The 2026 Vuelta a Espana is only just entering its second half, including some very key stages, but rumours about the edition yet to come are already sparking debate in the cycling community. And even though this year's edition already isn't short on long, hard mountain stages, the organizers seem t...

At age 31, Wout Van Aert still reaches his best form at times, but it is not as easy as earlier in his career. Ahead of a World Championships road race where Tadej Pogacar is unlikely to be present, Belgian national coach believes that the Vuelta a Espaa is just what the Team Visma | Lease a Bike r...

Ten-time Grand Tour stage winner David Millar believes Decathlon CMA CGM Teams imposing display at the 2026 Vuelta a Espana carried significance beyond Felix Galls immediate pursuit of the red jersey. With teenage Tour de France star Paul Seixas watching from home, the British former professional...

The undulating parcours of 2026 Vuelta a Espana's tenth stage promised a thrilling day of racing. And even though the finale did not disappoint in that regard, the vast majority of the day was raced in at a high pace, but without much action. Such turn of events did not surprise the mountains classi...

Grace Brown has questioned how the eventual winner of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana will be remembered after Tadej Pogacars commanding race lead was erased by a crash rather than overturned by one of his rivals. Pogacar had already won three stages and built an advantage of 3:50 when he went down on the...

Bastien Tronchon delivered a major surprise on Stage 10 of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana, beating Magnus Cort and Thibau Nys after a chaotic uphill finale in Elche de la Sierra denied Wout van Aert and Team Visma | Lease a Bike. Tronchon emerged from a disorganised final kilometre to secure victory for G...

Bastien Tronchon could hardly believe he had won Stage 10 of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana. In fact, the Groupama - FDJ United rider crossed the line without celebrating because he was not certain every attacker had been caught. The confusion reflected a chaotic finish in Elche de la Sierra. Team Visma |...

Five Irish riders line up for the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men, which starts in Lincoln on Wednesday 2 September among them Sam Bennett, with three more on the same American squad.Bennett (Pinarello Q36.5) rides bib 51 alongside Mark Donovan, straight from the Renewi Tour where he finished seventh in the points classification. Ryan Mullen takes 42 for NSN Cycling Team, in a squad built around British riders including Ethan Vernon, Lewis Askey and Jake Stewart.Conn Mc Dunphy, Ronan OConnor and Cian Keogh all ride for APS Pro Cycling by Team Cadence Cyclery the largest Irish presence in a single team at the race.Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) needs three more stage wins to equal Mark Cavendishs record of ten here. He meets Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) on his Tour of Britain debut, who took three Tour de France stages this year to Kooijs one. Filippo Ganna leads Netcompany-INEOS with the Swift brothers on home roads in Yorkshire, and UAE Team Emirates XRG bring Nils Politt, Tim Wellens and Florian Vermeersch.879.6km across five stages with 6,885m of climbing, through Lincolnshire, Yorkshire and the Scottish Borders. Live on ITV4 and ITVX for stages one to four, stage five on ITVX, with every stage on TNT Sports and the races YouTube channel.Full Startlist108 riders from 18 teams. Irish riders highlighted; U23 riders marked.2UAE Team Emirates XRG 5 riders2Benoit COSNEFROY FRA3Felix GROSSSCHARTNER AUT4Nils POLITT GER5Florian VERMEERSCH BEL6Tim WELLENS BEL11Decathlon CMA CGM Team 6 riders11Cees BOL NED12Stan DEWULF BEL13Robbe GHYS BEL14Daan HOOLE NED15Emilien JACQUELIN FRA16Olav KOOIJ NED21Netcompany INEOS 6 riders21Filippo GANNA ITA22Kim Alexander HEIDUK GER23Artem SHMIDT U23USA24Ben SWIFT GBR25Connor SWIFT GBR26Sam WELSFORD AUS31Soudal Quick-Step 6 riders31Jasper STUYVEN BEL32Tim MERLIER BEL33Dylan VAN BAARLE NED34Laurenz REX BEL35Ilan VAN WILDER BEL36Pascal EENKHOORN NED41NSN Cycling Team 6 riders41Lewis ASKEY GBR42Ryan William MULLEN IRL43Alessandro PINARELLO ITA44Dion Allan SMITH NZL45Thomas Jake STEWART GBR46Ethan Kane VERNON GBR51Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 6 riders51Sam BENNETT IRL52Mark DONOVAN GBR53Fabio CHRISTEN SUI54Kamil MALECKI POL55Xandro MEURISSE BEL56Matteo MOSCHETTI ITA61Tudor Pro Cycling Team 6 riders61Matteo TRENTIN ITA62Rick PLUIMERS NED63Petr KELEMEN CZE64Jacob ERIKSSON SWE65Yannis VOISARD SUI66Robin DONZ SUI71Modern Adventure Pro Cycling 6 riders71Samuel FLOREZ GARCES U23COL72Ian LOPEZ DE SAN ROMAN USA73Brody MCDONALD USA74Riley PICKRELL CAN75Mark STEWART GBR76Paul WRIGHT NZL81Team Flanders Baloise 6 riders81Siebe DEWEIRDT BEL82Brem DEMAN BEL83Elias MARIS BEL84Henri VANDENABEELE BEL85Dylan VANDENSTORME BEL86Ward VANHOOF BEL91Great Britain National Team 6 riders91Micheal Ben WIGGINS U23GBR92Elliot ROWE U23GBR93William SMITH U23GBR94Jacob BUSH U23GBR95Matthew BOSTOCK GBR96Oliver WOOD GBR101Team United Shipping 4 riders101Jnos PELIKAN HUN102Erik FETTER HUN105Michal SCHURAN CZE106Nikiforos ARVANITOU GRE111Tarteletto Isorex 6 riders111Timothy DUPONT BEL112Yorben LAURYSSEN BEL113Lennert TEUGELS BEL114Gianni MARCHAND BEL115Jonah KILLY USA116Arne SANTY BEL121BIKE AID 6 riders121Oliver MATTHEIS GER122Kristians BELOHVOSCIKS LAT123Lennard STERNSDORFF U23GER124Victor VIDAL FRA125Karl HALL U23GER126Oscar SCHEMPP U23GER131Lucky Sport Cycling Team 5 riders131Axel KLLBERG FIN132Teodor DE LUCA U23SWE134Hjalmar KLYVER SWE135Vilmer EKMAN U23SWE136Frank Aron RAGLIO U23EST141Team Storck MRW Bau 6 riders141Matthew WALLS GBR142Edgar CADENA MARTINEZ MEX143Alvaro SAGRADO PEREZ ESP144No URY LUX145Robin KULL SUI146Jakob NEUMANN U23GER151St Michel Preference Home Auber93 6 riders151Lucas BENETEAU FRA152Axel BOUQUET U23FRA153Thomas CHAMPION FRA154Tho DELACROIX FRA155Romain CARDIS FRA156Yohann SIMON FRA161APS Pro Cycling by Team Cadence Cyclery 6 riders161Adam LEWIS GBR162Conn MC DUNPHY IRL163Ethan DUNHAM USA164Ronan OCONNOR IRL165Andrew LYDIC USA166Cian KEOGH IRL171BHS-PL Beton Bornholm 6 riders171Marcus Sander HANSEN DEN172Emil IWERSEN DEN173Asger SRENSEN RJBEK DEN174Sebastian VESTERGAARD U23DEN175Boas LYSGAARD U23DEN176Victor JOHANNSEN U23DENThe post Startlist: Lloyds Tour of Britain Men 2026 Five Irish Riders appeared first on IrishCyclingNews.com | Irish Cycling News | IrishCycling.