{"id":760806,"date":"2026-09-05T12:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/760806\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:10:14","slug":"vuelta-a-espana-stage-14-live-back-to-the-mountains-for-a-big-test-at-sierra-de-la-pandera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/760806\/","title":{"rendered":"Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a stage 14 LIVE: Back to the mountains for a big test at Sierra de la Pandera"},"content":{"rendered":"

2026-09-05T12:07:34.617Z<\/p>\n

The attackers are now caught.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T12:03:15.900Z<\/p>\n

15 seconds between the attackers and the peloton.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T12:02:22.850Z<\/p>\n

Fortunato, Vermaerke, De la Cruz, Garc\u00ed Pierna, Kruijswijk, Nordhagen, Dainese, S\u00fctterlin, Thompson, Fern\u00e1ndez, Steinhauser, Romele on the attack.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T12:01:25.868Z
\n130km to go<\/p>\n

A host of riders jumping away at the front now.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:59:30.618Z<\/p>\n

Moritz Kretschy (NSN) didn’t start the stage, so there are now 153 riders left in the race.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:58:59.834Z<\/p>\n

Hugo Houle (Alpecin-Premier Tech) becomes the latest rider the abandon the Vuelta.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:56:25.572Z<\/p>\n

Fortunato on the move again.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:56:09.453Z<\/p>\n

‘Enric is the favourite’ \u2013 Tadej Poga\u010dar’s director at UAE Team Emirates-XRG names Mas as top candidate to win Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a<\/a><\/p>\n

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

(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:54:20.022Z<\/p>\n

Buitrago continues to be active at the front.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:52:25.454Z
\n138km to go<\/p>\n

No moves clear at the front yet.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:50:24.555Z<\/p>\n

Over the top of that first hill and it’s all back together.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:48:51.205Z<\/p>\n

Lorenzo Fortunato was among those on the attack but the move has been brought back.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:47:34.688Z<\/p>\n

24 riders on the move.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:46:03.573Z
\n144km to go<\/p>\n

Another group of attackers hit off at the front.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:45:23.706Z<\/p>\n

Hugo Hofstetter and Simon Dalby falling victim to punctures early on.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:41:36.624Z<\/p>\n

The move hasn’t gone clear, though. There’ll be some battle for the breakaway today.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:40:38.656Z<\/p>\n

Mountain classification leader Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain Victorious) among those on the attack.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:39:44.307Z<\/p>\n

It’s uphill from the start today as the riders tackle the unclassified Mancha Real (13km at 2.7%).<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:38:43.739Z<\/p>\n

Around 30 riders on the move.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:38:19.989Z<\/p>\n

Already a huge group on the attack early on.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:37:39.825Z
\n154.5km to go<\/p>\n

The flag drops a few minutes late and stage 14 is underway!<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:35:08.173Z<\/p>\n

A puncture for Jorge Arcas, too.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:33:08.938Z<\/p>\n

Richard Carapaz with a mechanical in the neutral zone.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:32:44.134Z<\/p>\n

A long 7.4km neutral zone to start.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:17:52.856Z<\/p>\n

The riders are off for the neutral start.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T11:14:07.486Z<\/p>\n

How to watch Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a 2026 \u2013 Live streams and official broadcasters for stage 14<\/a><\/p>\n

All the ways you can watch or stream the 2026 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a from wherever you are in the world, including free options, with stage 14 on Saturday<\/p>\n

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2026-09-05T11:01:26.832Z<\/p>\n

The big news from this morning…<\/p>\n

Tadej Poga\u010dar to miss remainder of 2026 season after Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a crash, but extends UAE Team Emirates-XRG contract until 2032<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Tadej\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Getty Images)
\n<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T10:59:57.721Z<\/p>\n

15 minutes until the riders roll out for the neutral zone.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T10:38:50.236Z<\/p>\n

Read our full stage 14 preview here.<\/p>\n

Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a stage 14 preview \u2013 Brutally steep Sierra de la Pandera should reignite GC hostilities, but is anyone stronger than Enric Mas?<\/a><\/p>\n

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2026-09-05T10:33:13.869Z<\/p>\n

Here’s a reminder of the Vuelta GC standings ahead of stage 14.<\/p>\n

Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a GC standings \u2013 Enric Mas remains in red as Gregor M\u00fchlberger crashes out of top 10<\/a><\/p>\n

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2026-09-05T10:23:44.339Z<\/p>\n

A look at the main difficulty of the day, the final climb to the finish.<\/p>\n

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\"Profile\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: La Vuelta\/Unipublic)<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T10:20:09.623Z<\/p>\n

4,100 metres of elevation gain on the menu today and three major classified climbs.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T10:17:02.959Z<\/p>\n

And here’s the map of the stage.<\/p>\n

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\"Stage\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Unipublic)<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T10:15:47.993Z<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at what the riders have to deal with today.<\/p>\n

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\"Stage\n<\/p>\n

(Image credit: Unipublic)<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T10:14:34.245Z<\/p>\n

We’re just over an hour from the start of today’s stage.<\/p>\n

2026-09-05T10:14:12.161Z<\/p>\n

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-09-05T12:07:34.617Z The attackers are now caught. 2026-09-05T12:03:15.900Z 15 seconds between the attackers and the peloton. 2026-09-05T12:02:22.850Z Fortunato, Vermaerke,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-760806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760806","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=760806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}