A brilliant edition of the Tour of Britain concluded with an exciting final stage in the Scottish Borders, as Nils Politt soloed to victory in Earlston, whilst his teammate Tim Wellens finished safely in the chasing group to seal the overall victory after taking the lead the previous day. The pair split the race along with three of their UAE Team Emirates-XRG teammates in an exposed section of moorland over the top of the Duddy Bank climb with around 80km to go. Filippo Ganna (Netcompany Ineos) followed and worked with them to bridge across to the early breakaway, where Ben Wiggins (Great Britain) and Marcus Sander Hansen (BHS-PL Beton Bornholm) also joined the move to form an eight-rider group at the head of the race.With Lewis Askey (NSN Cycling) and Olav Kooij (Decathlon CMA CGM) in the chasing group behind, their teams set about closing the gap to those ahead of them. However, they struggled to make any significant inroads, as UAE Team Emirates-XRG began to ride as a five-rider team time trial at the head of the race, with Ganna also continuing to pull turns.Keen not to let the stage go to a sprint and potentially squander their numerical advantage in the leading group, Politt then attacked with 9km to go, as they now had over a minute on the chasing group and Wellens green leaders jersey looked to be secured.Wiggins then bridged across and was initially able to follow the former German national champion, in what was an impressive ride by the 21-year-old British rider, but Politt would ultimately prove too strong for him, as he slipped back to the group behind.Politt then rode solo to the finish in Earlston where he claimed his first win outside of Germany since his stage victory at the Tour de France in 2021, pointing to the sky as he crossed the line.This victory is for my grandpa, Politt said in his post-race interview. He passed away some weeks ago, so I needed to give him something back.Ganna then won the sprint from the group behind to snatch the red points jersey from the shoulders of Askey, who had to settle for second place in the general classification, as Wellens finished safely to seal the overall victory.It was a very successful week. We came here for the GC and then today we also have this stage victory, so everythings been perfect, Wellens said after the race.Today, to be honest, we just wanted to defend the leaders jersey. We didnt want to attack, we didnt want to make it a hard race, he continued. We just wanted to ride defensively, but then suddenly in the crosswind, Ineos started to ride very hard. We just followed, there was a gap and then we just rode tempo with Mikkel [Bjerg], but the crosswind was so hard that the group split again, we moved the whole team to the front and we continued full to the finish. So today we can say we won thanks to Mikkel, because he made the gap.

Wout van Aert turned a day of sustained control from Team Visma | Lease a Bike into a surprise attack of his own to claim Stage 15 of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana in Cordoba. The green jersey holder accelerated through the intermediate sprint and continued beyond the line, bridging across to Andreas Lek...

A shortened route on stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espaa saw Wout van Aert triumph in Crdoba, as he won the sprint from a five-rider breakaway. The Visma-Lease a Bike rider seized an opportunity to jump out of the peloton at the intermediate sprint with around 30km to go and drew a small group clear, which stayed away to the finish.Vuelta a Espaa 2026 stage 15: Palma del Ro > Crdoba (110km)1. Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike, in 2:35:002. Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana3. Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek4. Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech5. Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, all at same time6. Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco AlUla, +58s7. Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ8. Henok Mulubrhan (Eri) XDS-Astana9. Stefan Kng (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling10. Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, all at same timeGeneral Classification after stage 151. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar Team, in 52:05:562. Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM, +2:063. Primo Rogli (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, +2:104. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost, +4:245. Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos, +5:446. Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious, +6:147. Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +6:498. Cristin Rodrguez (Spa) XDS-Astana, +7:019. Clment Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United, +7:1910. Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike, +8:55

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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. Below, you...

Three-time Vuelta a Espana runner-up Enric Mas will begin the final week of the 2026 race with more than two minutes in hand over both Felix Gall and Primoz Roglic. The Movistar leader retained his 2:06 advantage over Gall during Stage 15, with Roglic only four seconds further behind in third. The p...

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...

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Oscar Onley has admitted he is still trying to rediscover the level that carried him into Vuelta a Espana podium contention after a crash and two costly mountain stages transformed his second week. The Netcompany INEOS leader will begin the final week fifth overall, 5:44 behind Enric Mas and 3:34 aw...

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