The organiser's site, lavuelta.es, did not come up with 2026 results in our searches, so the results here come from news reports we read and from Wikipedia, a secondary source we name wherever we use it.
Status on 22 October 2026
The 2026 Vuelta is finished. It ran from 22 August to 13 September 2026 over 21 stages and 3,310.6 km, starting in Monaco with an individual time trial and finishing in Granada rather than Madrid (Wikipedia, secondary; PezCycling News).
The jerseys
According to Wikipedia (secondary), the Vuelta's leader has worn red since the 2010 edition, after earlier yellow and then gold jerseys. A 2025 article in Ara gives a different early colour: it says the leader of the first Vuelta, in 1935, wore orange, the colour of the organising newspaper Informaciones. Points are green, the mountains jersey has been white with blue dots since 2010, and the best young rider has worn white since 2019, the year the combination classification ended.
2026: Enric Mas
Enric Mas (Spain, Movistar) won the 2026 Vuelta in 73h 52' 55", the first Spanish winner since Alberto Contador in 2014 (PezCycling News; Wikipedia).
| Place, 2026 | Rider | Team | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enric Mas (Spain) | Movistar | 73h 52' 55" |
| 2 | Primoz Roglic | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | 2' 15" |
| 3 | Felix Gall | Decathlon CMA CGM | 2' 44" |
| 4 | Richard Carapaz | Not given in the research | 6' 54" |
| 5 | Sepp Kuss | Not given in the research | 8' 45" |
The top five and the second-place gap come from PezCycling News and Wikipedia; the gaps for third to fifth come from Wikipedia.
How the race unfolded
Tadej Pogacar started the 2026 Vuelta, won three stages (the stage 1 time trial, stage 4 to Andorra la Vella and stage 6) and led the race. He crashed near the end of stage 8 and withdrew, and Mas took the lead after he left (Wikipedia; PezCycling News). Matthew Brennan won five stages (PezCycling News). Stage 3, from Gruissan to Font-Romeu, was cancelled because of the weather; only Wikipedia records this among the sources we found.
The final stage on 13 September 2026 was a 112 km circuit below the Alhambra in Granada. Tobias Halland Johannessen (Norway) won it, and the general classification did not change (PezCycling News).
The 2026 jerseys
| Classification, 2026 | Winner | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Overall (red) | Enric Mas (Movistar) | PezCycling News; Wikipedia |
| Points (green) | Wout van Aert (Belgium, Visma-Lease a Bike) | OA Sport; Wikipedia |
| Mountains | Santiago Buitrago (Colombia, Bahrain Victorious) | OA Sport; Wikipedia |
| Young rider (white) | Oscar Onley (Great Britain, Netcompany INEOS) | Wikipedia; ProCyclingUK (search summary) |
| Team | Decathlon CMA CGM | Wikipedia only |
Winners and podiums, 2022 to 2026
| Year | Dates and route | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 August to 13 September, Monaco to Granada | Enric Mas (Movistar), 73h 52' 55" | Primoz Roglic, 2' 15" | Felix Gall, 2' 44" |
| 2025 | 23 August to 14 September, Turin (Italy) to Madrid | Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike), 74h 20' 28" | Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates XRG), 1' 16" | Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), 3' 11" |
| 2024 | 17 August to 8 September, Lisbon (Portugal) to Madrid | Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), 81h 49' 18" | Ben O'Connor (Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale), 2' 36" | Enric Mas (Movistar), 3' 13" |
| 2023 | 26 August to 17 September, Barcelona to Madrid | Sepp Kuss (USA, Jumbo-Visma), 76h 48' 21" | Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), 17 seconds | Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), 1' 08" |
| 2022 | 19 August to 11 September, Utrecht (Netherlands) to Madrid | Remco Evenepoel (Belgium, Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl), 80h 26' 59" | Enric Mas (Movistar), 2' 02" | Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), 4' 57" |
2026 from PezCycling News and Wikipedia; 2022 to 2025 from Wikipedia (secondary). In 2023 all three riders on the podium rode for Jumbo-Visma. Mas, the 2026 winner, had been second in 2022 and third in 2024.
Jersey winners, 2022 to 2026
| Year | Points (green) | Mountains | Young rider (white) | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Wout van Aert | Santiago Buitrago | Oscar Onley | Decathlon CMA CGM |
| 2025 | Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) | Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates XRG) | Matthew Riccitello (Israel-Premier Tech) | UAE Team Emirates XRG |
| 2024 | Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) | Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates) | Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) | UAE Team Emirates |
| 2023 | Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) | Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-Step) | Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates) | Jumbo-Visma |
| 2022 | Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) | Richard Carapaz (INEOS Grenadiers) | Remco Evenepoel | UAE Team Emirates |
2026 from OA Sport, ProCyclingUK and Wikipedia; 2022 to 2025 from Wikipedia (secondary).
2025: the stages cut short by protests
Wikipedia (secondary) records that several stages of the 2025 Vuelta were shortened because of pro-Palestinian protests. Stage 11 in Bilbao had no stage winner declared, stage 16 was also affected, and the stage 18 time trial in Valladolid was cut from 27.2 km to 12.2 km. The final stage in Madrid on 14 September 2025 was stopped after protesters blocked the route, with no stage winner and no podium ceremony.
Where to watch
The broadcasters page on lavuelta.es is undated, so the year it applies to is not confirmed. What it lists is on watching cycling. How Grand Tours are scored, including time bonuses and the 3 km rule, is on stage races and jerseys.
Sources
- PezCycling News, Vuelta a Espana 2026 stage 21: Johannessen, Mas (2026)
- OA Sport, Vuelta a Espana 2026: all the classifications (September 2026, Italian)
- ProCyclingUK, Vuelta a Espana 2026 final classification recap (search summary)
- Wikipedia, 2026 Vuelta a Espana (secondary)
- Wikipedia, 2025 Vuelta a Espana (secondary)
- Wikipedia, 2024 Vuelta a Espana (secondary)
- Wikipedia, 2023 Vuelta a Espana (secondary)
- Wikipedia, 2022 Vuelta a Espana (secondary)
- Wikipedia, Vuelta a Espana (secondary)
- Ara, Toni Padilla, on the first Vuelta a Espana (26 August 2025)