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Enric Mas won the 2026 Vuelta a España after Tadej Pogacar abandoned following a crash on stage eight; Mas took the overall crown by 2 minutes 15 seconds over Primoz Roglic, with Felix Gall third. Britain’s Matthew Brennan won five sprint stages but finished fourth on the final stage, missing a record-extending sixth debut Grand Tour stage win as Tobias Halland Johannessen claimed the last stage in Granada.
Enric Mas extended his lead to more than two minutes over Primoz Roglic on Stage 20 of the Vuelta a España, putting him on track to win his first Grand Tour, while Mikel Landa won the stage from a breakaway. The final Granada stage is expected to be ceremonial, leaving Mas poised to seal the title if he stays upright, with Sepp Kuss climbing to fifth and Oscar Onley moving into sixth.
Eddie Dunbar surged past Santiago Buitrago in the final 300 meters to win stage 19 of the Vuelta a España, a 210.8km hilly ride from Velez-Málaga to Penas Blancas, after a four-man break. Buitrago attacked with 2km to go, but Dunbar countered for a 14-second victory with Thomas Gloag taking third. Roglic trimmed Mas’s GC lead by 33 seconds in the time trial days earlier, yet Mas still holds a 1:37 cushion into Saturday’s 186.8km mountain stage to Collado del Alguacil. Oscar Onley remained fifth and kept the white jersey for best young rider. Mas, 31, seeks his first Grand Tour title as the race heads to Sunday’s 112km Granada finale.
Primoz Roglic finished fourth in Stage 18’s 32.5km time trial, moving up to second in the general classification and trimming Enric Mas’s lead to 1 minute 37 seconds. Stefan Kung won the stage, with Callum Thornley second, and Roglic overtook Felix Gall in the GC. Oscar Onley remains fifth overall and extends his margin in the white jersey over Jacob Omrzel. The race continues with Friday’s long 205.1km leg to Velez-Málaga, Saturday’s 187km mountain stage, and Sunday’s 99.4km Granada finale, as Mas pursues his first Grand Tour title.
Enric Mas extended his Vuelta a Espana lead after a late attack on stage 12 to Calar Alto, where Jakob Omrzel rode clear to win the stage by nearly two minutes; Omrzel also moved within 30 seconds of Oscar Onley in the best young rider standings after Onley crashed and finished fifth in GC. Mas had broken from a small group with about 13km to go, gaining 27 seconds on the day and pushing his overall lead to 1 minute 56 seconds over Roglic and Gall, while Pogacar's earlier exit from the race after a stage eight crash leaves the field aiming for the final climbs around Malaga and Granada before the finish in Andalusia on Sunday.
With Tadej Pogačar out after a crash, UAE loses control and the Vuelta shifts from a likely, disciplined march to Granada into a chaotic, unpredictable two weeks. Breakaways gain traction, the mountains and green jersey become wide open, Primož Roglič and Enric Mas emerge as the main GC challengers, and teams must rethink strategies as the peloton faces a new era with no single dominant rider overseeing the race.
Tadej Pogačar’s late solo on stage 6 of the Vuelta a España was halted when Enric Mas bridged up after a denied water bottle and a miscommunication on the feed, but Pogačar said dehydration played no role and later highlighted UAE’s hydration improvements as part of his team’s plan; he still won the stage in a sprint.
Enric Mas chased and then caught Tadej Pogačar on the Puerto de El Bartolo climb after Pogacar’s long early attack on Vuelta a España stage 6; Pogacar still won the stage and extended his lead, with UAE Team Emirates arguing Mas’s move was driven by safety on the descent’s new surface, a rare GC development that helped drop rivals while keeping the leader out of danger.
Tadej Pogačar narrowly kept upright after losing control on a narrow downhill about 19km from the finish of stage 6 at the Vuelta a España, sliding onto the grassy verge but regaining the road to rejoin Enric Mas for the final two-up finish.
World champion Tadej Pogačar avoided a tumble on stage 6 of the Vuelta a España after Enric Mas warned him to slow down on the gravel descent; he regrouped, passed Mas on a bend and sprinted to victory, extending his overall lead.
Adam Yates and his twin brother Simon Yates finished first and second in the opening stage of the Tour de France, with Adam taking the win. Tadej Pogačar finished third. Richard Carapaz and Enric Mas suffered injuries in a crash and lost significant time. The stage featured challenging climbs and a rare family one-two finish.
Jonas Vingegaard wins stage 3 of the 2023 Itzulia Basque Country and takes the race lead after breaking away in the last metres of the finale from Errenteria to Amasa-Villabona to claim the victory by two seconds over Mikel Landa and Enric Mas. Vingegaard's success is his first since he won the overall and three stages of O Gran Camino back in February.