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La Vuelta has reached its second rest day after fifteen stages. Wout van Aert won Stage 13 in Loja and struck again in Córdoba on Stage 15, while Marco Brenner claimed a breakthrough mountain victory at Sierra de La Pandera on Stage 14. Enric Mas carries the Red Jersey into the final week with a 2:06 lead over Felix Gall and 2:10 over Primož Roglič. Van Aert leads the points classification, Santiago Buitrago leads the mountains and Oscar Onley remains in white. Stage 16 resumes the race tomorrow from Cortegana to La Rábida.
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Wout van Aert has won two of the last three stages, taking Stage 13 in Loja and Stage 15 in Córdoba, while Marco Brenner won Stage 14 at Sierra de La Pandera. Enric Mas leads Felix Gall by 2:06 and Primož Roglič by 2:10 entering the final week. Stage 16 resumes the race tomorrow from Cortegana to La Rábida.
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Follow the races currently shaping the 2026 professional road season and the latest verified UCI individual, team and nation rankings. La Vuelta a España remains the principal active Grand Tour and is on its second rest day. Enric Mas leads Felix Gall by 2:06 after Stage 15, while Wout van Aert has won two of the last three stages. The Tour of Britain Men concluded on 6 September with Tim Wellens winning the overall classification and Nils Politt taking the final stage in Earlston.
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1–9 Aug
Tour de France Femmes avec ZwiftCompleted · Demi Vollering
France
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Tour de PologneCompleted · Marco Brenner
Poland
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4–8 Aug
Vuelta a BurgosCompleted · Felix Gall
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Volta a Portugal em BicicletaCompleted · Alexis Guérin
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8–16 Aug
Vuelta a ColombiaEnded early · Diego Camargo champion
Colombia
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13–16 Aug
Arctic Race of NorwayCompleted · Guillermo Thomas Silva
Norway
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13–16 Aug
Czech TourCompleted · AJ August
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16 Aug
ADAC CyclassicsCompleted · Paul Magnier
Germany
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19–23 Aug
Renewi TourCompleted · Jasper Philipsen
Belgium
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19–23 Aug
Deutschland TourCompleted · Isaac del ToroGermany
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19–23 Aug
Tour of Britain WomenCompleted · Kim Le Court
Great Britain
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20–26 Aug
Tour de l'AvenirCompleted · Lorenzo FinnFrance
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25–28 Aug
Tour du Poitou CharentesCompleted · Maxime DecombleFrance
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Vuelta a EspañaRest day · Stage 16 next · Mas leads
Spain
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2–6 Sep
Tour of Britain MenCompleted · Tim WellensGreat Britain
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30 Aug
Bretagne Classic - Ouest-FranceCompleted · Alex AranburuFrance
Open Chronicle is progressively adding race reports to the 2026 calendar. At La Vuelta, Wout van Aert won Stages 13 and 15, Marco Brenner won Stage 14 at Sierra de La Pandera and Enric Mas enters the final week 2:06 ahead of Felix Gall. Van Aert leads the points classification, Santiago Buitrago leads the mountains competition and Oscar Onley remains the best young rider. The Tour of Britain Men concluded on 6 September: Tim Wellens won the overall classification by 42 seconds over Lewis Askey, while Nils Politt won the final stage in Earlston.
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11,321.75 pts
Tadej Pogačar
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7,356.61 pts
Remco Evenepoel
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe · RBH
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6,866.39 pts
Jonas Vingegaard
Team Visma | Lease a Bike · TVL
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24,394.96 pts
UAE Team Emirates XRG
United Arab Emirates · UEX
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19,231.54 pts
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
Germany · RBH
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17,143.59 pts
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
Netherlands · TVL
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23,142.64 pts
Belgium
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19,144.95 pts
France
2nd in the UCI nation ranking
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18,115.71 pts
Denmark
3rd in the UCI nation ranking
The UCI road rankings are updated weekly. Individual and team figures shown here retain the latest verified weekly table dated 1 September 2026; no newer official weekly snapshot has been substituted without verification. La Vuelta is still in progress, so its final race points are not yet reflected in this portal snapshot. The nation table retains the separately verified values dated 10 August.
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Van Aert Doubles Up as Mas Carries Red into the Final Week
Wout van Aert has won Stages 13 and 15, while Marco Brenner delivered Tudor Pro Cycling Team's first Grand Tour stage victory at Sierra de La Pandera. Enric Mas enters the final week in the Red Jersey, 2:06 ahead of Felix Gall and 2:10 ahead of Primož Roglič. After today's second rest day, Stage 16 runs from Cortegana to La Rábida over 181.1 kilometres.
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