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The 2026 Vuelta a España takes place between Saturday August 22 and Sunday September 13.
► Stage start time: Coverage of stage 21 starts from 15:00 (BST)
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This year’s race was hit by a bombshell of epic proportions on Stage 8 as the runaway leader Tadej Pogačar crashed out breaking his collarbone and a vertebrate in his neck. His exit transferred the lead to Spanish star and perennial nearly man Enric Mas who has held an iron grip on it ever since. Showing his best form for years and being energised by the leaders red jersey he now has a 2min 6 sec advantage of the next rider Felix Gall.
Heading into the final week will Mas be able to hold on? Will his buffer over Gall and third placed Primoz Roglic be enough to stop them in the pivotal stage 18 time trial, his least favoured discipline. One bad day for any rider could still turn this race on it’s head and with plenty of pitfalls still ahead the conclusion is far from a certainty.
In the Green jersey competition Wout Van Aert now holds a commanding lead and likewise Santiago Buitrago looks very secure in the blue polka dot jersey but both will be out to defend their leads over this final week.
You’ll find a run down of the whole route in the preview below.
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Vuelta a España 2026 Stage 21
The win on stage 20 went to the ever popular veteran Mikel Landa who turned back the clock to take a very emotional victory and send his legions of fans delirious. Behind him Enric Mas did what he had to do, just defended his position and in the end he actually increased his lead over second placed Primoz Roglic.
All Mas has to do now is negotiate today’s largely ceremonial final stage around Granada and he will be crowned champion and a dream will come true for not only him but his Movistar team and the whole of Spanish Cycling.
Vuelta a Espana general classification after stage 20
1. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) 70hrs 56mins 58secs
2. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +2mins 15secs
3. Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon CMA CGM) +2mins 44secs
4. Richard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +6mins 54secs
5. Sepp Kuss (US/Visma-Lease a Bike) +8mins 45secs
6. Oscar Onley (GB/Netcompany Ineos) +9mins 28secs
7. Jakob Omrzel (Slo/Bahrain Victorious) +10mins 38secs
8. Clement Berthet (Fra/Groupama-FDJ United) +11mins 41secs
9. Cristian Rodriguez (Spa/XDS Astana) +11mins 59secs
10. Harold Tejada (Col/XDS Astana) +14mins 40secs
Vuelta a España 2026 Stage 21 route profile.
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Vuelta a España 2026 Preview
Pogačar’s quest to complete the Grand Tour trilogy will kick off in Monaco with a testing 9.4km prologue before heading into France for a couple of hilly days, the second of which will feature the first summit finish of the race at Font Romeu. If Pogačar goes nuclear here that could be the Red Jersey sewn up but hopefully the gaps will be small enough to keep the others interested as the race heads for an incredibly short day in Andorra.
The 100km stage 4 packs in four mountains but does not have a summit finish so a whole host of riders could be in the mix then arriving in Spain on Stage 5 the route begins its progress south avoiding the entirety of the north and central areas of the country this year.
Stage 5 and 6 are both tough then stage 7 is even harder as it hosts the second summit finish of the race to Aramón Valdelinares. The sprinters will have to wait until stage 8 before they get a chance on the flat run to Xeraco which will give the GC riders a good day off before the killer stage 9 to Alto de Aitana to end week 1.
What will undoubtedly have already been a demanding race will welcome its first rest day and then a couple of steady stages before the stage 12 date with the climb to Calar Alto. This monster day also takes in the legendary Alto de Velefique passing through the scenery used as the backdrop for the Spaghetti Westerns.
Rest is hard to find on this year’s route as stage 13 is again very lumpy and stage 14 is yet another summit finish, this time finishing up the first category Sierra de Pandera followed by more mountains as the race makes it’s way to Cordoba and into the second rest day.
There’s an easy stage to begin the third week with what on paper looks like a 181 kilometres of downhill all the way to the coast then on Stage 17 the sprinters get their second and last chance, although there are still two big hills to cross on the way to Sevilla.
The organizers will be hoping all is still to play for as the race heads into its finale with a 32km time trial on stage 18 followed by a massive summit finish to Peñas Blancas on Stage 19 then another huge day of mountains, and yes another summit finish before the ceremonial final day around the city of Granada.
Vuelta a España 2026 stages
Stage 1 | Saturday August 22 | Monaco - Monaco 9.4km (ITT)
Stage 2 | Sunday August 23 | Monaco - Manosque 214.3km
Stage 3 | Monday August 24 | Gruissan - Aude - Font Romeu 174km
Stage 4 | Tuesday August 25 | Andorra la Vella - Andorra la Vella 104.8km
Stage 5 | Wednesday August 26 | Falset. Costa Daurada - Roquetes. Terres de l’Ebre 173.3km
Stage 6 | Thursday August 27 | Alcossebre - Castelló 177.4km
Stage 7 | Friday August 28 | Vall d’Alba - Aramón Valdelinares 149.8km
Stage 8 | Saturday August 29 | Puçol - Xeraco 171km
Stage 9 | Sunday August 30 | La Vila Joiosa - Alto de Aitana. Costa Blanca 187.4km
Rest Day | Monday August 31
Stage 10 | Tuesday September 1 | Alcaraz - Elche de la Sierra 184.7km
Stage 11 | Wednesday September 2 | Cartagena - Lorca 151.3km
Stage 12 | Thursday September 3 | Vera - Calar Alto 166.6km
Stage 13 | Friday September 4 | Almuñécar - Loja 192.8km
Stage 14 | Saturday September 5 | Jaén - Sierra de la Pandera 154.5km
Stage 15 | Sunday September 6 | Palma del Río - Córdoba 189.7km
Rest Day | September 7
Stage 16 | Tuesday September 8 | Cortegana - La Rábida. Palos de la Frontera 181.1km
Stage 17 | Wednesday September 9 | Dos Hermanas - Sevilla 185km
Stage 18 | Thursday September 10 | El Puerto de Santa María - Jerez de la Frontera 32.19km (ITT)
Stage 19 | Friday September 11 | Vélez-Málaga - Peñas Blancas. Estepona 210.8km
Stage 20 | Saturday September 12 | La Calahorra - Collado del Alguacil 186.8km
Stage 21 | Sunday September 13 | Carrefour Granada - Granada 112km
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