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 preview...

Crashes, illness and injuries can quickly reduce the Vuelta a Espana peloton, with some riders abandoning during a stage and others only ruled out after further assessment once the racing has finished. This live 2026 Vuelta a Espaa Medical Reports and Withdrawals hub will be updated throughout the...

Marco Brenner claimed the biggest victory of his career on Stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana after denying Santiago Buitrago at Sierra de la Pandera. Buitrago appeared to have dropped the German beneath the flamme rouge, but Brenner refused to concede. He fought his way back before sprinting past the...

Enric Mas will enter the final week of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana with a lead of more than two minutes after reversing one of his unhappier memories against Primoz Roglic on Sierra de la Pandera. The Movistar Team leader gained another 25 seconds on Roglic during Stage 14, extending the Slovenians de...

The first red jersey of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana 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. This live classificati...

Tadej Pogacar's 2026 season has ended in the most unexpected way, but UAE Team Emirates - XRG is already looking beyond the setback. After the Slovenian was forced to abandon the Vuelta a Espaa following a serious crash, team CEO Mauro Gianetti has made it clear that there will be no rush to get hi...

The 2026 Lloyds Tour of Britain will take place from the 2nd to the 6th of September and will be one of the most important races to prepare for the World Championships - as well as being Great Britain's top road event. Like every year, top classics specialists and sprinters will be present throughou...

After escaping the peloton early on, as part of a six-man breakaway, Cees Bol displayed impressive endurance in the hills of North Yorkshire to push through and take victory on day four of the 2026 Tour of Britain.The Dutch Decathlon CMA CGM rider was part of lead group that forged an early lead which extended to over four minutes at one stage along with Yorkshireman Ben Swift (Netcompany INEOS) Xando Muerisse (Pinorello Q36.5), Ian Lopez (Modern Adventure), Brem Deman (Team Flanders Baloise) and Boas Lysgaard (BHS-PL Beton Bornholm).The much anticipated queen stage of the race wea contested amid the tough terrain of the Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors, and on Kidstones, a second category climb, UAE Team Emirates started riding hard for the GC contender, Tim Wellens, who began the day just 12 seconds behind Brit Lewis Askey (NSN). By the time the lead group reached category-one Redmire, the final and hardest climb of the day, the chasers were right on their rear wheels. Together with young Scottish rider Elliot Rowe (Great Britain Cycling Team), Wellens joined the leaders. His blood up, the Belgian soon began setting the pace and only Bol could stay with him as the pair crested Redmire with Wellens in the lead. They soon established a one-and-a-half minute lead over the group behind them, and although this was slashed to 30 seconds as the finish at Leyburn loomed, they could not be caught. Bol proved the faster of the two in the end, securing his first stage win that wasn't the result of a sprint. Tim Wellens seized the green jersey on stage four of the 2026 Tour of Britain (Image credit: Getty Images)"[The victory] was unexpected for me," Bol said afterwards. "I was going in the break to actually help my teammate Dan [Hoole]. I found myself in the leading group on the top of the last climb and I knew the stage win was possible. I was suffering really hard because there was still a small hill two kilometres to go and Tim was really keeping the pace high there. Just suffering and focusing to not let the wheel go. From the top there I also didnt pull anymore and then I knew I could win."The result means home favourite Askey has lost his general classification lead to Wellens, whose performance and that of his teammates was exceptional today. "Maybe because of the small help I got from Cees [Bol] I got a few more seconds in GC advantage," said Wellens afterwards. "But Im happy he helped me, but I have the impression he needs to say more thank you to me than I to him. "Im feeling really good but tomorrow can be hectic. Hopefully there are some climbs and maybe in the beginning some rain. This is never nice, but I hope the advantage will be enough to keep it [the green jersey] until the end.The British rider, who rode hard to finish in fifth place, remains at the top of the points classification, was more magnanimous about losing his GC lead. "I cant be disappointed with that," said Askey. "Every single person in the team today rode incredibly. I also rode a really good race and had a really good day. "If I had replayed that race and been able to make decisions from a little control box, I would have done everything exactly the same. We were just beaten by a stronger man, honestly."

Cees Bol won Stage 4 of the 2026 Tour of Britain in Leyburn, beating Tim Wellens in a two-up sprint after the UAE Team Emirates XRG rider had blown apart the general classification with a major attack on Redmire. The stage had initially been shaped by a six-man break featuring Bol, Ben Swift, Xand...

David de la Cruz approaches La Vuelta a Espaa with a truth thats getting harder to avoid. At 37, the Catalan from Q36.5 is riding one of his final races as a professional and, barring a radical turn in the coming weeks, the end of his career is drawing closer. Ive got more of one foot out than i...