Enric Mas (Movistar Team) won stage 9 of the Vuelta a Espaa on the Alto de Aitana on Sunday 30 August, his first day in the red jersey, holding off Oscar Onley at the summit to extend his lead.The 187.4km stage from La Vila Joiosa carried more than 5,000 metres of climbing and was raced hard from the start. Movistar controlled the bunch behind a large breakaway before Mas answered repeated attacks, beginning with Felix Gall, then dropped everyone but Onley. The Scot stayed with him to the line but could not come past. Primo Rogli was third at 12 seconds and Gall fourth at 18.It is Mass second Vuelta stage win, eight years after his first, and makes him the first Spaniard to win a stage in the red jersey since Alberto Contador at Ancares in 2014. He leads Rogli by 1:18 and Gall by 1:39, with Onley fourth at 2:20 and Richard Carapaz fifth.Wout van Aert keeps the points classification on 124. Santiago Buitrago takes over the mountains lead on 29 points, climbing four places, and Onley holds the young rider classification with Decathlon CMA CGM leading the teams.Irish RidersEddie Dunbar (Pinarello Q36.5) finished 86th at 22:01 on a brutal day in the mountains and drops nine places to 49th overall. He is 26th in the mountains classification on 23 points. Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost) was 93rd at 23:52 and climbs ten places to 107th, moving up two to 38th in the young rider classification.IRLIrish Riders Stage 9Sun 30 August 2026 La Vila Joiosa Alto de Aitana 187.4km86Eddie DUNBARPinarello Q36.5 49th overall, +58:20 26th mountains+22:0193Darren RAFFERTYEF Education EasyPost 107th overall 38th young rider+23:52Stage 9 ResultStage 9 Result show all 173STGStage 9 ResultVuelta A Espana 2026 30 August 2026 La Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa Alto de Aitana. Costa Blanca 187.4 km 173 riders1Enric MASMovistar Team5:10:402Oscar ONLEYNetcompany INEOSs.t.3Primo ROGLIRed Bull BORA hansgrohe0:124Felix GALLDecathlon CMA CGM Team0:185Cristin RODRGUEZXDS Astana Team0:206Mattias SKJELMOSELidl Trek0:207Jarno WIDARLotto Intermarch0:258Richard CARAPAZXDS Astana Team0:339Harold TEJADAEF Education EasyPost0:5410Santiago BUITRAGOBahrain Victorious1:4111Sepp KUSSTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:4412Gregor MHLBERGERDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:4413Ramses DEBRUYNEAlpecin Premier Tech1:5114Clment BERTHETGroupama FDJ United1:5115Jakob OMRZELBahrain Victorious1:5116Matthew RICCITELLODecathlon CMA CGM Team2:1217Filippo ZANASoudal Quick-Step3:1518Juan Felipe RODRIGUEZEF Education EasyPost3:2219Pavel SIVAKOVTeam Picnic PostNL3:2220Gijs LEEMREIZEUAE Team Emirates XRG3:3621Milan VADERPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team3:5222Guillaume MARTINGroupama FDJ United4:3723Lo BISIAUXDecathlon CMA CGM Team5:1824Ral GARCA PIERNAMovistar Team6:2025Kevin VERMAERKEUAE Team Emirates XRG7:2326Mario APARICIOBurgos Burpellet BH7:3427Emanuel BUCHMANNCofidis7:3428Marcel CAMPRUBPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team7:3629Jos Manuel DAZBurgos Burpellet BH7:5130Valentin PARET-PEINTRESoudal Quick-Step8:2231Andreas KRONUno-X Mobility9:4732Carlos RODRGUEZNetcompany INEOS10:2133Jack HAIGNetcompany INEOS10:5834Bruno ARMIRAILTeam Visma | Lease a Bike11:3335Jan HIRTNSN Cycling Team11:3336Alexey LUTSENKONSN Cycling Team12:1637Finlay PICKERINGTeam Jayco AlUla13:2938Embret SVESTAD-BRDSENGNetcompany INEOS13:3939Urko BERRADEEquipo Kern Pharma13:3940Pablo CASTRILLOMovistar Team13:3941Callum SCOTSONDecathlon CMA CGM Team13:4742Axel LAURANCENetcompany INEOS14:2943Enzo PALENIGroupama FDJ United14:3044Stefan KNGTudor Pro Cycling Team14:5045Valentin MADOUASGroupama FDJ United14:5046Koen BOUWMANTeam Jayco AlUla14:5047James SHAWEF Education EasyPost15:2048Patrick KONRADLidl Trek15:4249Hugo HOFSTETTERNSN Cycling Team15:4250Jos Luis FAURABurgos Burpellet BH16:4251Gianni VERMEERSCHRed Bull BORA hansgrohe16:5152Tobias Halland JOHANNESSENUno-X Mobility18:3353Rudy PORTERTeam Jayco AlUla18:3354Rmy ROCHASGroupama FDJ United19:2455Jordan LABROSSEDecathlon CMA CGM Team19:5356Iigo ELOSEGUIEquipo Kern Pharma19:5657Sergio SAMITIERCofidis19:5658Lorenzo FORTUNATOXDS Astana Team19:5659Gianmarco GAROFOLISoudal Quick-Step19:5660Henok MULUBRHANXDS Astana Team19:5661Chris HAMILTONTeam Picnic PostNL19:5662Larry WARBASSETudor Pro Cycling Team19:5663Darren VAN BEKKUMXDS Astana Team19:5664Steven KRUIJSWIJKTeam Visma | Lease a Bike19:5665Joo ALMEIDAUAE Team Emirates XRG19:5666Mikel LANDASoudal Quick-Step19:5667Jacopo MOSCALidl Trek19:5668Reuben THOMPSONLotto Intermarch19:5669Luke TUCKWELLRed Bull BORA hansgrohe20:3370Lennard KMNALidl Trek21:0371Ivn ROMEOMovistar Team21:5872Pau MIQUELBahrain Victorious21:5873Hannes WILKSCHTudor Pro Cycling Team22:0174Jorge ARCASMovistar Team22:0175Thomas GLOAGPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team22:0176Thibau NYSLidl Trek22:0177Julien BERNARDLidl Trek22:0178Sander DE PESTELDecathlon CMA CGM Team22:0179Marco BRENNERTudor Pro Cycling Team22:0180Paul OURSELINCofidis22:0181Wout VAN AERTTeam Visma | Lease a Bike22:0182Gal GLIVARAlpecin Premier Tech22:0183Attila VALTERBahrain Victorious22:0184Hugo HOULEAlpecin Premier Tech22:0185Will BARTATudor Pro Cycling Team22:0186Eddie DUNBARPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team22:0187Rudy MOLARDGroupama FDJ United22:0188Frederik WANDAHLRed Bull BORA hansgrohe22:5889Christophe LAPORTETeam Visma | Lease a Bike23:1490Pello BILBAOBahrain Victorious23:5191Carlos CANALMovistar Team23:5192Alastair MACKELLAREF Education EasyPost23:5293Darren RAFFERTYEF Education EasyPost23:5294Fredrik DVERSNES LAVIKUno-X Mobility23:5295George BENNETTNSN Cycling Team23:5296Lucas HAMILTONNetcompany INEOS23:5297Sylvain MONIQUETCofidis23:5298Gianni MOSCONRed Bull BORA hansgrohe23:5299Vincenzo ALBANESEEF Education EasyPost23:52100Ibon RUIZEquipo Kern Pharma23:52101Simon DALBYUno-X Mobility23:52102Pau MARTNSN Cycling Team23:52103Finn FISHER-BLACKRed Bull BORA hansgrohe23:52104Walter CALZONIPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team24:57105Alessandro ROMELEXDS Astana Team24:57106Moritz KRETSCHYNSN Cycling Team25:11107Bastien TRONCHONGroupama FDJ United25:54108Domen NOVAKUAE Team Emirates XRG28:08109Yevgeniy FEDOROVXDS Astana Team28:12110Xabier Mikel AZPARRENPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team28:37111Roland THALMANNTudor Pro Cycling Team29:13112Mathijs PAASSCHENSBahrain Victorious29:13113Ivn COBOEquipo Kern Pharma29:47114Magnus CORTUno-X Mobility30:02115Fabian WEISSTudor Pro Cycling Team30:08116Sinuh FERNNDEZBurgos Burpellet BH30:08117Jess HERRADABurgos Burpellet BH30:08118Georg STEINHAUSEREF Education EasyPost30:10119Jay VINEUAE Team Emirates XRG35:21120Michael GOGLAlpecin Premier Tech35:21121Mads PEDERSENLidl Trek35:21122Lindsay DE VYLDERAlpecin Premier Tech35:21123Roman ERMAKOVBahrain Victorious35:21124Martin TJTTAUno-X Mobility35:21125Ben TURNERNetcompany INEOS35:21126Andreas LEKNESSUNDUno-X Mobility35:21127Jrgen NORDHAGENTeam Visma | Lease a Bike35:21128Oliver PEACETeam Picnic PostNL35:21129Matthew BRENNANTeam Visma | Lease a Bike35:21130Orluis AULARMovistar Team35:21131Lorenzo ROTALotto Intermarch35:21132David DE LA CRUZPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team35:21133David GONZLEZPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team35:21134Timo DE JONGTeam Picnic PostNL35:21135Oscar CHAMBERLAINDecathlon CMA CGM Team37:38136Ivo OLIVEIRAUAE Team Emirates XRG37:49137Jasha STTERLINTeam Jayco AlUla40:33138Hamish MCKENZIETeam Jayco AlUla40:33139Steffen DE SCHUYTENEERLotto Intermarch40:33140Ivn Ramiro SOSAEquipo Kern Pharma40:33141Alberto DAINESESoudal Quick-Step40:33142Jordi MEEUSRed Bull BORA hansgrohe40:33143Nick SCHULTZNSN Cycling Team40:33144Matev GOVEKARBahrain Victorious40:33145Timo ROOSENTeam Picnic PostNL40:33146Vito BRAETLotto Intermarch40:33147Olivier LE GACGroupama FDJ United40:33148Juan Guillermo MARTINEZTeam Picnic PostNL40:33149Arthur KLUCKERSTudor Pro Cycling Team40:33150Lars CRAPSLotto Intermarch40:33151Rasmus TILLERUno-X Mobility40:33152Marc BRUSTENGAEquipo Kern Pharma40:33153Mauri VANSEVENANTSoudal Quick-Step40:33154Alexis RENARDCofidis40:33155Fabio VAN DEN BOSSCHESoudal Quick-Step40:33156Callum THORNLEYRed Bull BORA hansgrohe40:33157Asbjrn HELLEMOSETeam Jayco AlUla40:33158Ben TULETTTeam Visma | Lease a Bike40:33159Alessandro COVITeam Jayco AlUla40:33160Clment ALLENOBurgos Burpellet BH40:33161Sente SENTJENSAlpecin Premier Tech40:33162Francesco BUSATTOAlpecin Premier Tech40:33163Mats WENZELEquipo Kern Pharma40:33164Ethan HAYTERSoudal Quick-Step40:33165Paul DOUBLETeam Jayco AlUla40:33166Csar MACASBurgos Burpellet BH41:02167Henri-Franois RENARD-HAQUINTeam Picnic PostNL41:39168Bryan COQUARDCofidis41:39169Louis ROULANDCofidis41:39170Mathias SUNEKR NORSGAARDLidl Trek42:01DNFKaden GROVESAlpecin Premier TechDNFPablo TORRESUAE Team Emirates XRGDNFVictor LANGELLOTTIXDS Astana TeamClassifications After Stage 9General Classification show all 170GCGeneral ClassificationVuelta A Espana 2026 30 August 2026 La Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa Alto de Aitana. Costa Blanca 187.4 km 170 riders1 (-)Enric MasMovistar Team28:34:032 (-)Primo RogliRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:183 (-)Felix GallDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:394 (1)Oscar OnleyNetcompany INEOS2:205 (1)Richard CarapazEF Education EasyPost3:266 (1)Mattias SkjelmoseLidl Trek3:557 (3)Sepp KussTeam Visma | Lease a Bike4:098 (-)Harold TejadaXDS Astana Team4:399 (-)JakobBahrain Victorious OmrzelDecathlon CMA CGM Team7:3310 (-)GregorDecathlon CMA CGM Team MhlbergerBahrain Victorious8:0511 (-)Clment BerthetGroupama FDJ United9:3212 (2)Jarno WidarLotto Intermarch9:3413 (2)Cristin RodrguezXDS Astana Team9:4214 (2)Guillaume MartinGroupama FDJ United12:5815 (2)Lo BisiauxDecathlon CMA CGM Team13:5116 (1)Matthew RiccitelloDecathlon CMA CGM Team15:3617 (1)Juan Felipe RodriguezEF Education EasyPost16:5418 (3)Ramses DebruyneAlpecin Premier Tech16:5719 (4)Filippo ZanaSoudal Quick-Step24:0120 (4)Finlay PickeringTeam Jayco AlUla24:4321 (1)Embret Svestad-BrdsengNetcompany INEOS27:3622 (-)Jan HirtNSN Cycling Team31:0523 (2)Mario AparicioBurgos Burpellet BH31:2824 (5)Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-X Mobility32:1425 (1)Pierna Ral GarcaMovistar Team35:2026 (6)Emanuel BuchmannCofidis40:1727 (27)Santiago BuitragoBahrain Victorious41:1228 (21)Pavel SivakovUAE Team Emirates XRG41:4829 (10)Carlos RodrguezNetcompany INEOS45:4530 (18)Valentin Paret-PeintreSoudal Quick-Step46:3131 (-)Koen BouwmanTeam Jayco AlUla47:1232 (32)Gijs LeemreizeTeam Picnic PostNL48:0933 (12)Jack HaigNetcompany INEOS48:2334 (2)Valentin MadouasGroupama FDJ United49:0535 (34)Milan VaderPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team50:1636 (8)Callum ScotsonDecathlon CMA CGM Team50:4837 (10)Urko BerradeEquipo Kern Pharma51:4238 (3)Patrick KonradLidl Trek52:1539 (26)Marcel CamprubPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team52:4640 (7)Larry WarbasseTudor Pro Cycling Team52:5641 (12)Attila ValterBahrain Victorious53:5242 (15)Pello BilbaoBahrain Victorious54:0343 (5)Gianmarco GarofoliSoudal Quick-Step54:4444 (16)Ibon RuizEquipo Kern Pharma54:4745 (11)Rudy MolardGroupama FDJ United55:5146 (11)Aert Wout vanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike55:5347 (4)Mikel LandaSoudal Quick-Step56:5348 (11)Hugo HofstetterNSN Cycling Team57:4149 (9)Eddie DunbarPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team58:2050 (12)Enzo PaleniGroupama FDJ United58:2151 (19)Bruno ArmirailTeam Visma | Lease a Bike58:3452 (6)Thomas GloagPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team59:5953 (-)Luke TuckwellRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:00:0254 (29)Jos Manuel DazBurgos Burpellet BH1:00:2655 (5)Hannes WilkschTudor Pro Cycling Team1:00:4056 (10)James ShawEF Education EasyPost1:00:4657 (6)Will BartaTudor Pro Cycling Team1:00:4858 (-)Lennard KmnaLidl Trek1:02:4759 (2)Sergio SamitierCofidis1:03:2160 (13)Axel LauranceNetcompany INEOS1:03:3461 (4)Marco BrennerTudor Pro Cycling Team1:03:4162 (17)Stefan KngTudor Pro Cycling Team1:05:3363 (28)Andreas KronUno-X Mobility1:06:2964 (4)George BennettNSN Cycling Team1:06:4865 (6)Henok MulubrhanXDS Astana Team1:07:0966 (36)Jrgen NordhagenTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:07:3467 (22)Alexey LutsenkoNSN Cycling Team1:08:4468 (1)Carlos CanalMovistar Team1:09:4069 (32)Jay VineUAE Team Emirates XRG1:09:4270 (4)Pau MiquelBahrain Victorious1:11:2771 (7)Ivn RomeoMovistar Team1:12:2672 (12)Reuben ThompsonLotto Intermarch1:12:5573 (7)Paul OurselinCofidis1:13:0574 (3)Frederik WandahlRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:13:2075 (10)Jordan LabrosseDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:13:4876 (24)Andreas LeknessundUno-X Mobility1:14:3377 (20)Gianni VermeerschRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:15:5178 (3)Vincenzo AlbaneseEF Education EasyPost1:15:5279 (3)Bastien TronchonGroupama FDJ United1:16:1180 (12)Fabian WeissTudor Pro Cycling Team1:16:2381 (11)Lorenzo FortunatoXDS Astana Team1:16:4782 (40)Clment AllenoBurgos Burpellet BH1:17:1083 (11)Roland ThalmannTudor Pro Cycling Team1:17:4384 (3)Pau MartNSN Cycling Team1:18:3885 (19)Jos Luis FauraBurgos Burpellet BH1:18:4686 (7)Pestel Sander DeDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:19:0787 (13)Rmy RochasGroupama FDJ United1:19:1988 (8)Jorge ArcasMovistar Team1:20:0789 (1)Simon DalbyUno-X Mobility1:20:1890 (35)Mauri VansevenantSoudal Quick-Step1:20:3591 (11)Steven KruijswijkTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:20:4292 (6)Hugo HouleAlpecin Premier Tech1:21:0693 (2)Sylvain MoniquetCofidis1:21:4094 (38)Ben TulettTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:21:5695 (6)Thibau NysLidl Trek1:22:4396 (7)Julien BernardLidl Trek1:23:5297 (43)Kevin VermaerkeUAE Team Emirates XRG1:24:1298 (13)Rudy PorterTeam Jayco AlUla1:24:2899 (8)Jacopo MoscaLidl Trek1:24:37100 (28)Pablo CastrilloMovistar Team1:24:40101 (38)Lars CrapsLotto Intermarch1:24:41102 (8)Xabier Mikel AzparrenPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:25:54103 (5)Gal GlivarAlpecin Premier Tech1:27:04104 (2)Finn Fisher-BlackRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:27:04105 (4)Lucas HamiltonNetcompany INEOS1:29:35106 (31)Mats WenzelEquipo Kern Pharma1:30:26107 (10)Darren RaffertyEF Education EasyPost1:31:06108 (23)Bekkum Darren vanXDS Astana Team1:31:21109 (11)Lavik Fredrik DversnesUno-X Mobility1:31:37110 (20)Lorenzo RotaLotto Intermarch1:32:00111 (8)Moritz KretschyNSN Cycling Team1:32:43112 (10)Christophe LaporteTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:32:46113 (27)Nick SchultzNSN Cycling Team1:35:18114 (4)Georg SteinhauserEF Education EasyPost1:35:59115 (26)Joo AlmeidaUAE Team Emirates XRG1:36:55116 (11)la Cruz David dePinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:37:45117 (19)Walter CalzoniPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:38:19118 (19)Alessandro RomeleXDS Astana Team1:38:33119 (20)Ivn Ramiro SosaEquipo Kern Pharma1:39:47120 (5)Jess HerradaBurgos Burpellet BH1:40:20121 (12)Yevgeniy FedorovXDS Astana Team1:41:07122 (10)Orluis AularMovistar Team1:41:42123 (7)Michael GoglAlpecin Premier Tech1:42:29124 (3)Matthew BrennanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:44:25125 (2)David GonzlezPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:44:57126 (36)Chris HamiltonTeam Picnic PostNL1:45:59127 (3)Mads PedersenLidl Trek1:46:31128 (15)Francesco BusattoAlpecin Premier Tech1:47:25129 (15)Vito BraetLotto Intermarch1:47:26130 (15)Alessandro CoviTeam Jayco AlUla1:47:30131 (1)Ben TurnerNetcompany INEOS1:48:15132 (3)Roman ErmakovBahrain Victorious1:48:35133 (16)Magnus CortUno-X Mobility1:48:40134 (16)Bryan CoquardCofidis1:49:03135 (31)Iigo EloseguiEquipo Kern Pharma1:49:53136 (12)Alberto DaineseSoudal Quick-Step1:50:12137 (15)Mathijs PaasschensBahrain Victorious1:50:32138 (25)Gianni MosconRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:51:04139 (12)Callum ThornleyRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:51:22140 (11)den Bossche Fabio VanSoudal Quick-Step1:51:40141 (15)Henri-Franois Renard-HaquinTeam Picnic PostNL1:52:00142 (-)Jong Timo deTeam Picnic PostNL1:52:20143 (12)Sinuh FernndezBurgos Burpellet BH1:52:24144 (21)Alastair MacKellarEF Education EasyPost1:52:46145 (11)Jordi MeeusRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:53:28146 (13)Ivn CoboEquipo Kern Pharma1:53:35147 (-)Vylder Lindsay DeAlpecin Premier Tech1:53:52148 (-)Martin TjttaUno-X Mobility1:53:53149 (11)Paul DoubleTeam Jayco AlUla1:55:22150 (11)Ethan HayterSoudal Quick-Step1:55:37151 (8)Juan Guillermo MartinezTeam Picnic PostNL1:57:44152 (8)Matev GovekarBahrain Victorious1:57:52153 (7)Jasha StterlinTeam Jayco AlUla1:58:35154 (9)Csar MacasBurgos Burpellet BH1:58:48155 (2)Oscar ChamberlainDecathlon CMA CGM Team2:00:55156 (5)Rasmus TillerUno-X Mobility2:01:29157 (4)Timo RoosenTeam Picnic PostNL2:02:03158 (4)Gac Olivier LeGroupama FDJ United2:02:16159 (9)Louis RoulandCofidis2:02:20160 (4)Alexis RenardCofidis2:03:36161 (3)Oliver PeaceTeam Picnic PostNL2:04:04162 (4)Schuyteneer Steffen DeLotto Intermarch2:04:06163 (3)Marc BrustengaEquipo Kern Pharma2:05:12164 (3)Arthur KluckersTudor Pro Cycling Team2:06:34165 (3)Hamish McKenzieTeam Jayco AlUla2:11:56166 (3)Asbjrn HellemoseTeam Jayco AlUla2:12:50167 (5)Domen NovakUAE Team Emirates XRG2:15:19168 (2)Ivo OliveiraUAE Team Emirates XRG2:19:17169 (2)Norsgaard Mathias SunekrLidl Trek2:24:53170 (3)Sente SentjensAlpecin Premier Tech2:27:46Points Classification show all 72PTSPoints ClassificationVuelta A Espana 2026 30 August 2026 La Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa Alto de Aitana. Costa Blanca 187.4 km 72 riders1 (-)Aert Wout vanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike124 pts2 (-)Matthew BrennanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike67 pts3 (6)Alessandro RomeleXDS Astana Team59 pts4 (1)Mads PedersenLidl Trek58 pts5 (1)Ethan HayterSoudal Quick-Step57 pts6 (1)Christophe LaporteTeam Visma | Lease a Bike52 pts7 (12)Enric MasMovistar Team47 pts8 (2)Bryan CoquardCofidis47 pts9 (2)Tobias HallandUno-X Mobility JohannessenRed Bull BORA hansgrohe47 pts10 (2)JordiRed Bull BORA hansgrohe MeeusUno-X Mobility45 pts11 (9)Oscar OnleyNetcompany INEOS43 pts12 (2)Ramses DebruyneAlpecin Premier Tech39 pts13 (9)Felix GallDecathlon CMA CGM Team38 pts14 (3)Mattias SkjelmoseLidl Trek38 pts15 (1)Gregor MhlbergerDecathlon CMA CGM Team35 pts16 (5)Jordan LabrosseDecathlon CMA CGM Team34 pts17 (12)Primo RogliRed Bull BORA hansgrohe33 pts18 (6)Lo BisiauxDecathlon CMA CGM Team32 pts19 (6)Hugo HofstetterNSN Cycling Team32 pts20 (5)Pau MiquelBahrain Victorious31 pts21 (5)Andreas LeknessundUno-X Mobility30 pts22 (3)Richard CarapazEF Education EasyPost28 pts23 (5)Axel LauranceNetcompany INEOS28 pts24 (8)Jarno WidarLotto Intermarch26 pts25 (4)Alexey LutsenkoNSN Cycling Team26 pts26 (3)Eddie DunbarPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team23 pts27 (9)Harold TejadaXDS Astana Team22 pts28 (4)Vincenzo AlbaneseEF Education EasyPost22 pts29 (4)Sepp KussTeam Visma | Lease a Bike21 pts30 (29)Stefan KngTudor Pro Cycling Team21 pts31 (5)Vito BraetLotto Intermarch21 pts32 (23)Valentin Paret-PeintreSoudal Quick-Step20 pts33 (6)Finn Fisher-BlackRed Bull BORA hansgrohe20 pts34 (14)Cristin RodrguezXDS Astana Team19 pts35 (7)Ben TurnerNetcompany INEOS19 pts36 (6)Patrick KonradLidl Trek18 pts37 (6)Bastien TronchonGroupama FDJ United18 pts38 (4)Bruno ArmirailTeam Visma | Lease a Bike15 pts39 (4)Jos Manuel DazBurgos Burpellet BH15 pts40 (3)Jakob OmrzelBahrain Victorious14 pts41 (3)Embret Svestad-BrdsengNetcompany INEOS13 pts42 (3)Thomas GloagPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team13 pts43Kevin VermaerkeUAE Team Emirates XRG13 pts44 (4)Alberto DaineseSoudal Quick-Step13 pts45 (4)Callum ThornleyRed Bull BORA hansgrohe13 pts46 (4)David GonzlezPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team12 pts47 (4)Juan Felipe RodriguezEF Education EasyPost11 pts48 (4)Pello BilbaoBahrain Victorious10 pts49 (4)Ivn Ramiro SosaEquipo Kern Pharma10 pts50Magnus CortUno-X Mobility10 pts51 (5)Asbjrn HellemoseTeam Jayco AlUla10 pts52 (1)Clment BerthetGroupama FDJ United9 pts53 (6)Oscar ChamberlainDecathlon CMA CGM Team9 pts54 (5)Jay VineUAE Team Emirates XRG8 pts55 (5)Orluis AularMovistar Team8 pts56 (4)Pierna Ral GarcaMovistar Team6 pts57Santiago BuitragoBahrain Victorious6 pts58 (5)Ben TulettTeam Visma | Lease a Bike6 pts59 (5)Arthur KluckersTudor Pro Cycling Team6 pts60 (4)Henok MulubrhanXDS Astana Team5 pts61 (4)Matev GovekarBahrain Victorious5 pts62 (4)Filippo ZanaSoudal Quick-Step4 pts63 (3)Alessandro CoviTeam Jayco AlUla4 pts64 (3)Larry WarbasseTudor Pro Cycling Team3 pts65 (3)Andreas KronUno-X Mobility3 pts66 (3)Rasmus TillerUno-X Mobility3 pts67 (3)Guillaume MartinGroupama FDJ United2 pts68 (2)Marcel CamprubPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team2 pts69 (2)Jong Timo deTeam Picnic PostNL2 pts70 (2)Ivo OliveiraUAE Team Emirates XRG2 pts71 (1)Sergio SamitierCofidis1 pt72 (3)Marco BrennerTudor Pro Cycling Team1 ptMountains Classification show all 38KOMMountains ClassificationVuelta A Espana 2026 30 August 2026 La Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa Alto de Aitana. Costa Blanca 187.4 km 38 riders1 (4)Santiago BuitragoBahrain Victorious29 pts2 (1)Enric MasMovistar Team24 pts3 (2)Andreas LeknessundUno-X Mobility19 pts4 (2)Aert Wout vanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike16 pts5 (1)Lorenzo FortunatoXDS Astana Team13 pts6 (2)Alexey LutsenkoNSN Cycling Team13 pts7 (10)Pavel SivakovUAE Team Emirates XRG12 pts8 (2)Felix GallDecathlon CMA CGM Team11 pts9 (5)Oscar OnleyNetcompany INEOS10 pts10Alessandro RomeleXDS Astana Team9 pts11 (4)Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-X Mobility9 pts12 (11)Walter CalzoniPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team7 pts13 (4)Koen BouwmanTeam Jayco AlUla6 pts14 (4)Primo RogliRed Bull BORA hansgrohe6 pts15 (4)Richard CarapazEF Education EasyPost6 pts16 (6)Sepp KussTeam Visma | Lease a Bike6 pts17 (4)Gijs LeemreizeTeam Picnic PostNL6 pts18 (6)Paul DoubleTeam Jayco AlUla6 pts19 (6)Jos Manuel DazBurgos Burpellet BH5 pts20Andreas KronUno-X Mobility5 pts21 (6)Embret Svestad-BrdsengNetcompany INEOS4 pts22 (6)Ivn Ramiro SosaEquipo Kern Pharma4 pts23 (4)Harold TejadaXDS Astana Team2 pts24 (4)Jakob OmrzelBahrain Victorious2 pts25 (3)Pablo CastrilloMovistar Team2 pts26Cristin RodrguezXDS Astana Team1 pt27 (3)Juan Felipe RodriguezEF Education EasyPost1 pt28 (3)Ramses DebruyneAlpecin Premier Tech1 pt29Marcel CamprubPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1 pt30 (3)Eddie DunbarPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1 pt31 (-)Bruno ArmirailTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1 pt32 (4)Thomas GloagPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1 pt33 (1)Stefan KngTudor Pro Cycling Team1 pt34 (4)George BennettNSN Cycling Team1 pt35 (9)Jay VineUAE Team Emirates XRG1 pt36 (7)Ben TulettTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1 pt37 (3)Sinuh FernndezBurgos Burpellet BH1 pt38 (5)Ethan HayterSoudal Quick-Step1 ptYoung Rider Classification show all 58YTHYoung Rider ClassificationVuelta A Espana 2026 30 August 2026 La Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa Alto de Aitana. Costa Blanca 187.4 km 58 riders1 (-)Oscar OnleyNetcompany INEOS28:36:232 (-)Jakob OmrzelBahrain Victorious5:453 (1)Jarno WidarLotto Intermarch7:144 (1)Lo BisiauxDecathlon CMA CGM Team11:315 (1)Matthew RiccitelloDecathlon CMA CGM Team13:166 (1)Juan Felipe RodriguezEF Education EasyPost14:347 (2)Ramses DebruyneAlpecin Premier Tech14:378 (3)EmbretNetcompany INEOS Svestad-BrdsengTeam Jayco AlUla22:239 (1)FinlayTeam Jayco AlUla PickeringNetcompany INEOS25:1610 (1)Pierna Ral GarcaMovistar Team33:0011 (3)Carlos RodrguezNetcompany INEOS43:2512 (4)Valentin Paret-PeintreSoudal Quick-Step44:1113 (10)Marcel CamprubPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team50:2614 (1)Gianmarco GarofoliSoudal Quick-Step52:2415 (6)ThomasPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team GloagGroupama FDJ United56:0116 (1)EnzoGroupama FDJ United PaleniPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team57:3917 (1)Luke TuckwellRed Bull BORA hansgrohe57:4218 (1)Hannes WilkschTudor Pro Cycling Team58:2019 (7)Axel LauranceNetcompany INEOS1:01:1420 (-)Marco BrennerTudor Pro Cycling Team1:01:2121 (9)Jrgen NordhagenTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:05:1422 (2)Carlos CanalMovistar Team1:07:2023 (7)Ivn RomeoMovistar Team1:10:0624 (7)Reuben ThompsonLotto Intermarch1:10:3525 (4)Frederik WandahlRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:11:0026 (6)Jordan LabrosseDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:11:2827 (1)Bastien TronchonGroupama FDJ United1:13:5128 (3)Fabian WeissTudor Pro Cycling Team1:14:0329 (4)Pau MartNSN Cycling Team1:16:1830 (4)Simon DalbyUno-X Mobility1:17:5831 (12)Ben TulettTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:19:3632 (3)Thibau NysLidl Trek1:20:2333 (12)Pablo CastrilloMovistar Team1:22:2034 (12)Lars CrapsLotto Intermarch1:22:2135 (2)Gal GlivarAlpecin Premier Tech1:24:4436 (-)Finn Fisher-BlackRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:24:4437 (10)Mats WenzelEquipo Kern Pharma1:28:0638 (2)Darren RaffertyEF Education EasyPost1:28:4639 (7)Bekkum Darren vanXDS Astana Team1:29:0140 (1)Moritz KretschyNSN Cycling Team1:30:2341 (3)Georg SteinhauserEF Education EasyPost1:33:3942 (6)Walter CalzoniPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:35:5943 (6)Alessandro RomeleXDS Astana Team1:36:1344 (2)Matthew BrennanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:42:0545 (6)Francesco BusattoAlpecin Premier Tech1:45:0546 (1)Roman ErmakovBahrain Victorious1:46:1547 (3)Callum ThornleyRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:49:0248 (5)Henri-Franois Renard-HaquinTeam Picnic PostNL1:49:4049 (8)Alastair MacKellarEF Education EasyPost1:50:2650 (2)Martin TjttaUno-X Mobility1:51:3351 (1)Juan Guillermo MartinezTeam Picnic PostNL1:55:2452 (1)Csar MacasBurgos Burpellet BH1:56:2853 (1)Oscar ChamberlainDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:58:3554 (1)Louis RoulandCofidis2:00:0055 (1)Oliver PeaceTeam Picnic PostNL2:01:4456 (1)Schuyteneer Steffen DeLotto Intermarch2:01:4657 (1)Hamish McKenzieTeam Jayco AlUla2:09:3658 (1)Sente SentjensAlpecin Premier Tech2:25:26The post Results: Stage 9 La Vuelta 2026 appeared first on IrishCyclingNews.com | Irish Cycling News | IrishCycling.

Mathieu van der Poel was left searching for answers after another Mountain Bike World Championships ended in disappointment, with the Dutchman admitting he had no explanation for finishing 30th in Val di Sole despite arriving in Italy feeling good. Van der Poel had travelled to the 2026 World Champi...

Pro cycling returned to Philadelphia after a decade-long pause, and fans were treated to a photo finish in the day's opening event, the women's race.Despite the course's punchy nature, the 100-kilometre race came down to a sprint finish, with Italian Chiara Consonni (Canyon-SRAM) edging out Canadian Alexandra Volstad (EF Education-Oatly) and American Ella Sabo (Virginia's Blue Ridge TWENTY28).This trio was among a small selection able to stay ahead of a crash that took down race-favourite Maggie Coles-Lyster (Human Powered Health) in the closing metres of the race."I hear that something happened in the last few meters, some crashes, but, yeah, fortunately, we were in front. I think we managed really, really good the lead-out," Consonni said post-race.Consonnis teammate, Australian Tiffany Cromwell, commented that the race went exactly as the WorldTour team had planned."We knew we had the strongest team; we had to be smart. And it worked out perfectly," said Cromwell. First held in 1985 as the Philadelphia International Championship, the race became one of North Americas premier one-day cycling events. For decades, it brought many of the sports biggest names to Philadelphia and its infamous Manayunk Wall and Lemon Hill. But as funding and interest in road cycling declined in the United States, the race went on hiatus. Now, after a decade's absence, it is back as one of just two UCI-sanctioned 1.1 one-day road races on U.S. soil, and its revival attracted a truly international peloton. The 116-rider women's peloton contained WorldTour teams, Olympians and national champions as well as the best domestic riders. Megan Guarnier, a former Giro d'Italia Women winner, U.S. national champion and the last winner of this race back in 2016, also made an appearance racing with the CCB Kenetik p/b Levine Law Group team. The revived course was built around a 23-kilometre urban circuit featuring Lemon Hill and the races defining obstacle, the Manayunk Wall with its brutal 17% gradients.After an extended neutral rollout, racing finally kicked off just before the first trip up the Wall, with EF Education-Oatly taking control of the pace. The steady tempo began to thin the back of the peloton, although the field remained together through the opening lap.A two-rider breakaway consisting of Mairen Lawson (Aegis) and Farah-Dale Morris (Automatic Racing) briefly escaped early on lap two, only to be caught on the Wall as EF Education-Oatly again controlled the group.The longest-lasting breakaway formed on lap three, when seven riders from the field's smaller teams went clear and opened a gap of around 40 seconds. Attrition gradually reduced its numbers, but the remaining riders still carried an advantage into the final lap.EF Education-Oatly swept up the breakaway at the base of the Wall and immediately helped launch a dangerous five-rider countermove. Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner and teammate Babette van der Wolf represented EF, Chiara Consonni and Agnieszka Skalniak-Sojka were there for Canyon-SRAM, and Guarnier completed the group.With two powerhouse teams represented at the front, it came down to the WorldTour team Human Powered Health to take up the chase. The five-rider breakaway was fully reeled in with less than 10 kilometres left in the race. Another countermove went off the front, but this was short-lived.Consonni said that she and her team were aware of the threat posed by Coles-Lysters sprint."It was really chaotic, because there was this breakaway, and then we knew that every stronger team were there," said Consonni."But we had Maggie [Coles-Lyster], that she had also a nice sprint, so we tried to close the gap, because we knew that maybe, if we arrived with the sprint, we can make it."A reduced bunch of around 20 riders was headed to the finish line along Benjamin Franklin Parkway with Canyon-SRAM, Human Powered Health, and EF Education Oatley controlling the front.After navigating a roundabout at the top of the finishing straight, riders fanned across the wide American road. With about 300m remaining, a small touch of wheels took down Coles-Lyster and her teammate, taking them out of contention for the sprint."We were on perfect wheel, ready to come around and start opening up the sprint, and a rider just chopped us, took out the front wheel," Coles-Lyster told Cycling Weekly post-race. "We were in perfect position, and I think it easily could have been both Catherine [Schweinberger] and I on the podium."This was Coles-Lysters second tumble in a week, and after collecting herself and crossing the line, she said she was feeling it."I'm pretty sore. I mean, we both had a tumble last weekend [at the Lloyds Tour of Britain] as well, so this is just kind of, you know, what is the saying, adding injury to whatever," she lamented.Coming out of the wheels, piloted by her teammate Cromwell, Consonni looked to be in the best position on the right side of the road, and she launched her winning move.With her head down and eyes forward, the Italian took to the front and made her winning kick. Volstad and Consonni both threw their bikes across the line but the Italian came out well ahead.

Sepp Kuss reached the first rest day of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana after an unforgiving 24 hours in which he survived a high-speed crash, returned to the bike and then lost his place among the leading four riders on the Alto de Aitana. The American started Stage 9 fourth overall, 2:15 behind Enric Mas...

The2026 Vuelta a Espaawill be the third and final Grand Tour of the men's calendar and will take place from the 22nd of August to the 13th of September. Starting in Monaco, the World Tour peloton will travel through the eastern and southern half of Spain for a mountain-packed edition. We take a l...

Oscar Onley has confirmed that challenging for the final podium was always his ambition at the 2026 Vuelta a Espana after producing his strongest performance of the race on the Alto de Aitana. The British rider followed Enric Mas when the red jersey attacked with three kilometres remaining on Stage...

Enric Mas successfully defended the red jersey by winning Stage 9 of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana atop the Alto de Aitana. The Movistar Team rider dropped Primoz Roglic before beating Oscar Onley in the final sprint. A 24-rider breakaway formed during the demanding 187.4-kilometre stage, which featured...

Primoz Roglic heads into the first rest day of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana still firmly in contention for a record fifth title, despite Enric Mas strengthening his grip on the red jersey on the Alto de Aitana. The four-time winner finished third on Stage 9, 12 seconds behind Mas and six behind Oscar On...

Enric Mas ended a four-year wait for victory in emphatic fashion on the Alto de Aitana, winning Stage 9 of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana while strengthening his grip on the red jersey. The Movistar leader dropped Primoz Roglic and Felix Gall during the decisive kilometres of the final climb before beatin...

After finishing ninth overall at the Tour de France in July, Tom Pidcock returned to mountain biking at the World Championships in Val di Sole to win the mens elite XCO title for the second time in his career. Despite only having ridden one World Cup event so far this year, which he won at Nov Msto in May, the British rider once again proved to be too strong for his competition, beating many of the worlds best riders to reclaim the rainbow jersey that he last won on home soil at Glentress Forest in 2023.Starting 35th on the grid, Pidcock navigated the traffic and scythed his way through the field on the opening laps to move himself up towards the front of the race. By the end of lap four of eight, the double Olympic champion had fought his way onto the back of the leading group of Martn Vidaurre, Adrien Boichis, Cole Punchard and his British teammate Charlie Aldridge. A mistake on an uphill section through the forest on the fifth lap saw Pidcock lose ground, as he was forced to put a foot down after getting his tyre caught on a root. However, he quickly composed himself and gradually worked his way back to the leaders, remaining at the back of the five-rider group for the rest of the lap as he took some time to recover.After some brief respite, Pidcock came to the front at the start of the sixth lap, putting in a massive attack on an uphill section, which distanced Punchard off the back of the group. He then continued to push on through the remainder of the lap, with the other three riders battling to stay in his wheel.Another dig through an uphill section then saw Boichis distanced, leaving three riders at the head of the race. With the Frenchman dropped, Aldridge and Pidcock began to work to drop Vidaurre, but the Chilean continued to hold on as they went onto the seventh lap.However, the pace of the British duo ultimately proved too much for Vidaurre, as he began to lose ground and was ultimately dropped. It would now be a battle between Aldridge and Pidcock to decide the victory, with the recently-crowned European champion continuing to battle in the wheel of his more experienced compatriot.A brilliant move from Aldridge then saw him go down the inside of Pidcock through a sweeping right-hand berm on a downhill section, pulling out a small advantage over his teammate. However, Pidcock quickly worked to get back into the wheel, before attacking on the next uphill section, just as Aldridge was pausing to take a drink from his bottle.Centimetres then turned to metres for Aldridge as Pidcock began to open up a gap over the Scottish rider. The Yorkshireman then continued to power away, as Aldridge began to pay for his earlier efforts. As they went onto the eighth and final lap of the race, Pidcock had a nine-second lead over his teammate and was continuing to press home his advantage in what was quickly becoming a complete show of domination.Meanwhile, a rear-wheel puncture for Martn Vidaurre saw him fall to fourth place, whilst Cole Punchard produced an incredible comeback to move himself into a medal position in third place as they began the final lap.A valiant effort from Charlie Aldridge saw him continue to fight on, but he was simply unable to match Tom Pidcock, who held his bike aloft as he crossed the line to become World Champion once again.Aldridge then came home to complete a British one-two and claim his second silver medal of the week, after finishing runner-up in the short track event on Friday, whilst Punchard also held on to finish third ahead of a disappointed Vidaurre and Boichis in fourth and fifth respectively.Elsewhere, it was not a good day for Mathieu van der Poel, who finished four minutes and forty seconds behind Pidcock in thirtieth place, whilst double World Champion Alan Hatherly suffered misfortune with an early puncture and finished in forty-third place.In his post-race interview, an emotional Pidcock dedicated his victory to the late Finlay Tarling, who died aged 19 years old in a crash at the Volta a Portugal earlier this month.I dont have many words to be honest, said Pidcock. It was a hard road here after the Tour. I just want to dedicate this win to Fin Tarling and to Josh, seeing him start the Vuelta was incredible, so I want to dedicate this to his family.Having only raced his mountain bike once so far this year, Pidcocks form was unclear going into these championships, but he once again proved himself to be the best rider in the world at this discipline.I knew it was a course where you really couldnt overpace yourself and you had to ride within your limit, he said. I crashed pretty badly in practice on Friday and my back was hurting from the first lap. I really couldnt go any harder, so Im lucky that the pace I could hold was good enough to get to the front. On the last two laps I just had to push whatever I could and see if I could try to stretch that gap before a final sprint, and yeah, that was a pretty hard race.Always a balancing act between his road racing commitments and his ambitions in other disciplines, Pidcock laid out his plans for the next two years ahead of the Olympics in Los Angeles in 2028, where he will be looking to win a third-consecutive gold medal in the cross-country event.Next year, Im not going to do as much mountain biking, Pidcock stated. Ill focus on the road and then return to mountain biking before LA the following year, but Ill need to find the time to come and wear those bands.ResultsUCI Mountain Bike World Championships 2026, Mens Elite Olympic Cross-Country1. Tom Pidcock, Great Britain, in 1:25:262. Charlie Aldridge, Great Britain, +17s3. Cole Punchard, Canada, +31s4. Martn Vidaurre, Chile, +59s5. Adrien Boichis, France, +1:066. Mathis Azzaro, France, +1:477. Dario Lillo, Switzerland, +1:548. Filippo Colombo, Switzerland, +2:029. Fabio Pntener, Switzerland, +2:0410. David List, Germany, +2:08