{"id":870639,"date":"2026-08-27T20:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T20:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/870639\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T20:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T20:30:09","slug":"2026-vuelta-a-espana-start-list-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/870639\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a start list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Giro d&#8217;Italia and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/tour-de-france\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tour de France<\/a> have come and gone, which means there is only one Grand Tour left in 2026: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/vuelta-a-espana\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a>. The Spanish stage race begins on August 22, and IDL Pro Cycling will be keeping track of the (confirmed) participants throughout the race.<\/p>\n<p>While the start lists for the Giro d&#8217;Italia and the Tour de France are usually announced fairly early, that\u2019s often not the case for the Vuelta. Many riders have already completed a Grand Tour, so it\u2019s often a case of team&#8217;s making last-minute decisions.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the Vuelta will begin in Monaco on August 22 with an individual time trial. Over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/2026-vuelta-a-espana-a-spanish-playground-style-course-for-wout-van-aert-tadej-pogacar-and-mads-pedersen\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the course of the three weeks<\/a>, riders will, of course, have to tackle the usual elevation gain, though the finish will not be in Madrid this time. Due to the Formula 1 street race in the Spanish capital, Granada will host the final stage.The top favorite is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/tadej-pogacar\" title=\"Tadej Pogacar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tadej Pogacar<\/a>, whose team, UAE Emirates-XRG, was the first to announce its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uaeteamemirates.com\/uae-team-emirates-xrg-unveil-squad-for-vuelta-a-espana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">eight-rider roster<\/a>. The Slovenian, who has a chance to complete his Grand Tour trilogy, will be supported by riders including Joao Almeida, Jay Vine, and Kevin Vermaerke.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Pogacar, Wout van Aert, Matthew Brennan (Visma | Lease a Bike), Mads Pedersen, Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM), and Oscar Onley (Netcompany INEOS), among others, are also expected at the start.<\/p>\n<p>Riders abandon the Vuelta as early as stage 2<\/p>\n<p>The Tour of Spain started on Saturday, August 22, with a time trial, in which everyone managed to reach the finish in one piece. The first dropout occurred after a crash on day two: Sergio Chumil, a rider from Gautamala riding for Burgos-BH, hit the asphalt hard and had to abandon the race. Day three saw the second withdrawal: Alex Kirsch of Cofidis.<\/p>\n<p>After finishing stage 4 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/after-struggling-to-finish-with-a-broken-ankle-on-stage-4-cian-uijtdebroeks-suffering-comes-to-an-end-at-the-vuelta-a-espana\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a broken ankle and bursting into tears at the line<\/a>, Cian Uijtdebroeks stepped off his bike before the start of stage 5.<\/p>\n<p>One day later, on stage five, we crossed Roel van Sintmaartensdijk off the list. The Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9 rider crashed and could not continue. The race doctor indicated afterwards that Van Sintmaartensdijk sustained multiple cuts and abrasions.<\/p>\n<p>On day six, we saw Josh Tarling abandon. The Briton from Netcompany INEOS nearly won the opening time trial, a week after the death of his younger brother. His abandonment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idlprocycling.com\/cycling\/two-weeks-after-the-death-of-his-younger-brother-josh-tarling-abandons-the-vuelta-a-espana\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">was therefore entirely understandable<\/a>. Markel Beloki (EF Education-EasyPost) also called it quits on stage 6.Confirmed team and leaders for the 2026 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a Participants and bib numbers for the 2026 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1aRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe<\/p>\n<p>1 Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d<br \/>2 Finn Fisher-Black<br \/>3 Jordi Meeus<br \/>4 Gianni Moscon<br \/>5 Callum Thornley<br \/>6 Luke Tuckwell<br \/>7 Gianni Vermeersch<br \/>8 Frederik Wandahl<\/p>\n<p>UAE Emirates-XRG<\/p>\n<p>11 Tadej Pogacar<br \/>12 Joao Almeida<br \/>13 Domen Novak<br \/>14 Ivo Oliveira<br \/>15 Pavel Sivakov<br \/>16 Pablo Torres<br \/>17 Kevin Vermaerke<br \/>18 Jay Vine<\/p>\n<p>Movistar<\/p>\n<p>21 Enric Mas<br \/>22 Jorge Arcas<br \/>23 Orluis Aular<br \/>24 Carlos Canal<br \/>25 Pablo Castrillo<br \/>26 Raul Garcia<br \/>27 Ivan Romeo<br \/>28 Cian Uijtdebroeks<\/p>\n<p>Visma | Lease a Bike<\/p>\n<p>31 Wout van Aert<br \/>32 Bruno Armirail<br \/>33 Matthew Brennan<br \/>34 Steven Kruijswijk<br \/>35 Sepp Kuss<br \/>36 Christophe Laporte<br \/>37 J\u00f8rgen Nordhagen<br \/>38 Ben Tulett<\/p>\n<p>Decathlon CMA CGM<\/p>\n<p>41 F\u00e9lix Gall<br \/>42 L\u00e9o Bisiaux<br \/>43 Oscar Chamberlain<br \/>44 Sander De Pestel<br \/>45 Jordan Labrosse<br \/>46 Gregor M\u00fchlberger<br \/>47 Matthew Riccitello<br \/>48 Callum Scotson<\/p>\n<p>Pinarello &#8211; Q36.5<\/p>\n<p>51 David de la Cruz<br \/>52 Xabier Azparren<br \/>53 Walter Calzoni<br \/>54 Marcel Camprubi<br \/>55 Edward Dunbar<br \/>56 Thomas Gloag<br \/>57 David Gonzalez Lopez<br \/>58 Milan Vader<\/p>\n<p>Netcompany INEOS<\/p>\n<p>61. Oscar Onley<br \/>62. Jack Haig<br \/>63. Lucas Hamilton<br \/>64. Axel Laurance<br \/>65. Carlos Rodriguez<br \/>66. Embret Svestad-Bardseng<br \/>67. Joshua Tarling<br \/>68. Ben Turner<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain Victorious<\/p>\n<p>71 Pello Bilbao<br \/>72 Santiago Buitrago<br \/>73 Roman Ermakov<br \/>74 Matev\u017e Govekar<br \/>75 Pau Miquel<br \/>76 Jakob Omrzel<br \/>77 Mathijs Paasschens<br \/>78 Attila Valter<\/p>\n<p>Lidl-Trek<\/p>\n<p>81 Mattias Skjelmose<br \/>82 Julien Bernard<br \/>83 Lennard K\u00e4mna<br \/>84 Patrick Konrad<br \/>85 Jacopo Mosca<br \/>86 Mathias Norsgaard<br \/>87 Thibau Nys<br \/>88 Mads Pedersen<\/p>\n<p>Groupama-FDJ<\/p>\n<p>91 Cl\u00e9ment Berthet<br \/>92 Olivier Le Gac<br \/>93 Valentin Madouas<br \/>94 Guillaume Martin Guyonnet<br \/>95 Rudy Molard<br \/>96 Enzo Paleni<br \/>97 R\u00e9my Rochas<br \/>98 Bastien Tronchon<\/p>\n<p>Alpecin-Premier Tech<\/p>\n<p>101 Kaden Groves<br \/>102 Francesco Busatto<br \/>103 Lindsay De Vylder<br \/>104 Ramses Debruyne<br \/>105 Gal Glivar<br \/>106 Michael Gogl<br \/>107 Hugo Houle<br \/>108 Sente Sentjens<\/p>\n<p>NSN<\/p>\n<p>111 Alexey Lutsenko<br \/>112 George Bennett<br \/>113 Jan Hirt<br \/>114 Hugo Hofstetter<br \/>115 Moritz Kretschy<br \/>116 Pau Marti<br \/>117 Nicholas Schultz<br \/>118 Floris van Tricht<\/p>\n<p>Soudal Quick-Step<\/p>\n<p>121 Mikel Landa<br \/>122 Alberto Dainese<br \/>123 Gianmarco Garofoli<br \/>124 Ethan Hayter<br \/>125 Valentin Paret Peintre<br \/>126 Fabio van den Bossche<br \/>127 Mauri Vansevenant<br \/>128 Filippo Zana<\/p>\n<p>Uno-X<\/p>\n<p>131 Magnus Cort Nielsen<br \/>132 Simon Dalby<br \/>133 Fredrik Dversnes<br \/>134 Tobias Johannessen<br \/>135 Andreas Kron<br \/>136 Andreas Leknessund<br \/>137 Rasmus Tiller<br \/>138 Martin Tj\u00f8tta<\/p>\n<p>Cofidis<\/p>\n<p>141 Emanuel Buchmann<br \/>142 Bryan Coquard<br \/>143 Alex Kirsch<br \/>144 Sylvain Moniquet<br \/>145 Paul Ourselin<br \/>146 Alexis Renard<br \/>147 Louis Rouland<br \/>148 Sergio Samitier Samitier<\/p>\n<p>Jayco AlUla<\/p>\n<p>151 Alessandro Covi<br \/>152 Koen Bouwman<br \/>153 Paul Double<br \/>154 Asbj\u00f8rn Hellemose<br \/>155 Hamish McKenzie<br \/>156 Finlay Pickering<br \/>157 Rudy Porter<br \/>158 Jasha S\u00fctterlin<\/p>\n<p>EF Education-EasyPost<\/p>\n<p>161 Richard Carapaz<br \/>162 Vincenzo Albanese<br \/>163 Markel Beloki<br \/>164 Alastair MacKellar<br \/>165 Darren Rafferty<br \/>166 Juan Rodriguez<br \/>167 James Shaw<br \/>168 Georg Steinhauser<\/p>\n<p>Tudor<\/p>\n<p>171 Marco Brenner<br \/>172 William Barta<br \/>173 Arthur Kluckers<br \/>174 Stefan K\u00fcng<br \/>175 Roland Thalmann<br \/>176 Lawrence Warbasse<br \/>177 Fabian Weiss<br \/>178 Hannes Wilksch<\/p>\n<p>XDS-Astana<\/p>\n<p>181 Harold Tejada<br \/>182 Yevgeniy Fedorov<br \/>183 Lorenzo Fortunato<br \/>184 Victor Langellotti<br \/>185 Henok Mulubrhan<br \/>186 Cristian Rodriguez<br \/>187 Alessandro Romele<br \/>188 Darren van Bekkum<\/p>\n<p>Burgos-BH<\/p>\n<p>191 Jesus Herrada<br \/>192 Clement Alleno<br \/>193 Mario Aparicio Mu\u00f1oz<br \/>194 Sergio Geovani Chumil (DNF Stage 2, crash)<br \/>195 Jose Manuel Diaz<br \/>196 Jose Luis Faura Asensio<br \/>197 Sinuhe Fernandez Rodriguez<br \/>198 Cesar Macias<\/p>\n<p>Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9<\/p>\n<p>201 Jarno Widar<br \/>202 Vito Braet<br \/>203 Lars Craps<br \/>204 Steffen De Schuyteneer<br \/>205 Lorenzo Rota<br \/>206 Reuben Thompson<br \/>207 Luca van Boven<br \/>208 Roel van Sintmaartensdijk<\/p>\n<p>Picnic PostNL<\/p>\n<p>211 Christopher Hamilton<br \/>212 Timo de Jong<br \/>213 Mattia Gaffuri<br \/>214 Gijs Leemreize<br \/>215 Guillermo Juan Martinez<br \/>216 Oliver Peace<br \/>217 Henri Fran\u00e7ois Renard Haquin<br \/>218 Timo Roosen<\/p>\n<p>Equipo Kern Pharma<\/p>\n<p>221 Urko Berrade<br \/>222 Marc Brustenga<br \/>223 Ivan Cobo<br \/>224 I\u00f1igo Elosegui<br \/>225 Ibon Ruiz<br \/>226 Ivan Sosa<br \/>227 Diego Uriarte<br \/>228 Mats Wenzel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 Giro d&#8217;Italia and Tour de France have come and gone, which means there is only 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