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Sprint finishes and intermediate sprints will drive the points competition, breakaways can quickly transform the mountains’ standings, and the white jersey will develop alongside many of the same stages that decide the general classification. Each update will show the latest standings after the day’s racing and highlight the important changes across all four competitions.<\/p>\n
Final General Classification Standings after Stage 21<\/p>\n
There were no changes inside the top 10 on the final stage, leaving Mas as the overall winner in a final time of 73:52:55. Roglic finished second at 2:15, with Gall completing the podium another 29 seconds behind. Richard Carapaz was fourth at 6:54, while Sepp Kuss retained the fifth place he had dramatically claimed on Stage 20.<\/p>\n
Onley finished sixth at 9:28, 1:10 ahead of Jakob Omrzel in seventh. Clement Berthet, Cristian Rodriguez and Harold Tejada completed the final top 10.<\/p>\n
Mas’ victory brought an end to his long wait for a Grand Tour title after three previous runner-up finishes at the Vuelta.<\/p>\n
Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamTime1-\u00a0Mas\u00a0EnricMovistar Team73:52:552-\u00a0Rogli\u010d\u00a0Primo\u017eRed Bull – BORA – hansgrohe2:153-\u00a0Gall\u00a0FelixDecathlon CMA CGM Team2:444-\u00a0Carapaz\u00a0RichardEF Education – EasyPost6:545-\u00a0Kuss\u00a0SeppTeam Visma | Lease a Bike8:456-\u00a0Onley\u00a0OscarNetcompany INEOS9:287-\u00a0Omrzel\u00a0JakobBahrain – Victorious10:388-\u00a0Berthet\u00a0Cl\u00e9mentGroupama – FDJ United11:419-\u00a0Rodr\u00edguez\u00a0Cristi\u00e1nXDS Astana Team11:5910-\u00a0Tejada\u00a0HaroldXDS Astana Team12:51Final Points Classification Standings after Stage 21<\/p>\n
Van Aert completed the Vuelta with 326 points to take the green jersey, finishing 53 clear of Brennan. The Visma pair dominated the stage victories during the race, with Brennan winning five times and Van Aert twice.<\/p>\n
Alessandro Romele’s second place in Granada helped him finish third in the points standings on 216, comfortably ahead of Bryan Coquard on 141.<\/p>\n
Stage 21 winner Tobias Halland Johannessen climbed two positions to ninth on 104 points, while Bastien Tronchon rose three places to complete the top 10.<\/p>\n
Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamPnt1-\u00a0van Aert\u00a0WoutTeam Visma | Lease a Bike3262-\u00a0Brennan\u00a0MatthewTeam Visma | Lease a Bike2733-\u00a0Romele\u00a0AlessandroXDS Astana Team2164-\u00a0Coquard\u00a0BryanCofidis1415-\u00a0Meeus\u00a0JordiRed Bull – BORA – hansgrohe1166-\u00a0Debruyne\u00a0RamsesUAE Team Emirates – XRG1157\u25b21\u00a0Vermaerke\u00a0KevinAlpecin – Premier Tech1158\u25bc1\u00a0Leknessund\u00a0AndreasUno-X Mobility1069\u25b22\u00a0Johannessen\u00a0Tobias HallandUno-X Mobility10410\u25b23\u00a0Tronchon\u00a0BastienGroupama – FDJ United103Final King of the Mountains Classification Standings after Stage 21<\/p>\n
Santiago Buitrago finished the race with 78 points to secure the mountains classification. Van Aert was his nearest challenger on 62, while Andreas Leknessund finished a distant third on 36.<\/p>\n
Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamPnt1-\u00a0Buitrago\u00a0SantiagoBahrain – Victorious782-\u00a0van Aert\u00a0WoutTeam Visma | Lease a Bike623-\u00a0Leknessund\u00a0AndreasUno-X Mobility364\u00a0Landa\u00a0MikelSoudal Quick-Step305\u00a0Johannessen\u00a0Tobias HallandUno-X Mobility286\u00a0Miquel\u00a0PauMovistar Team247\u00a0Mas\u00a0EnricBahrain – Victorious238\u00a0Fortunato\u00a0LorenzoXDS Astana Team219\u00a0Debruyne\u00a0RamsesAlpecin – Premier Tech1910\u00a0Dunbar\u00a0EddiePinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team16Final Youth Classification Standings after Stage 21<\/p>\n
Onley completed the Vuelta as the best young rider after finishing sixth overall. The Netcompany INEOS leader ended the race 1:10 ahead of Omrzel, who nevertheless leaves the Vuelta with seventh overall and a stage victory at Calar Alto.<\/p>\n
Leo Bisiaux was third at 15:35, with Juan Felipe Rodriguez fourth and Embret Svestad-Bardseng fifth.<\/p>\n
Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamTime1-\u00a0Onley\u00a0OscarNetcompany INEOS74:02:232-\u00a0Omrzel\u00a0JakobBahrain – Victorious1:103-\u00a0Bisiaux\u00a0L\u00e9oDecathlon CMA CGM Team15:354-\u00a0Rodriguez\u00a0Juan FelipeEF Education – EasyPost38:285-\u00a0Svestad-B\u00e5rdseng\u00a0EmbretNetcompany INEOS1:01:186-\u00a0Garc\u00eda Pierna\u00a0Ra\u00falMovistar Team1:07:177-\u00a0Widar\u00a0JarnoLotto Intermarch\u00e91:09:248-\u00a0Pickering\u00a0FinlayTeam Jayco AlUla1:19:429-\u00a0Debruyne\u00a0RamsesAlpecin – Premier Tech1:41:0310-\u00a0Paret-Peintre\u00a0ValentinSoudal Quick-Step1:47:13Final Teams Classification Standings after Stage 21<\/p>\n
Decathlon CMA CGM Team completed the Vuelta at the top of the teams classification in a combined time of 222:25:14. XDS Astana Team finished second at 38:00, with Bahrain – Victorious third at 54:46. Groupama – FDJ United and Netcompany INEOS completed the top five.<\/p>\n
Rnk\u25bc\u25b2TeamClassTime1-\u00a0Decathlon CMA CGM TeamWT222:25:142-\u00a0XDS Astana TeamWT38:003-\u00a0Bahrain – VictoriousWT54:464-\u00a0Groupama – FDJ UnitedWT1:01:285-\u00a0Netcompany INEOSWT1:25:126-\u00a0Team Visma | Lease a BikeWT1:48:167-\u00a0Movistar TeamWT1:56:388-\u00a0EF Education – EasyPostWT2:00:079-\u00a0Soudal Quick-StepWT2:13:2710-\u00a0Burgos Burpellet BHPRT2:54:18You can check the full standings of each of the classifications at the 2026 Vuelta a Espana<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sprint finishes and intermediate sprints will drive the points competition, breakaways can quickly transform the mountains’ standings,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":891102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,190206,85,39562,58412],"class_list":["post-891101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-enric-mas","tag-sports","tag-vuelta-a-espana","tag-wout-van-aert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/891101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/891102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=891101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=891101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}