{"id":867470,"date":"2026-08-22T14:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/867470\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T14:16:10","slug":"vuelta-a-espana-stage-1-live-tadej-pogacar-and-wout-van-aert-take-part-in-monaco-time-trial-gran-partida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/867470\/","title":{"rendered":"Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a stage 1 LIVE: Tadej Poga\u010dar and Wout van Aert take part in Monaco time trial Gran Partida"},"content":{"rendered":"

2026-08-22T14:14:26.498Z<\/p>\n

In terms of the stage win today, there\u2019s very healthy competition among some quality time trialists all vying for the honor of wearing the red jersey. Poga\u010dar is inevitably a contender, but will be up against specialists like Wout van Aert and Josh Tarling. Here\u2019s the full running order of the day.<\/p>\n

Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a stage 1 time trial start times \u2013 When Jay Vine, Wout van Aert, Tadej Poga\u010dar and others take turns on twisting 9.6km route in Monaco<\/a><\/p>\n

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2026-08-22T14:08:57.545Z<\/p>\n

Poga\u010dar and the other GC contenders\u2019 quest for the red jersey begins with a short, flat, but technical time trial in Monaco. It\u2019s not long enough to cause especially big gaps between the GC contenders, but there\u2019s been much talk about the tricky corners – anyone wanting a high GC finish will have to be careful not to make a mistake.<\/p>\n

Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a 2026 stage 1 preview<\/a><\/p>\n

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2026-08-22T14:04:47.021Z<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time at last for the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, the final Grand Tour of the season! After all the thrills of the Tour de France in July and Tour de France Femmes in August, the attention of the cycling world now turns to Spain.<\/p>\n

Much like in France, it\u2019s the same man who is hogging all of the attention – Tadej Poga\u010dar The Slovenian is going into this race as even more of a favourite than he was for the Tour, and the world is braced for another special performance from him. Poga\u010dar himself, though, is stressing the need to approach intelligently, and not take things for granted.<\/p>\n

‘I need to race smart’ – Tadej Poga\u010dar looking to complete the Grand Slam of Grand Tours in the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a, while still looking ahead<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"MONACO,\n<\/p>\n

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2026-08-22T13:57:37.907Z<\/p>\n

Hola and welcome to stage one of the 2026 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-08-22T14:14:26.498Z In terms of the stage win today, there\u2019s very healthy competition among some quality time trialists all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":867471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-867470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=867470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/867470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/867471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=867470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=867470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=867470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}