Vuelta 2026: Route and stages
Enric Mas leads La Vuelta ahead of Felix Gall and Primoz Roglic. Today's takes the riders along rolling to hilly roads through the scorching heart of Andalusia towards Córdoba. After the second rest day comes the decisive final week, featuring an absolute monster of a stage on Saturday.
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Vuelta 2026 Route stage 15: Palma del Río - Córdoba
Sunday 6 September - Due to the extreme heat, stage 15 of La Vuelta has been shortened from 189.7 to 110.2 kilometres. The riders make their way from Palma del Río to Córdoba across endlessly rolling roads through the scorching heart of Andalusia.
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Vuelta 2026 Favourites stage 15: Rollings roads towards sprint finish
The 15th stage of the Vuelta is a rolling affair until the Puerto Artafi spices up the final 30 kilometres with a 5.9-kilometre climb averaging 5.6%. There’s a good chance the more resilient sprinters in the Vuelta a España will have no trouble getting over it and will battle it out for the win in Córdoba.
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Vuelta 2026 Route stage 16: Cortegana - La Rábida
Tuesday 8 September - At 181.1 kilometres, stage 16 of the Vuelta a España takes the riders from Cortegana to La Rábida. The first part of the route is hilly and the second flat, with an accumulated elevation gain of 2,256 metres.
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Vuelta 2026 Favourites stage 16: For sprinters and attackers
In any other Grand Tour, Stage 16 would be a nailed-on sprint finish, but that remains to be seen at the Vuelta. For starters, there aren’t that many fast finishers in the race, and it is uncertain how many of them will still be in Spain by the third week? So, who is going to keep the breakaway under control?
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Vuelta 2026: Withdrawals
The Vuelta a España got underway in Monaco on Saturday 23 August with 184 riders on the start line. Not all of them will make it to the finish in Granada. Cyclingstage.com is keeping track of all the riders who abandon the race.”
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Vuelta 2026: Riders
With Primoz Roglic, Felix Gall, Oscar Onley, Enric Mas and Richard Carapaz battling for overall victory, and the likes of Wout van Aert, Mads Pedersen and Matthew Brennan chasing stage wins, La Vuelta is shaping up to be a fascinating spectacle. Who is taking part?
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