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Movistar continue to set the tempo in the peloton with around 5 minutes between the break and peloton.<\/p>\n
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2026-08-30T13:11:02.728Z<\/p>\n
Vermaerke and Leemreize drop back to the cars from the lead group. Two former teammates with the American Vermaerke formally riding for Leemreize’s Picnic-PostNL. And they do right being at the car, the temperature is above 34 degrees out there.<\/p>\n
2026-08-30T13:08:27.059Z<\/p>\n
The lead group grows to 20 riders as they ride through the enxtremely rugged and dramatic landscape of the Serra Serella.<\/p>\n
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2026-08-30T13:03:31.022Z<\/p>\n
More riders are getting back in as we descend the climb. Vermeersch was dropped on the last climb on the steep gradients but is back in now as is Valter, Camprubi and the rest out front.<\/p>\n
2026-08-30T13:00:59.631Z 1. Buitrago (TBV) 3pts 2026-08-30T13:00:11.210Z It is lunch time in the peloton. Several teams have riders back at the cars getting food for their riders.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:55:50.172Z<\/p>\n Attila Valter (TBV) is very close to getting onto the back of the lead group.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:55:13.998Z<\/p>\n And the gap drifts beyond 5 minutes now.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:53:41.288Z<\/p>\n The gap continues to grow to 4’45”. The stage still seems in the balance between the stage going to the break and a big GC challenge for the stage. It could go either way with the gap as it it.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:50:43.625Z<\/p>\n Buitrago snaps clear with a sharp acceleration and takes another max points on the Tollos climb. He leads Leknessund by 5 points now.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:47:08.311Z<\/p>\n At around the halfway point on the road. Movistar have let another minute slip away with 4’41” up to the leaders now with 98km to go.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:40:12.872Z Onto the next climb, the cat 3 Puerto de Tollos. 4km long at 5.8%.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:39:16.597Z<\/p>\n Here is a view of what the riders have just been tackling on the previous categorised climb…<\/p>\n \ud83e\udd75 2\ufe0f\u20e33\ufe0f\u20e3% \ud83e\udd75 \u2014 @lavuelta.bsky.social (@lavuelta.bsky.social.bsky.social<\/a>) 2026-08-30T12:38:56.237Z<\/a><\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:38:33.522Z<\/p>\n Mackellar has been dropped from the lead group with Calzoni joining it. His teammates of Camprubi and Vader aren’t far away, either.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:33:12.357Z<\/p>\n The Movistar led peloton ae still around 3’30”. They really look like they are wanting to set things up for Mas to win in the leader’s red jersey. To end the unwanted streak without a stage win for the Spanish squad at this race.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:28:20.502Z<\/p>\n Zana, Camprubi, Vader and Valter are now about 50″ off the back of the leaders. That would be a great ride by them if they make it.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:24:51.505Z 1. Buitrago (TBV) 10pts That sees Buitrago take the lead in the KOM standings by just 2 points over the man who wears the jersey, Andreas Leknessund (UXM).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:20:41.115Z<\/p>\n Buitrago attacks the lead group for the points and he takes them ahead of Sivakov and Lutsenko.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:19:20.049Z<\/p>\n The gradients are so steep they still have 350 metre of climbing this ascent.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:17:01.245Z<\/p>\n 1km to the top of the Miserat climb with Kevin Vermaerke (UAX) leading the front group.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:13:54.514Z<\/p>\n Movistar have settled on holding the break at around 3’15” with Venezuelan champion Aular setting the tempo.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:08:15.408Z<\/p>\n The peloton dropping a lot of riders including the Monaco champion Victor Langellotti (XDS-Astana) who we would expect to be up there for longer than he has.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:06:19.613Z<\/p>\n Walter Calzoni (Pinarello-Q36.5) has attacked the chase group to try and bridge the gap to the leaders.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:05:20.483Z<\/p>\n The peloton have let the break go. They are 3’38” down on the leaders.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:04:56.298Z<\/p>\n Onto the Miserat climb. Immediately a very narrow and dusty roads.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T12:00:28.218Z<\/p>\n The leaders are made up of 15 riders now with a gap of 1’34” to a group of 12. Then it is a further 1’49” to the peloton. The race looks like it has finally settled down.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:58:06.878Z<\/p>\n The riders are 2km from the start of the next climb, the brutally hard Puerto de El Miserat which is a category 1 climb that is 5km long with an average of 10% with slopes hitting over 20%. The team cars will also be removed as the climb is very narrow.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:52:08.359Z<\/p>\n Movistar are now taking full control of the peloton with a rider in the chase group as well with Raul Garcia Pierna.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:49:46.303Z<\/p>\n The gap to the chase group is 1’04” with the peloton likely not too far behind. Pinarello-Q36.5 getting three riders involved in this chase group.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:48:05.472Z Fedorov (XAT) I believe that is everyone involved with Double looking like the worst effected but all up and riding again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:47:08.252Z<\/p>\n There’s another new chase group made up of about 10 riders including a Movistar rider. Very interesting that yet another move goes.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:45:58.064Z Movistar lead the peloton but the break are working very well together.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:44:37.914Z<\/p>\n The gap to the peloton is looking like it may be around a minute with a few riders getting back in as the pace drops.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:43:29.697Z<\/p>\n 14 riders now lead as the chasers join up with the front.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:41:23.406Z<\/p>\n 11 riders now lead a group of 5 at 15″ with the peloton at 45″.<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:38:06.845Z<\/p>\n Part of the chase group have broken free and are joining the leaders. This may finally be the group allowed to go with 137km to go.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:36:34.734Z The leaders still have 23″ on the group of nine chasers with the peloton at 45″.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:35:22.540Z<\/p>\n The first hour have seen the riders take on over 1000 metres of elevation with an average speed of 41.4kph.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:32:21.058Z<\/p>\n This chase group has grown with Buitrago, Bruno Armirail (TVL), Stefan Kung (TUD), Embret Svestad-Bardseng (NCI) and many more joining the fun.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:30:23.147Z 1. Kron (UXM) 5pts 2026-08-30T11:28:38.252Z<\/p>\n Movistar now hit the front with Orluis Aular taking on the point of the bunch. They look like they may even be keen to go for the stage win with Mas looking really strong in the last few days in the mountains.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:27:34.171Z<\/p>\n Abandon<\/p>\n Pablo Torres (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The young Spaniard making his Grand Tour debut evidently struggling.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:26:59.346Z<\/p>\n Paret-Peintre and Urko Berrade (Kern Pharma) join Fisher-Black in the chase of the leaders with a Tudor rider trying to join them.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:25:56.334Z<\/p>\n Ben Tulett (Visma-Lease a Bike) losing contact with the peloton unfortunately after coming down in he crash with Poga\u010dar yesterday.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:23:23.584Z The gap is still just 34″ between the leaders and the head of the peloton as Finn Fisher-Black (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) is the latest to try and join the fun out front.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:21:12.212Z<\/p>\n Kron leads over the Puerto de T\u00e1rbena.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:19:21.632Z<\/p>\n 1km to the top of the Puerto de T\u00e1rbena.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:18:41.839Z<\/p>\n Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal-Quickstep) launching a new move with around 10 riders as Movistar and Decathlon-CMA CGM try to start controlling.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:17:02.499Z<\/p>\n Pablo Torres another UAE rider dropped. Not great for them, but they do have Sivakov out front.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:15:57.520Z<\/p>\n Several riders dropped in the peloton including Jay Vine (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:13:04.422Z<\/p>\n The chasers have been caught again but Netcompany-Ineos launch a rider again with plenty keen to follow as Weiss is caught.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:10:53.017Z<\/p>\n Four riders fly out of the peloton and join Buitrago including Johannessen again.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:09:00.958Z<\/p>\n Fabian Weiss (Tudor) dropped from the lead group.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:07:47.955Z<\/p>\n Buitrago solo off the front of the peloton trying to bridge.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:06:58.667Z<\/p>\n Briefly looked like the peloton were happy but, despite having a rider in the break in the shape of Kron, Uno-X Mobility decided to kick things off again.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:05:04.182Z<\/p>\n Onto the first climb of six today. The Puerto de T\u00e1rbena. The break now have 53″ on the peloton as the chasing peloton stalls slightly with the leaders still working very well.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:03:40.836Z Into the final 100 miles and it is Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe trying to get a new group going. Primo\u017e Rogli\u010d’s team looks to have a plan today. Now 42″ up to the break as Movistar are also getting involved in the attacking, as are Decathlon-CMA CGM.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T11:00:45.367Z<\/p>\n The pace in the peloton changes again due to Van Aert hitting the front. He catches the chase group and is now leading the peloton at 38″ from the leading six riders.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:57:49.115Z<\/p>\n Finally, the break may be allowed to go. The chasers are now at 40″ behind the lead group but the peloton are now at 54″.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:55:57.579Z<\/p>\n Lennard K\u00e4mna (Lidl-Trek) is also in the chase group.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:55:19.204Z<\/p>\n Reuben Thompson (Lotto-Intermarch\u00e9) and Ivan Cobo (Kern Pharma) in the chase gap at 34″ with the peloton at 45″. Not far away from the first climb of the day, the Puerto de T\u00e1rbena (7km at 5.4%).<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:53:46.018Z<\/p>\n The gap eases out to 35″ now but there are still plenty of attacks coming out of the peloton despite multiple teams trying to block the road.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:48:38.000Z<\/p>\n Still only 24″ up to the leaders. They are working well together but the battling to get up the road is far from over behind as Van Aert now starts to appear near the front of the peloton.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:47:30.710Z<\/p>\n Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe have been very keen on getting Gianni Vermeersch into the breakaway. He attacks for the second time today.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:45:32.441Z<\/p>\n Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) is in the chase group. He lost time on the big climbing day in Andorra but has been showing that he’s keen to get into breaks since then alongside teammate Pello Bilbao.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:44:22.800Z<\/p>\n This has the most climbing of any stage in this year’s La Vuelta. 4940 metres of climbing.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:41:22.586Z<\/p>\n The leading 6 have just 10″ on the chasing 5 riders with a further 10″ back to the peloton. This isn’t getting away just yet.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:38:44.942Z Lutsenko is back with Andreas Kron (Uno-X Mobility), Pavel Sivakov (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and three others but another group made of five riders including two from UAE are coming across the gap.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:34:31.583Z<\/p>\n The lead group grows so Lutsenko launches a move off the front and is now solo.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:31:30.251Z<\/p>\n The lead group grows with Jack Haig (Netcompany-Ineos), Michael Gogl (Alpecin-Premier Tech) and Domen Novak (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) involved.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:30:06.081Z<\/p>\n Alexey Lutsenko (NSN) is the other rider in the front group. Two riders from Kazakhstan, one from Norway and one from Denmark.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:29:33.514Z<\/p>\n Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility) is also in this lead group with about 20 riders trying to bridge the gap.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:28:38.926Z First move comes off the front with Yevgeniy Fedorov (XDS-Astana) and Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility) go away in a group of four.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:27:19.332Z Racing begins and there’s no moves yet.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:26:36.500Z<\/p>\n Sinuh\u00e9 Fernandez (Burgos-Burpellet-BH) will wear the gold combativity number.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:17:41.638Z<\/p>\n The start of this stage is likely going to be chaotic with UAE Team Emirates-XRG being one of the teams who will be very keen to get up the road to chase stage wins after they all lost well over 11 minutes yesterday.<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:15:03.786Z<\/p>\n Mas revealing the red jersey on the podium for the team presentation earlier…<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T10:13:15.919Z<\/p>\n The riders are all set and rolling at the neutral start. They have 6.4km of neutralised zone today.<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T09:59:50.803Z<\/p>\n Poga\u010dar is remaining as positive as he can do after the crash with the world champion spending a few nights in Barcelona hospital.<\/p>\n >>> ‘Stayin Alive’ \u2013 Tadej Poga\u010dar posts update from Barcelona hospital bed as question marks linger over cause of crash and rest of season after Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a abandon<\/a><\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Tadej Poga\u010dar \/ Instagram) 2026-08-30T09:51:33.839Z<\/p>\n Yesterday, Mas refused to wear the red jersey after Poga\u010dar crashed out…<\/p>\n >>> ‘I think it’s something to show respect to him’ \u2013 New Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a leader Enric Mas refuses to wear red jersey on stage 8 podium after Tadej Poga\u010dar’s abandon<\/a><\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images) 2026-08-30T09:43:05.818Z<\/p>\n As well as the battle for red, the battle for the blue and white KOM jersey is on with a big day of points available today. Andreas Leknessund (Uno-X Mobility) leads the way ahead of green jersey holder Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) by just three points with plenty of climbs to come that will open the battle to more riders.<\/p>\n \n (Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n 2026-08-30T09:40:23.262Z<\/p>\n Today’s stage is another brutal day at La Vuelta with six classified climbs including the final climb of the Alto de Aitana which is 22km long at 5.8%. The GC will surely see another big shake-up with more riders seeing a massive opportunity to challenge for the overall title.<\/p>\n
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2. Calzoni (PQT) 2pts
3. Leemreize (TPP) 1pt<\/p>\n
\n90km to go<\/p>\n
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2. Sivakov ((UAX) 6pts
3. Lutsenko (NSN) 4pts<\/p>\n
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Craps (LOI)<\/p>\n
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