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Wout van Aert credited Team Visma | Lease a Bikes willingness to sacrifice either of its leading contenders after finally taking his first victory of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana on Stage 13. The Belgian defeated Valentin Paret-Peintre in a two-man sprint after attacking from the decisive nine-rider gr...

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Eddie Dunbar (Pinarello Q36.5) made the 43-man breakaway on stage 13 of the Vuelta a Espaa on Friday 4 September, finishing 21st in Loja as Wout van Aert took the win from the same move.Van Aert (Team Visma-Lease a Bike) attacked with 3.5km of the 192.8km stage from Almucar remaining, and only Valentin Paret-Peintre could follow. The Belgian won the sprint between them, with his teammate Matthew Brennan third at 24 seconds to complete a strong day for the team. Jarno Widar was fourth and Vincenzo Albanese fifth.It is Van Aerts first win of this Vuelta, in the green jersey, having taken three stages two years ago. The rolling terrain between the coast and Loja produced attacks all afternoon before the large break went clear.Mattias Skjelmose also raced at the front and gained more than two minutes on his general classification rivals. At the top, nothing changed: Enric Mas leads Primo Rogli by 1:45 and Felix Gall by 2:06, with Richard Carapaz fourth and Oscar Onley fifth.Van Aert extends his points lead to 224, with Brennan second on 159. Santiago Buitrago holds the mountains on 58, Onley the young riders and Decathlon CMA CGM the teams. Andreas Kron was named most combative.Saturday brings the summit finish at Sierra de la Pandera.Irish RidersDunbar was among the 43 riders who went clear and came home 21st at 45 seconds, climbing five places to 45th overall. He is 33rd in the mountains classification on 23 points. Darren Rafferty (EF Education-EasyPost) finished 136th at 15:22 and holds 116th overall.IRLIrish Riders Stage 13Fri 4 September 2026 Almucar Loja 192.8km21Eddie DUNBARPinarello Q36.5 45th overall, +1:23:06 33rd mountains+0:45136Darren RAFFERTYEF Education EasyPost 116th overall 42nd young rider+15:22Stage 13 ResultStage 13 Result show all 160STGStage 13 ResultVuelta A Espana 2026 04 September 2026 Almucar Loja 192.8 km 160 riders1Wout VAN AERTTeam Visma | Lease a Bike4:34:002Valentin PARET-PEINTRESoudal Quick-Steps.t.3Matthew BRENNANTeam Visma | Lease a Bike0:244Jarno WIDARLotto Intermarch0:245Vincenzo ALBANESEEF Education EasyPost0:246Finn FISHER-BLACKRed Bull BORA hansgrohe0:247Kevin VERMAERKEUAE Team Emirates XRG0:248Lo BISIAUXDecathlon CMA CGM Team0:289Filippo ZANAUno-X Mobility0:3210Simon DALBYSoudal Quick-Step0:4511Jess HERRADABurgos Burpellet BH0:4512Andreas KRONUno-X Mobility0:4513Sergio SAMITIERCofidis0:4514Gijs LEEMREIZETeam Picnic PostNL0:4515Ivn COBOEquipo Kern Pharma0:4516Sylvain MONIQUETCofidis0:4517Cristin RODRGUEZXDS Astana Team0:4518Larry WARBASSETudor Pro Cycling Team0:4519Clment BERTHETGroupama FDJ United0:4520Lars CRAPSLotto Intermarch0:4521Eddie DUNBARPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team0:4522Guillaume MARTINGroupama FDJ United0:5023Reuben THOMPSONLotto Intermarch0:5024Mattias SKJELMOSELidl Trek0:5025Mario APARICIOBurgos Burpellet BH0:5026Matthew RICCITELLODecathlon CMA CGM Team0:5027Santiago BUITRAGOBahrain Victorious0:5028Jan HIRTNSN Cycling Team0:5029Andreas LEKNESSUNDUno-X Mobility0:5030Urko BERRADEEquipo Kern Pharma0:5031Lorenzo FORTUNATOXDS Astana Team1:1832Rudy MOLARDGroupama FDJ United1:2733Pello BILBAOBahrain Victorious1:5334Ral GARCA PIERNAMovistar Team3:0035Jack HAIGNetcompany INEOS3:0036Oscar ONLEYNetcompany INEOS3:0037Embret SVESTAD-BRDSENGNetcompany INEOS3:0038Enric MASMovistar Team3:0039Gianni MOSCONRed Bull BORA hansgrohe3:0040Primo ROGLIRed Bull BORA hansgrohe3:0041Felix GALLDecathlon CMA CGM Team3:0042Callum SCOTSONDecathlon CMA CGM Team3:0043Richard CARAPAZEF Education EasyPost3:0044Jakob OMRZELBahrain Victorious3:0045Attila VALTERBahrain Victorious3:0046Harold TEJADAXDS Astana Team3:0047Sepp KUSSTeam Visma | Lease a Bike3:0048Juan Felipe RODRIGUEZEF Education EasyPost3:0049Emanuel BUCHMANNCofidis3:2950Fabian WEISSTudor Pro Cycling Team3:2951Steven KRUIJSWIJKTeam Visma | Lease a Bike3:2952Hannes WILKSCHTudor Pro Cycling Team3:2953Henok MULUBRHANXDS Astana Team3:2954Mathijs PAASSCHENSBahrain Victorious3:2955Hugo HOFSTETTERNSN Cycling Team3:2956Clment ALLENOBurgos Burpellet BH3:2957Bastien TRONCHONGroupama FDJ United3:2958Jacopo MOSCALidl Trek3:2959Paul OURSELINCofidis3:2960Marco BRENNERTudor Pro Cycling Team3:2961Valentin MADOUASGroupama FDJ United3:2962Ibon RUIZEquipo Kern Pharma3:2963Enzo PALENIGroupama FDJ United3:2964Finlay PICKERINGTeam Jayco AlUla3:2965Jos Luis FAURABurgos Burpellet BH3:2966Rudy PORTERTeam Jayco AlUla3:2967Mikel LANDASoudal Quick-Step3:2968Koen BOUWMANTeam Jayco AlUla3:2969Martin TJTTAUno-X Mobility3:2970Bruno ARMIRAILTeam Visma | Lease a Bike3:2971Patrick KONRADLidl Trek3:2972Roman ERMAKOVBahrain Victorious3:2973Sander DE PESTELDecathlon CMA CGM Team3:2974Mauri VANSEVENANTSoudal Quick-Step3:2975Julien BERNARDLidl Trek3:2976Michael GOGLAlpecin Premier Tech3:2977Pau MIQUELBahrain Victorious3:4878Joo ALMEIDAUAE Team Emirates XRG4:0879Jordan LABROSSEDecathlon CMA CGM Team4:3380Luke TUCKWELLRed Bull BORA hansgrohe4:3381Axel LAURANCENetcompany INEOS4:3382Tobias Halland JOHANNESSENUno-X Mobility4:3683Stefan KNGTudor Pro Cycling Team4:3684Walter CALZONIPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team4:4285Alessandro ROMELEXDS Astana Team4:4286Ivn ROMEOMovistar Team5:0087Jrgen NORDHAGENTeam Visma | Lease a Bike5:1188Jos Manuel DAZBurgos Burpellet BH5:1589James SHAWEF Education EasyPost6:4590Lucas HAMILTONNetcompany INEOS8:0191Oscar CHAMBERLAINDecathlon CMA CGM Team8:0192Magnus CORTUno-X Mobility9:4093Carlos RODRGUEZNetcompany INEOS10:2594Jasha STTERLINTeam Jayco AlUla15:2295Roland THALMANNTudor Pro Cycling Team15:2296Steffen DE SCHUYTENEERLotto Intermarch15:2297Gianmarco GAROFOLISoudal Quick-Step15:2298Lorenzo ROTALotto Intermarch15:2299Gal GLIVARAlpecin Premier Tech15:22100Domen NOVAKUAE Team Emirates XRG15:22101Gianni VERMEERSCHRed Bull BORA hansgrohe15:22102Darren VAN BEKKUMXDS Astana Team15:22103Asbjrn HELLEMOSETeam Jayco AlUla15:22104Frederik WANDAHLRed Bull BORA hansgrohe15:22105Fredrik DVERSNES LAVIKUno-X Mobility15:22106Alessandro COVITeam Jayco AlUla15:22107Lennard KMNALidl Trek15:22108Sinuh FERNNDEZBurgos Burpellet BH15:22109Milan VADERPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team15:22110Iigo ELOSEGUIEquipo Kern Pharma15:22111Callum THORNLEYRed Bull BORA hansgrohe15:22112Rasmus TILLERUno-X Mobility15:22113Fabio VAN DEN BOSSCHESoudal Quick-Step15:22114Thibau NYSLidl Trek15:22115Ramses DEBRUYNEAlpecin Premier Tech15:22116Alberto DAINESESoudal Quick-Step15:22117Mats WENZELEquipo Kern Pharma15:22118Csar MACASBurgos Burpellet BH15:22119Rmy ROCHASGroupama FDJ United15:22120Olivier LE GACGroupama FDJ United15:22121Chris HAMILTONTeam Picnic PostNL15:22122Marc BRUSTENGAEquipo Kern Pharma15:22123Ivn Ramiro SOSAEquipo Kern Pharma15:22124Will BARTATudor Pro Cycling Team15:22125Bryan COQUARDCofidis15:22126Carlos CANALMovistar Team15:22127Yevgeniy FEDOROVXDS Astana Team15:22128Pablo CASTRILLOMovistar Team15:22129Jorge ARCASMovistar Team15:22130Marcel CAMPRUBPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team15:22131Louis ROULANDCofidis15:22132David DE LA CRUZPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team15:22133Thomas GLOAGPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team15:22134Timo DE JONGTeam Picnic PostNL15:22135Xabier Mikel AZPARRENPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team15:22136Darren RAFFERTYEF Education EasyPost15:22137Paul DOUBLETeam Jayco AlUla15:22138Hugo HOULEAlpecin Premier Tech15:22139Vito BRAETLotto Intermarch15:22140Nick SCHULTZNSN Cycling Team15:22141Alastair MACKELLAREF Education EasyPost15:22142Pau MARTNSN Cycling Team15:22143Alexis RENARDCofidis15:22144Ivo OLIVEIRAUAE Team Emirates XRG15:22145Juan Guillermo MARTINEZTeam Picnic PostNL15:22146Matev GOVEKARBahrain Victorious26:29147Georg STEINHAUSEREF Education EasyPost28:41148Orluis AULARMovistar Team28:41149Ethan HAYTERSoudal Quick-Step36:45150Oliver PEACETeam Picnic PostNL36:45151Timo ROOSENTeam Picnic PostNL36:45152Christophe LAPORTETeam Visma | Lease a Bike36:45153Mathias SUNEKR NORSGAARDLidl Trek36:45154Jordi MEEUSRed Bull BORA hansgrohe36:45155Moritz KRETSCHYNSN Cycling Team36:45DNFGregor MHLBERGERDecathlon CMA CGM TeamDNFFrancesco BUSATTOAlpecin Premier TechDNFSente SENTJENSAlpecin Premier TechDNFPavel SIVAKOVUAE Team Emirates XRGDNSAlexey LUTSENKONSN Cycling TeamClassifications After Stage 13General Classification show all 155GCGeneral ClassificationVuelta A Espana 2026 04 September 2026 Almucar Loja 192.8 km 155 riders1 (-)Enric MasMovistar Team45:08:512 (-)Primo RogliRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:453 (-)Felix GallDecathlon CMA CGM Team2:064 (-)Richard CarapazEF Education EasyPost3:535 (-)Oscar OnleyNetcompany INEOS4:296 (-)Jakob OmrzelBahrain Victorious4:597 (-)Mattias SkjelmoseLidl Trek5:328 (-)Sepp KussTeam Visma | Lease a Bike7:589 (1)ClmentGroupama FDJ United BerthetXDS Astana Team8:3310 (1)HaroldXDS Astana Team TejadaGroupama FDJ United11:0611 (1)Cristin RodrguezXDS Astana Team11:1012 (1)Lo BisiauxDecathlon CMA CGM Team13:3613 (1)Matthew RiccitelloDecathlon CMA CGM Team17:1514 (1)Jarno WidarLotto Intermarch17:4515 (1)Guillaume MartinGroupama FDJ United22:0816 (1)Juan Felipe RodriguezEF Education EasyPost25:5617 (1)Finlay PickeringTeam Jayco AlUla30:3418 (1)Santiago BuitragoBahrain Victorious38:0919 (1)Jan HirtNSN Cycling Team39:4220 (1)Mario AparicioBurgos Burpellet BH40:3821 (1)Pierna Ral GarcaMovistar Team44:0122 (1)Filippo ZanaSoudal Quick-Step44:4423 (1)Embret Svestad-BrdsengNetcompany INEOS48:1524 (3)Urko BerradeEquipo Kern Pharma48:2625 (-)Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-X Mobility50:4126 (2)Emanuel BuchmannCofidis53:4427 (2)Jack HaigNetcompany INEOS53:4928 (3)Gijs LeemreizeTeam Picnic PostNL57:1029 (1)Koen BouwmanTeam Jayco AlUla59:1030 (4)Ramses DebruyneAlpecin Premier Tech1:02:0631 (1)Pello BilbaoBahrain Victorious1:03:3432 (2)Callum ScotsonDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:06:2133 (-)Valentin MadouasGroupama FDJ United1:06:2534 (2)Patrick KonradLidl Trek1:12:1235 (-)Carlos RodrguezNetcompany INEOS1:17:0136 (2)Luke TuckwellRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:17:2037 (2)Mikel LandaSoudal Quick-Step1:17:3638 (1)Jos Manuel DazBurgos Burpellet BH1:17:4539 (2)Attila ValterBahrain Victorious1:18:1540 (5)Aert Wout vanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:19:0241 (2)Mauri VansevenantSoudal Quick-Step1:21:0142 (2)Marco BrennerTudor Pro Cycling Team1:21:0143 (8)Valentin Paret-PeintreSoudal Quick-Step1:22:4944 (5)Larry WarbasseTudor Pro Cycling Team1:22:5045 (5)Eddie DunbarPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:23:0646 (-)Henok MulubrhanXDS Astana Team1:24:2947 (-)Hugo HofstetterNSN Cycling Team1:24:3148 (5)Rudy MolardGroupama FDJ United1:26:3149 (8)Vincenzo AlbaneseEF Education EasyPost1:29:2150 (2)Axel LauranceNetcompany INEOS1:29:2951 (8)Andreas KronUno-X Mobility1:31:1052 (8)Hannes WilkschTudor Pro Cycling Team1:33:5753 (10)Ibon RuizEquipo Kern Pharma1:35:2854 (7)Jrgen NordhagenTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:35:4555 (7)Milan VaderPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:36:5756 (12)Kevin VermaerkeUAE Team Emirates XRG1:37:2657 (7)Enzo PaleniGroupama FDJ United1:37:2958 (4)James ShawEF Education EasyPost1:37:5159 (6)Stefan KngTudor Pro Cycling Team1:39:2260 (10)Reuben ThompsonLotto Intermarch1:39:2761 (8)Bruno ArmirailTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:41:4862 (8)Lennard KmnaLidl Trek1:41:4963 (8)Marcel CamprubPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:42:4664 (7)Paul OurselinCofidis1:42:4865 (11)Andreas LeknessundUno-X Mobility1:42:5866 (10)Rmy RochasGroupama FDJ United1:43:4067 (5)Julien BernardLidl Trek1:43:4968 (10)Simon DalbyUno-X Mobility1:44:1169 (4)Pau MiquelBahrain Victorious1:44:2870 (12)Thomas GloagPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:44:3471 (3)Pestel Sander DeDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:45:2972 (3)Jos Luis FauraBurgos Burpellet BH1:45:3673 (6)Lorenzo FortunatoXDS Astana Team1:45:3774 (3)Jordan LabrosseDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:47:3475 (5)Bastien TronchonGroupama FDJ United1:48:4376 (10)Gianmarco GarofoliSoudal Quick-Step1:50:1277 (5)Ivn RomeoMovistar Team1:51:2178 (11)Will BartaTudor Pro Cycling Team1:51:4979 (10)Lars CrapsLotto Intermarch1:55:1380 (6)Fabian WeissTudor Pro Cycling Team1:55:2581 (6)Rudy PorterTeam Jayco AlUla1:57:1082 (6)Jacopo MoscaLidl Trek1:57:1983 (9)Finn Fisher-BlackRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:58:4884 (10)Sergio SamitierCofidis2:00:3085 (6)Clment AllenoBurgos Burpellet BH2:01:2186 (5)Carlos CanalMovistar Team2:01:3487 (4)Pau MartNSN Cycling Team2:03:4888 (4)Frederik WandahlRed Bull BORA hansgrohe2:03:4989 (4)Hugo HouleAlpecin Premier Tech2:06:1590 (9)Steven KruijswijkTeam Visma | Lease a Bike2:07:4391 (18)Sylvain MoniquetCofidis2:12:1692 (18)Jess HerradaBurgos Burpellet BH2:12:2593 (3)Thibau NysLidl Trek2:12:3394 (11)Joo AlmeidaUAE Team Emirates XRG2:13:0595 (2)Roland ThalmannTudor Pro Cycling Team2:14:0496 (6)Lucas HamiltonNetcompany INEOS2:14:0597 (9)Alessandro RomeleXDS Astana Team2:14:3598 (3)Xabier Mikel AzparrenPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team2:15:4899 (3)Gianni VermeerschRed Bull BORA hansgrohe2:16:16100 (3)Lorenzo RotaLotto Intermarch2:17:29101 (3)Lavik Fredrik DversnesUno-X Mobility2:19:06102 (17)Matthew BrennanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike2:20:21103 (3)Nick SchultzNSN Cycling Team2:20:54104 (3)Gal GlivarAlpecin Premier Tech2:21:18105 (2)Pablo CastrilloMovistar Team2:22:17106 (12)Walter CalzoniPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team2:22:41107 (3)Jorge ArcasMovistar Team2:23:49108 (1)Yevgeniy FedorovXDS Astana Team2:25:42109 (1)Bekkum Darren vanXDS Astana Team2:26:29110 (1)la Cruz David dePinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team2:27:20111 (6)Magnus CortUno-X Mobility2:27:27112 (13)Martin TjttaUno-X Mobility2:27:29113 (1)Chris HamiltonTeam Picnic PostNL2:27:41114 (-)Ivn Ramiro SosaEquipo Kern Pharma2:31:10115 (12)Roman ErmakovBahrain Victorious2:31:22116 (-)Darren RaffertyEF Education EasyPost2:32:18117 (11)Mathijs PaasschensBahrain Victorious2:32:47118 (11)Michael GoglAlpecin Premier Tech2:33:35119 (1)Jong Timo deTeam Picnic PostNL2:36:55120 (1)Bryan CoquardCofidis2:37:29121 (1)Iigo EloseguiEquipo Kern Pharma2:37:57122 (2)Mats WenzelEquipo Kern Pharma2:39:10123 (17)Ivn CoboEquipo Kern Pharma2:41:35124 (17)Gianni MosconRed Bull BORA hansgrohe2:44:22125 (10)Orluis AularMovistar Team2:44:55126 (4)Alberto DaineseSoudal Quick-Step2:46:33127 (4)Callum ThornleyRed Bull BORA hansgrohe2:47:42128 (4)Vito BraetLotto Intermarch2:48:16129 (4)den Bossche Fabio VanSoudal Quick-Step2:49:33130 (4)Alessandro CoviTeam Jayco AlUla2:50:36131 (4)Alastair MacKellarEF Education EasyPost2:51:08132 (19)Christophe LaporteTeam Visma | Lease a Bike2:51:32133 (3)Gac Olivier LeGroupama FDJ United2:51:56134 (4)Rasmus TillerUno-X Mobility2:54:12135 (9)Georg SteinhauserEF Education EasyPost2:56:03136 (14)Oscar ChamberlainDecathlon CMA CGM Team2:57:12137 (5)Alexis RenardCofidis2:57:37138 (5)Csar MacasBurgos Burpellet BH2:57:52139 (5)Sinuh FernndezBurgos Burpellet BH2:58:04140 (17)Moritz KretschyNSN Cycling Team3:00:10141 (5)Paul DoubleTeam Jayco AlUla3:01:21142 (5)Jasha StterlinTeam Jayco AlUla3:01:37143 (5)Marc BrustengaEquipo Kern Pharma3:02:05144 (5)Juan Guillermo MartinezTeam Picnic PostNL3:02:30145 (6)Matev GovekarBahrain Victorious3:06:37146 (5)Schuyteneer Steffen DeLotto Intermarch3:07:15147 (7)Ivo OliveiraUAE Team Emirates XRG3:12:39148 (7)Asbjrn HellemoseTeam Jayco AlUla3:13:30149 (12)Jordi MeeusRed Bull BORA hansgrohe3:14:13150 (7)Louis RoulandCofidis3:17:51151 (7)Domen NovakUAE Team Emirates XRG3:22:36152 (-)Ethan HayterSoudal Quick-Step3:28:51153 (-)Timo RoosenTeam Picnic PostNL3:31:51154 (2)Oliver PeaceTeam Picnic PostNL3:35:12155 (5)Norsgaard Mathias SunekrLidl Trek4:04:25Points Classification show all 82PTSPoints ClassificationVuelta A Espana 2026 04 September 2026 Almucar Loja 192.8 km 82 riders1 (-)Aert Wout vanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike224 pts2 (-)Matthew BrennanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike159 pts3 (-)Alessandro RomeleXDS Astana Team96 pts4 (-)Bryan CoquardCofidis94 pts5 (-)Ethan HayterSoudal Quick-Step77 pts6 (-)Jordi MeeusRed Bull BORA hansgrohe67 pts7 (-)Bastien TronchonGroupama FDJ United60 pts8 (-)HugoNSN Cycling Team HofstetterMovistar Team57 pts9 (-)EnricMovistar Team MasNSN Cycling Team53 pts10 (-)Magnus CortUno-X Mobility53 pts11 (-)Christophe LaporteTeam Visma | Lease a Bike52 pts12 (13)Vincenzo AlbaneseEF Education EasyPost48 pts13 (11)Finn Fisher-BlackRed Bull BORA hansgrohe48 pts14 (2)Felix GallDecathlon CMA CGM Team47 pts15 (2)LoDecathlon CMA CGM Team BisiauxNetcompany INEOS47 pts16 (6)OscarNetcompany INEOS OnleyDecathlon CMA CGM Team46 pts17 (10)Andreas LeknessundUno-X Mobility45 pts18 (13)Jarno WidarLotto Intermarch45 pts19 (5)Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-X Mobility45 pts20 (22)Valentin Paret-PeintreSoudal Quick-Step45 pts21 (6)Jordan LabrosseDecathlon CMA CGM Team45 pts22 (6)Kevin VermaerkeUAE Team Emirates XRG43 pts23 (7)Primo RogliRed Bull BORA hansgrohe41 pts24 (6)Ramses DebruyneAlpecin Premier Tech39 pts25 (5)Mattias SkjelmoseLidl Trek38 pts26 (17)Cristin RodrguezXDS Astana Team36 pts27 (6)Richard CarapazEF Education EasyPost35 pts28 (5)Jakob OmrzelBahrain Victorious34 pts29 (3)Pau MiquelBahrain Victorious31 pts30 (1)Axel LauranceNetcompany INEOS28 pts31 (1)Vito BraetLotto Intermarch27 pts32 (-)Orluis AularMovistar Team26 pts33 (-)Eddie DunbarPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team23 pts34 (-)Harold TejadaXDS Astana Team22 pts35 (-)Thibau NysLidl Trek22 pts36 (-)Sepp KussTeam Visma | Lease a Bike21 pts37 (-)Santiago BuitragoBahrain Victorious21 pts38 (10)Andreas KronUno-X Mobility21 pts39 (1)Stefan KngTudor Pro Cycling Team21 pts40 (1)Fabian WeissTudor Pro Cycling Team20 pts41 (1)Jos Manuel DazBurgos Burpellet BH20 pts42 (1)Larry WarbasseTudor Pro Cycling Team20 pts43 (1)Patrick KonradLidl Trek18 pts44 (1)Urko BerradeEquipo Kern Pharma17 pts45 (1)Joo AlmeidaUAE Team Emirates XRG17 pts46 (1)Jasha StterlinTeam Jayco AlUla17 pts47 (27)Guillaume MartinGroupama FDJ United15 pts48 (1)Bruno ArmirailTeam Visma | Lease a Bike15 pts49 (1)Xabier Mikel AzparrenPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team15 pts50 (1)Michael GoglAlpecin Premier Tech15 pts51 (7)Ivn CoboEquipo Kern Pharma15 pts52 (-)Embret Svestad-BrdsengNetcompany INEOS13 pts53 (-)Pello BilbaoBahrain Victorious13 pts54 (-)Thomas GloagPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team13 pts55 (-)Alberto DaineseSoudal Quick-Step13 pts56 (-)Callum ThornleyRed Bull BORA hansgrohe13 pts57 (-)Matev GovekarBahrain Victorious13 pts58 (1)Juan Felipe RodriguezEF Education EasyPost11 pts59 (12)Filippo ZanaSoudal Quick-Step11 pts60 (-)Mauri VansevenantSoudal Quick-Step11 pts61 (-)Henok MulubrhanXDS Astana Team11 pts62 (1)Enzo PaleniGroupama FDJ United10 pts63 (1)Rmy RochasGroupama FDJ United10 pts64Lars CrapsLotto Intermarch10 pts65 (1)Ivn Ramiro SosaEquipo Kern Pharma10 pts66 (1)Asbjrn HellemoseTeam Jayco AlUla10 pts67 (1)Clment BerthetGroupama FDJ United9 pts68Simon DalbyUno-X Mobility9 pts69 (2)Oscar ChamberlainDecathlon CMA CGM Team9 pts70 (2)Pierna Ral GarcaMovistar Team6 pts71Jess HerradaBurgos Burpellet BH6 pts72 (8)Sergio SamitierCofidis5 pts73 (4)Yevgeniy FedorovXDS Astana Team5 pts74 (4)Marc BrustengaEquipo Kern Pharma5 pts75 (3)Alessandro CoviTeam Jayco AlUla4 pts76Gijs LeemreizeTeam Picnic PostNL3 pts77 (4)Rasmus TillerUno-X Mobility3 pts78 (3)Marcel CamprubPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team2 pts79 (3)Jong Timo deTeam Picnic PostNL2 pts80 (3)Ivo OliveiraUAE Team Emirates XRG2 pts81 (3)Luke TuckwellRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1 pt82 (3)Marco BrennerTudor Pro Cycling Team1 ptMountains Classification show all 49KOMMountains ClassificationVuelta A Espana 2026 04 September 2026 Almucar Loja 192.8 km 49 riders1 (-)Santiago BuitragoBahrain Victorious58 pts2 (-)Aert Wout vanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike40 pts3 (-)Enric MasMovistar Team24 pts4 (1)Andreas LeknessundUno-X Mobility19 pts5 (1)Lorenzo FortunatoXDS Astana Team18 pts6 (2)FelixDecathlon CMA CGM Team GallBahrain Victorious12 pts7 (2)JakobBahrain Victorious OmrzelDecathlon CMA CGM Team11 pts8 (2)Oscar OnleyNetcompany INEOS10 pts9 (13)Andreas KronUno-X Mobility9 pts10 (1)Alessandro RomeleXDS Astana Team9 pts11 (1)Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-X Mobility9 pts12 (1)Walter CalzoniPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team7 pts13 (1)Koen BouwmanTeam Jayco AlUla6 pts14 (1)Primo RogliRed Bull BORA hansgrohe6 pts15 (1)SeppTeam Visma | Lease a Bike KussEF Education EasyPost6 pts16 (1)RichardEF Education EasyPost CarapazTeam Visma | Lease a Bike6 pts17 (1)Urko BerradeEquipo Kern Pharma6 pts18 (1)Gijs LeemreizeTeam Picnic PostNL6 pts19 (1)Paul DoubleTeam Jayco AlUla6 pts20 (1)Jos Manuel DazBurgos Burpellet BH5 pts21Vincenzo AlbaneseEF Education EasyPost5 pts22Kevin VermaerkeUAE Team Emirates XRG5 pts23 (-)Fabian WeissTudor Pro Cycling Team5 pts24 (-)Embret Svestad-BrdsengNetcompany INEOS4 pts25 (-)Luke TuckwellRed Bull BORA hansgrohe4 pts26 (-)Ivn Ramiro SosaEquipo Kern Pharma4 pts27 (-)Enzo PaleniGroupama FDJ United3 pts28 (-)Lavik Fredrik DversnesUno-X Mobility3 pts29SinuhBurgos Burpellet BH FernndezGroupama FDJ United3 pts30 (1)GuillaumeGroupama FDJ United MartinBurgos Burpellet BH3 pts31 (1)Harold TejadaXDS Astana Team2 pts32 (4)Cristin RodrguezXDS Astana Team2 pts33 (4)Lo BisiauxDecathlon CMA CGM Team2 pts34 (3)Jack HaigNetcompany INEOS2 pts35 (3)Pello BilbaoBahrain Victorious2 pts36 (3)Pablo CastrilloMovistar Team2 pts37la Cruz David dePinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team2 pts38 (4)Michael GoglAlpecin Premier Tech2 pts39 (4)Jasha StterlinTeam Jayco AlUla2 pts40 (2)Juan Felipe RodriguezEF Education EasyPost1 pt41 (2)Ramses DebruyneAlpecin Premier Tech1 pt42 (2)Mauri VansevenantSoudal Quick-Step1 pt43 (2)Eddie DunbarPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1 pt44 (-)Stefan KngTudor Pro Cycling Team1 pt45 (-)Bruno ArmirailTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1 pt46 (4)Marcel CamprubPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1 pt47 (4)Thomas GloagPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1 pt48 (2)Ivn CoboEquipo Kern Pharma1 pt49 (2)Ethan HayterSoudal Quick-Step1 ptYoung Rider Classification show all 53YTHYoung Rider ClassificationVuelta A Espana 2026 04 September 2026 Almucar Loja 192.8 km 53 riders1 (-)Oscar OnleyNetcompany INEOS45:13:202 (-)Jakob OmrzelBahrain Victorious0:303 (-)Lo BisiauxDecathlon CMA CGM Team9:074 (-)Matthew RiccitelloDecathlon CMA CGM Team12:465 (-)Jarno WidarLotto Intermarch13:166 (-)FinlayTeam Jayco AlUla PickeringEF Education EasyPost21:277 (-)Juan FelipeEF Education EasyPost RodriguezTeam Jayco AlUla26:058 (-)Pierna Ral GarcaMovistar Team39:329 (-)Embret Svestad-BrdsengNetcompany INEOS43:4610 (-)Ramses DebruyneAlpecin Premier Tech57:3711 (-)Carlos RodrguezNetcompany INEOS1:12:3212 (-)Luke TuckwellRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:12:5113 (-)Marco BrennerTudor Pro Cycling Team1:16:3214 (-)Valentin Paret-PeintreSoudal Quick-Step1:18:2015 (-)HannesTudor Pro Cycling Team WilkschNetcompany INEOS1:25:0016 (2)AxelNetcompany INEOS LauranceTudor Pro Cycling Team1:29:2817 (2)Jrgen NordhagenTeam Visma | Lease a Bike1:31:1618 (2)Enzo PaleniGroupama FDJ United1:33:0019 (3)Reuben ThompsonLotto Intermarch1:34:5820 (4)Marcel CamprubPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:38:1721 (3)Simon DalbyUno-X Mobility1:39:4222 (5)Thomas GloagPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team1:40:0523 (-)Jordan LabrosseDecathlon CMA CGM Team1:43:0524 (1)Bastien TronchonGroupama FDJ United1:44:1425 (4)Gianmarco GarofoliSoudal Quick-Step1:45:4326 (1)Ivn RomeoMovistar Team1:46:5227 (4)Lars CrapsLotto Intermarch1:50:4428 (2)Fabian WeissTudor Pro Cycling Team1:50:5629 (4)CarlosMovistar Team CanalRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:54:1930 (4)FinnRed Bull BORA hansgrohe Fisher-BlackMovistar Team1:57:0531 (3)Pau MartNSN Cycling Team1:59:1932 (3)Frederik WandahlRed Bull BORA hansgrohe1:59:2033 (1)Thibau NysLidl Trek2:08:0434 (2)Alessandro RomeleXDS Astana Team2:10:0635 (5)Matthew BrennanTeam Visma | Lease a Bike2:15:5236 (2)Gal GlivarAlpecin Premier Tech2:16:4937 (2)Pablo CastrilloMovistar Team2:17:4838 (1)Walter CalzoniPinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team2:18:1239 (2)Bekkum Darren vanXDS Astana Team2:22:0040 (3)Martin TjttaUno-X Mobility2:23:0041 (4)Roman ErmakovBahrain Victorious2:26:5342 (4)Darren RaffertyEF Education EasyPost2:27:4943 (1)Mats WenzelEquipo Kern Pharma2:34:4144 (2)Callum ThornleyRed Bull BORA hansgrohe2:43:1345 (2)Alastair MacKellarEF Education EasyPost2:46:3946 (2)Georg SteinhauserEF Education EasyPost2:51:3447 (4)Oscar ChamberlainDecathlon CMA CGM Team2:52:4348 (-)Csar MacasBurgos Burpellet BH2:53:2349 (8)Moritz KretschyNSN Cycling Team2:55:4150 (-)Juan Guillermo MartinezTeam Picnic PostNL2:58:0151 (1)Schuyteneer Steffen DeLotto Intermarch3:02:4652 (2)Louis RoulandCofidis3:13:2253 (-)Oliver PeaceTeam Picnic PostNL3:30:43TEAMTeams ClassificationVuelta A Espana 2026 04 September 2026 Almucar Loja 192.8 km 23 riders1 (-)Decathlon CMA CGM Team135:42:212 (-)Bahrain Victorious1:07:363 (-)Netcompany INEOS1:11:134 (-)XDS Astana Team1:11:515 (1)Groupama FDJ United1:14:046 (1)EF Education EasyPost1:15:587 (-)Movistar Team1:31:128 (-)Team Visma | Lease a Bike1:33:239 (-)Soudal Quick-Step2:00:4710 (-)Red Bull BORA hansgrohe2:12:4911 (1)Lidl Trek2:16:4412 (1)Burgos Burpellet BH2:18:2413 (2)NSN Cycling Team2:27:5014 (-)UAE Team Emirates XRG2:38:3115 (-)Team Jayco AlUla2:57:1116 (-)Equipo Kern Pharma2:58:4017 (1)Uno-X Mobility3:03:0518 (1)Lotto Intermarch3:03:4019 (2)Tudor Pro Cycling Team3:04:5820 (-)Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team3:22:5821 (-)Cofidis3:31:3522 (-)Alpecin Premier Tech4:22:3423 (-)Team Picnic PostNL4:38:36Stage 13 PhotosPhotography by Unipublic / Cxcling Creative Agency / Miguel Ena04/09/2026 - La Vuelta 2026 - Stage 13 - Almuecar > Loja (192,8 Km)04/09/2026 - La Vuelta 2026 - Stage 13 - Almuecar > Loja (192,8 Km) - Wout VAN AERT (TEAM VISMA - LEASE A BIKE)04/09/2026 - La Vuelta 2026 - Stage 13 - Almuecar > Loja (192,8 Km) - Andreas KRON (UNO-X MOBILITY), Kevin VERMAERKE (UAE TEAM EMIRATES 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Modern Adventure Pro Cycling spent months telling the cycling world what it hoped to become. In its debut season, the team followed that promise with results.An invitation to ParisRoubaix put the fledgling UCI ProTeam on one of the sports biggest stages. Early success also included a top-five finish at the AlUla Tour and two stage victories and the overall title for Ben Oliver at the Tour de Wallonie.The results gave Modern Adventure an encouraging start to its well-publicised "five years till Tour de France" timeline. At the revived Philadelphia Cycling Classic, Cycling Weekly caught up with Hincapie and performance director Bobby Julich to reflect on the teams early progress and discuss what comes next.From mid-ride idea to top step of a podiumThe team roster is projected to grow to 24-25 guys in 2027 (Image credit: Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)Before there was a roster, a race calendar or a victory in Belgium, there was a conversation on a bike ride.Julich traces the beginning of Modern Adventure to February 2025, when he and Hincapie began tossing around the idea of a new American professional team. By April, the idea had become a full-blown project with a deadline: they had to assemble a team before the next season."Its been a crazy ride," Julich said. "All of a sudden it came to fruition, and were like, Man, weve got to put a team together'."The speed suited Hincapie better than Julich. "Im kind of a measure-twice, cut-once sort of guy," Julich said. "George is like, Lets just go pedal to the metal'."Modern Adventure moved from an idea to a functioning ProTeam in a matter of months."Starting from scratch and seeing where we are now it's been a hockey stick, a rocket ship, and we've been out over our skis quite a bit," Julich said. "We went to Paris-Roubaix, and we had eight guys take the start. We only had one non-finisher. I would have been happy if one guy would have finished within the time limit," - Bobby Julich (Image credit: Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)"It's been a wild year," Hincapie echoed, who spent much of 2025 travelling, meeting race organisers and selling them on a team that did not yet exist. The response far exceeded his expectations. Modern Adventure secured enough invitations that its first challenge was not finding races but deciding which ones it could realistically manage.The team opened its season in the Middle East at the AlUla Tour and UAE Tour before moving through an ambitious international calendar. The early enthusiasm eventually had to give way to a more measured approach."We really had to slow down and start saying, 'Okay, we actually can't do all of this stuff'," Hincapie said. From there, the team prioritised races where it believed it could make an impact.Paris-Roubaix was such a race. When the invite came, Hincapie called it "hugely exciting," and, more importantly, a great showcasing opportunity. "It'll be a big test for all the team, but we'll continue to approach it with diligent preparation and as a collective unit," he said at the time. The race far exceeded Hicapie or Julichs expectations. "We went to Paris-Roubaix, and we had eight guys take the start," Julich said. "We only had one non-finisher. I would have been happy if one guy would have finished within the time limit."The successes continued to come. Modern Adventure riders netted top-10 stage finishes at the Tour of Trkiye, a stage podium at the Arctic Race of Norway, fourth at Classic Grand Besanon Doubs and a top-five overall in TPC en Nouvelle-Aquitaine. But perhaps the biggest breakthrough came in June at the Tour de Wallonie, where Oliver won two stages, the points classification and the overall title."We were way more advanced than I would have ever imagined for the first year of the team," Hincapie said. "I'm happy, overwhelmed, with how well it's gone.Success raises expectationsAt the Tour de Wallonie, Be Oliver scored two stage wins and the overall title. (Image credit: Modern Adventure Pro Cycling)Hincapie's original benchmarks for the first two seasons were deliberately modest: arrive prepared, race as a unit, make an impression and begin building an audience. Results were secondary.The riders exceeded initial expectations, which gave them confidence, but also changed targets for the 2027 season. Julich is wary of allowing early success to distort the process. Many of Modern Adventures riders had not previously raced at this level, and professional cycling rarely rewards progress in a straight line."It's not a linear sport. I think everybody that's ridden their bike, they can be on the top of the mountain one day and on the bottom of the crap heap the next day. So it's kind of trying to balance that with guys that really have not ever experienced cycling at this level," cautioned Julich.His role, as he sees it, is to manage those swings while giving the riders "the support, the confidence and the factor of fun" needed to sustain a professional career.The same balance is shaping the teams planning. Modern Adventure wants to build upon its first-year results without abandoning the developmental approach that helped produce them.After Philadelphia, parts of the roster were bound for the Tour of Britain and the Grand Prix Cycliste de Qubec and de Montral. Races in Luxembourg, Croatia and Malaysia will round out a schedule that continues to take the team across several continents in its first nine months."We got a good six weeks of racing left, and all over the world. And hopefully we continue to just improve upon our successes," Hincapie said..When asked about the 2027 calendar, Hincapie was not shy about realistic expectations and bringing on riders to keep the forward momentum."Now that we know how everybody works well together, we're gonna probably bring on two to four new guys for the team, and the roster will be about 24 to 25 guys," he shared."Just trying to build on what we've started already, just bringing in a bit more experience, and start focusing more on results."And Julich concurred with the approach."Let's continue to build that foundation, and let's continue to support these kids as well as we can," he said. "We are gonna get bigger. We know that."A wild (card) ride to the Tour de FranceModern Adventure Pro Cycling at the AlUla Tour (Image credit: Getty Images)Bigger ambitions require a bigger budget. Modern Adventures long-term objective remains the Tour de France, but the team is still several steps, and potentially several years, away.Promotion to the WorldTour would bring automatic access to the sports biggest races, but earning a place at that level requires resources and UCI points that Modern Adventure does not yet possess. Julich considers a wildcard invitation the more plausible route to a first Grand Tour."We don't have the budget of the WorldTour team, so we don't have the depth of the WorldTour teams. That's gonna come. So I would think that if there was a Grand Tour in our future, we would have to be a wild card," explained Julich. The next WorldTour licensing cycle, in year three of the Modern Adventure project, offers a possible decision point rather than a firm promotion target. Hincapie expects the pressure to increase in years three through five, when the teams results, funding and original Tour timeline will begin to converge.A significant new sponsor could accelerate that progression. "One call or one interested CEO, everything changes really quickly," Hincapie said.For now, the team has the security of a six-year commitment from its principal backer and a long-term relationship with equipment partner, Factor. That runway is central to Hincapies willingness to build another team, allowing Modern Adventure to develop without immediately staking its survival on a single seasons results.More money would also bring more obligations. Julich knows that larger sponsors place additional demands on riders and staff, from appearances to marketing commitments. Growth, in other words, carries its own costs.Modern Adventure is still only in the opening stage of its plan. Yet a project conceived during a ride in early 2025 has already reached ParisRoubaix, won a European stage race and begun contemplating how to improve in year two.The next WorldTour licensing cycle, in year three of the Modern Adventure project, offers a possible entry point. Hincapie expects the pressure to increase in years three through five, when the teams results, funding and original Tour timeline will begin to converge.A significant new sponsor could accelerate that progression, however. "One call or one interested CEO, everything changes really quickly," Hincapie said.For now, the team has the security of a six-year commitment from its principal backer and a long-term relationship with Factor. That runway was central to Hincapies willingness to build the team in the first place, as it lets the programme develop without immediately staking its survival on a single seasons results.Seven months into its debut campaign, Modern Adventure already far exceeded its founders expectations. And there is no urgency to accelerate the Tour de France timeline, nor any indication that its original ambition has dimmed."We're very driven, and when you have a goal, you know, it's okay to shoot for the stars," Julich said.

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Matthew Brennan has already won three stages at the 2026 Vuelta a Espana, but the 21-year-old admitted helping Wout van Aert finally take his own victory felt even sweeter after sacrificing the chance to chase a fourth on Stage 13. Brennan played a decisive role in Team Visma | Lease a Bikes victor...