{"id":757370,"date":"2026-09-02T04:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/757370\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T04:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T04:30:10","slug":"vuelta-a-espana-2026-classifications-update-stage-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/757370\/","title":{"rendered":"Vuelta a Espana 2026 Classifications Update Stage 9"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first red jersey of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana<\/a> will be decided immediately in Monaco, where a 9.4-kilometre individual time trial opens a race featuring more than 58,000 metres of climbing, repeated summit finishes and a second race against the clock later in the final week.<\/p>\n

This live classifications hub will be updated after every stage with the latest General Classification, Points Classification, Mountains Classification and Best Young Rider standings, tracking the fight for the red, green, polka-dot and white jerseys from Stage 1 on August 22 through to the final stage in Granada on September 13.<\/p>\n

The overall battle will be shaped by repeated opportunities for the climbers, from the early Pyrenean and Andorran tests to Calar Alto, Sierra de la Pandera, Penas Blancas and the decisive Collado del Alguacil. The two individual time trials and bonus seconds provide further chances for the gaps between the main contenders to change.<\/p>\n

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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

General Classification Standings after Stage 10<\/p>\n

The late attacks produced no lasting separation between the leading GC contenders, leaving the first 15 positions unchanged.<\/p>\n

Mas continues to lead Roglic by 1:18, with Felix Gall third at 1:39 and Oscar Onley fourth at 2:20. Richard Carapaz remains fifth at 3:26. Mattias Skjelmose holds sixth at 3:55, while Sepp Kuss remains seventh at 4:09 after briefly joining the attacks during the finale. Harold Tejada, Gregor Muhlberger and Jakob Omrzel complete the top 10.<\/p>\n

Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamTime1-\u00a0Mas\u00a0EnricMovistar Team32:41:442-\u00a0Rogli\u010d\u00a0Primo\u017eRed Bull – BORA – hansgrohe1:183-\u00a0Gall\u00a0FelixDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:394-\u00a0Onley\u00a0OscarNetcompany INEOS2:205-\u00a0Carapaz\u00a0RichardEF Education – EasyPost3:266-\u00a0Kuss\u00a0SeppLidl – Trek3:557-\u00a0Skjelmose\u00a0MattiasTeam Visma | Lease a Bike4:098-\u00a0Tejada\u00a0HaroldXDS Astana Team4:399-\u00a0M\u00fchlberger\u00a0GregorDecathlon CMA CGM Team7:3310-\u00a0Omrzel\u00a0JakobBahrain – Victorious8:0511-\u00a0Berthet\u00a0Cl\u00e9mentGroupama – FDJ United9:3212-\u00a0Widar\u00a0JarnoLotto Intermarch\u00e99:3413-\u00a0Rodr\u00edguez\u00a0Cristi\u00e1nXDS Astana Team9:4214-\u00a0Martin\u00a0GuillaumeGroupama – FDJ United12:5815-\u00a0Bisiaux\u00a0L\u00e9oDecathlon CMA CGM Team13:51Points Classification Standings after Stage 10<\/p>\n

Van Aert increased his total from 124 to 143 points, opening a commanding 67-point advantage over new second-placed rider Alessandro Romele. Romele climbs one position with 76 points, moving ahead of Matthew Brennan, who remains on 67 after spending the finale working for Van Aert. Pedersen stays fourth with 58 points despite being dropped before the finish.<\/p>\n

Stage winner Tronchon makes the largest move, rising 29 positions to eighth with 48 points. Mas slips two places to ninth on 47, level with tenth-placed Jordi Meeus.<\/p>\n

Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamPnt1-\u00a0van Aert\u00a0WoutTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1432\u25b21\u00a0Romele\u00a0AlessandroXDS Astana Team763\u25bc1\u00a0Brennan\u00a0MatthewTeam Visma | Lease a Bike674-\u00a0Pedersen\u00a0MadsLidl – Trek585-\u00a0Hayter\u00a0EthanSoudal Quick-Step576-\u00a0Laporte\u00a0ChristopheTeam Visma | Lease a Bike527\u25b21\u00a0Coquard\u00a0BryanCofidis518\u25b229\u00a0Mas\u00a0EnricGroupama – FDJ United489\u25bc2\u00a0Tronchon\u00a0BastienMovistar Team4710\u25bc1\u00a0Meeus\u00a0JordiRed Bull – BORA – hansgrohe47King of the Mountains Classification Standings after Stage 10<\/p>\n

There is no change at the head of the mountains classification. Santiago Buitrago retains the polka dot jersey with 29 points, five ahead of Mas. Andreas Leknessund remains third with 19 points, followed by Van Aert on 16. Lorenzo Fortunato and Alexey Lutsenko are level on 13, one point ahead of Pavel Sivakov.<\/p>\n

Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamPnt1-\u00a0Buitrago\u00a0SantiagoBahrain – Victorious292-\u00a0Mas\u00a0EnricMovistar Team243-\u00a0Leknessund\u00a0AndreasUno-X Mobility194-\u00a0van Aert\u00a0WoutTeam Visma | Lease a Bike165-\u00a0Fortunato\u00a0LorenzoXDS Astana Team136-\u00a0Lutsenko\u00a0AlexeyNSN Cycling Team137-\u00a0Sivakov\u00a0PavelUAE Team Emirates – XRG128-\u00a0Gall FelixDecathlon CMA CGM Team11Youth Classification Standings after Stage 10<\/p>\n

Onley continues to hold a substantial advantage in the white jersey competition after safely negotiating Stage 10. The British rider leads Omrzel by 5:45, with Jarno Widar third at 7:14. Leo Bisiaux remains fourth at 11:31, ahead of Matthew Riccitello at 13:16 and Juan Felipe Rodriguez at 14:34.<\/p>\n

With every rider in the top six retaining the same position, the stage produced no change to the structure of the youth classification.<\/p>\n

Rnk\u25bc\u25b2RiderTeamTime1-\u00a0Onley\u00a0OscarNetcompany INEOS32:44:042-\u00a0Omrzel\u00a0JakobBahrain – Victorious5:453-\u00a0Widar\u00a0JarnoLotto Intermarch\u00e97:144-\u00a0Bisiaux\u00a0L\u00e9oDecathlon CMA CGM Team11:315-\u00a0Riccitello\u00a0MatthewDecathlon CMA CGM Team13:16Teams Classification Standings after Stage 10Rnk\u25bc\u25b2TeamClassTime1-\u00a0Decathlon CMA CGM TeamWT98:22:042-\u00a0Netcompany INEOSWT42:553\u25b21\u00a0XDS Astana TeamWT50:124\u25bc1\u00a0Team Visma | Lease a BikeWT50:545-\u00a0EF Education – EasyPostWT51:566-\u00a0Groupama – FDJ UnitedWT52:367-\u00a0Movistar TeamWT58:558-\u00a0Bahrain – VictoriousWT1:02:509-\u00a0UAE Team Emirates – XRGWT1:16:2410-\u00a0Soudal Quick-StepWT1:21:20You can check the full standings of each of the classifications at the 2026 Vuelta a Espana<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first red jersey of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana will be decided immediately in Monaco, where a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757371,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,116279,101,8782,56,54,55,20998,8783],"class_list":["post-757370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-enric-mas","tag-sports","tag-tadej-pogacar","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-vuelta-a-espana","tag-wout-van-aert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}