Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 23 pts
Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita), 21 pts

YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 15

Oscar Onley Netcompany INEOS, at 52:11:40
Jakob Omrzel (Slo), Bahrain-Victorious + 0:30
Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team, + 10:41

TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 15

Decathlon-CMA CGM at 156:38:17
XDS Astana Team + 57:32
Bahrain - Victorious + 1:11:15
EF Education-EasyPost +1:14:12

Santiago Buitrago

Debs · September 7, 2026, 10:51pm

A look ahead to the final week of La Vuelta 2026

Stage 16; Tue 8 September Cortegana - La Rabída 181km Hilly
Stage 17: Wed 9 September / Dos Hermanas - Sevilla 185km Flat
Stage 18: Thu 10 Sept / El Puerto de Santa María - Jerez de la Frontera 32km ITT
Stage 19: Fri 11 September / Vélez-Málaga - Peñas Blancas 210km Medium mountains
Stage 20: Sat 12 September /La Calahorra - Collado delAlguacil 187km Mountains
Stage 21: Sun 13 September / Carrefour Granada - Granada 112km Hilly

Debs · September 7, 2026, 10:53pm

Tuesday 8th September 2026

Stage 16 : Cortegana - La Rábida. Palos de la Frontera (181.1km)

Debs · September 8, 2026, 11:24am

The boys are ready to rock and roll again!

28ºc at start with a light tailwind at start of race

Jersey wearers on Stage 16:

Enric Mas Movistar Team
Wout van Aert Visma-Lease a Bike
Santiago Buitrago Bahrain - Victorious
Oscar Onley Netcompany INEOS

Andreas Leknessund Uno-X Mobility (combative number bibs)

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150 riders on the start line

Stage 16 is Underway!

Debs · September 8, 2026, 8:57pm

STAGE 16: CARTAGENA - LA RABIDA. PALOS DE LA FRONTERA

Matthew Brennan Visma-Lease a Bike, in 3:56:33
Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis
Vito Braet (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike
Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling
Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) EF Education-EasyPost
Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal Quick-Step
César Macías (Mex) Burgos Burpellet BH

DNF:
Timo Roosen Team Picnic PostNL (previous stage crash injury issue)

(149 riders finished Stage 16)

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 16

Enric Mas Movistar Team, in 56:02:29
Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM, +2:06
Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, +2:10
Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost, +4:24
Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos, +5:44
Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious, +6:14
Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +6:49
Cristián Rodríguez (Spa) XDS-Astana, +7:01
Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United, +7:19
Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike, +8:55

(Stage 16 caused no changes to the top Classifications)

Debs · September 8, 2026, 11:39pm

Wednesday 9th September 2026

Stage 17 : Dos Hermanas - Sevilla (185km)

Debs · September 9, 2026, 11:47am

Kevin Vermaerke is back again to take the start line selfie!

30ºc+ with the faintest breeze

Jersey wearers on Stage 17:

Enric Mas Movistar Team
Wout van Aert Visma-Lease a Bike
Santiago Buitrago Bahrain - Victorious
Oscar Onley Netcompany INEOS

Kevin Vermaerke UAE Emirates XRG (combative number bibs)

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149 riders on the start line

Stage 17 is Underway!

love_leeloo · September 9, 2026, 1:11pm

a stage for Wout

paulbysea · September 9, 2026, 4:29pm

Visma I believe, made two records today, for the team, winning 7 stages in a Grand Tour for the first time is a big deal as is winning a third of the stages. Their new star has been doing rather well and now has 5 stage wins; I think this is also a record for a young rider on their first tour. Wout might not have won today, but yet again he was instrumental in Mathew’s win. Will Wout make it 8 stages with a win in the TT tomorrow?

Debs · September 9, 2026, 9:51pm

STAGE 17 RESULTS : DOS HERMANAS - SEVILLE

Matthew Brennan Visma-Lease a Bike, in 3:56:33
Jordi Meeus (Bel) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
Magnus Cort (Den) Uno-X Mobility
Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana
Steffen De Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto Intermarché
Axel Laurance (Fra) Netcompany-Ineos
Pau Miquel (Esp) Bahrain Victorious
César Maciás (Mex) Burgos Burpellet BH
Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) NSN Cycling
Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis

(149 riders finished Stage 17)

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

Enric Mas Movistar Team, in 56:02:29
Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM, +2:06
Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, +2:10
Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost, +4:24
Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos, +5:44
Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain Victorious, +6:14
Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +6:49
Cristián Rodríguez (Spa) XDS Astana, +7:01
Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United, +7:19
Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike, +8:55

POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

Wout van Aert Visma-Lease a Bike, 282 pts
Matthew Brennan (GBr) Team Visma Lease a Bike, 239 pts
Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana, 171 pts
Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis, 126 pts
Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 116 pts

KOM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

Santiago Buitrago Bahrain - Victorious 69 pts
Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike, 40 pts
Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar, 24 pts
Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 23 pts
Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita), 21 pts

YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

Oscar Onley Netcompany INEOS, at 60:15:28
Jakob Omrzel (Slo), Bahrain-Victorious + 0:30
Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team, + 10:41

TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 17

Decathlon-CMA CGM at 180:49:41
XDS Astana Team + 57:32
Bahrain - Victorious + 1:11:15
EF Education-EasyPost +1:14:12

Debs · September 9, 2026, 10:54pm

Thursday 10th September 2026

Stage 18 : El Puerto de Santa María - Jerez de la Frontera

INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL (32.1km)

At least three top time trialists have abandoned this Vuelta, Tadej Pogačar, Joshua Tarling, Jay Vine, …so the venue is wide open to conquest.

Three races in one,
who will win the stage,
The highly contested GC battle with Enric Mas defending La Roja.
The white jersey battle.

Potential Stage winners include:
GB national champion, Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quick-Step).
European Continental Champion, Stefan Küng (Tudor Pro Cycling Team)
Ivo Oliveira (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)
National ITT champ France 2025, Bruno Armirail (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
National ITT champion of New Zealand, Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe)

Primož Roglič (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) will be hoping to take time out of Felix Gall, and La Roja Enric Mas who will probably lose time to both these rivals today.
Meanwhile at 7th GC, Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl - Trek) will be hoping to gain time on Jakob Omrzel (Bahrain - Victorious) and take his 6th GC place.

Just 30 seconds apart, 20 year old Jakob Omrzel (the youngest contender in this tour) vs Oscar Onley (Netcompany INEOS) will go head to head for the white jersey classification lead.
Oscar Onley has been wearing the white jersey since Stage 4, will he lose it today?

Debs · September 10, 2026, 9:14pm

Stage 18 Results : El Puerto de Santa María - Jerez de la Frontera

INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL

1 Stefan Kung (Tudor) 35:22
2. Callum Thornley (Red Bull) +3”
3. Joao Almeida (UAE) +9”
4. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull) +19”
5. Wout van Aert (Visma) +20”
6. Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull) +21”
7. Bruno Armirail (Visma) +26”
8. Ivo Oliveira (UAE) +30”
9. Ethan Hayter (Soudal) +32”
10. Xabier Azparren (Pinarello) +33”
11. Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education - EasyPost +47"
12. Enric Mas (Movistar) +52”

DNS:
Alexis Renard Cofidis

(148 riders started and finished Stage 18)

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 18

Enric Mas (Movistar) 60:45:58
Primož Roglič (Red Bull) +1:37
Felix Gall (Decathlon) +3:01
Richard Carapaz (EF Education) +5:17
Oscar Onley (Netcompany) +6:03
Jakob Omrzel (Bahrain) +7:00
Clement Berthet (Groupama FDJ) +7:47
Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) +7:51
Cristian Rodriguez (XDS Astana) +7:51
Harold Tejada (XDS Astana) +9:57

POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 18

Wout van Aert Visma-Lease a Bike, 306 pts
Matthew Brennan (GBr) Team Visma Lease a Bike, 239 pts
Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana, 171 pts
Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis, 141 pts
Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 116 pts

KOM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 18

Santiago Buitrago Bahrain - Victorious 69 pts
Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike, 40 pts
Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar, 24 pts
Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 23 pts
Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita), 21 pts

YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 18

Oscar Onley Netcompany INEOS, at 60:52:01
Jakob Omrzel (Slo), Bahrain-Victorious + 0:57
Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team, + 112:33

TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 18

Decathlon-CMA CGM at 182:40:29
XDS Astana Team + 56:34
EF Education-EasyPost +1:13:46

Primož Roglič

Debs · September 11, 2026, 12:04am

Friday 11th September 2026

Stage 19 : Vélez-Málaga - Peñas Blancas. Estepona (210.8km)

Today is the longest stage of 2026 Vuelta.
The climb up to the summit finish is relentless and will break a few contenders

Debs · September 11, 2026, 10:19am

Nervous smiles from Santiago and Enric, Oscar looks in deep thought.

26ºc with a light 16 kph breeze

Jersey wearers on Stage 19:

Enric Mas Movistar Team
Wout van Aert Visma-Lease a Bike
Santiago Buitrago Bahrain - Victorious
Oscar Onley Netcompany INEOS

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DNS:
Yevgeniy Fedorov XDS Astana Team
Stefan Küng Tudor Pro Cycling Team

146 riders on the Start line

Stage 19 is Underway!

Debs · September 11, 2026, 10:28pm

STAGE 19: VÉLEZ-MÁLAGA > PEÑAS BLANCAS

Eddie Dunbar Pinarello Q36.5, in 5:00:54
Santiago Buitrago (Col) Bahrain Victorious, +14s
Tom Gloag (GBr) Pinarello Q36.5, +23s
Urko Berrade (Esp) Kern Pharma, +44s
Marcel Camprubí (Esp) Pinarello Q36.5, +1:44
Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, +2:01
Guillaume Martin (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, +2:11
Chris Hamilton (Aus) Picnic PostNL, +2:39
Kevin Vermaerke (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, +3:03
Sergio Samitier (Esp) Cofidis, +3:17

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 19

Enric Mas Movistar Team, in 62:52:03
Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, +1:37
Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM, +3:01
Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost, +5:17
Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos, +6:03
Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain Victorious, +7:06
Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United, +7:57
Cristián Rodríguez (Spa) XDS Astana, +8:21
Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +9:06
Harold Tejada (Col) XDS Astana, +10:27

DNF:
Paul Double Team Jayco AlUla

(145 riders finished Stage 19)

POINTS CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 19

Wout van Aert Visma-Lease a Bike, 306 pts
Matthew Brennan (GBr) Team Visma Lease a Bike, 239 pts
Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana, 171 pts
Bryan Coquard (Fra) Cofidis, 141 pts
Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 116 pts

KOM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 19

Santiago Buitrago Bahrain - Victorious 78 pts
Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike, 40 pts
Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, 29 pts
Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar, 24 pts
Lorenzo Fortunato (Ita), 21 pts

YOUTH CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 19

Oscar Onley Netcompany INEOS, at 65:58:06
Jakob Omrzel (Slo), Bahrain-Victorious + 1:03
Léo Bisiaux (Fra) Decathlon CMA CGM Team, + 13:14

TEAM CLASSIFICATION AFTER STAGE 19

Decathlon-CMA CGM at 198:00:20
XDS Astana Team + 58:06
Groupama-FDJ United + 1:09:36

Debs · September 11, 2026, 11:25pm

Saturday 12th September 2026

Stage 20 » La Calahorra › Collado del Alguacil (186.8km)

Cat7 · September 12, 2026, 2:30am

Should be fun!

Debs · September 12, 2026, 10:48am

Enric Mas snaps the start line selfie

22ºc with a very light breeze

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Jersey wearers on Stage 20:

Enric Mas Movistar Team
Wout van Aert Visma-Lease a Bike
Santiago Buitrago Bahrain - Victorious
Oscar Onley Netcompany INEOS

Eddie Dunbar Pinarello Q36.5 (combative race number bibs)

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145 riders on the Start line

Stage 20 is Underway!