Vuelta a España Vuelta 2026 route rumours

[vappaxbipmv]

We are one month from the route presentation and Unipublic is doing a great job at preventing leaks, surely because that's the best recipe to prevent criticism.

Here are some new rumours from interweb forums:
1) MTF at Aitana in the second week.

2) Mid-mountain stage in the sierras South of Albacete. This is a region never visited before by any proffesional race. Rumours say the stage finish will be at Yeste, but I'm not sure if they'll resist the temptation to finish at the nearby Monte Ardal.

3) After that, the race will go to Andalucía with stages in the provinces of Jaén, Granada, Málaga and an ITT at Jerez before the transfer to the Canary Islands. The stage in Granada is rumoured to be in the mountains.

Didn't Canary Islands say they don't want to host the Vuelta, as far as I know that's their most recent position

 

[CyclistAbi]

Didn't Canary Islands say they don't want to host the Vuelta, as far as I know that's their most recent position

No.

 

[ice&fire]

Didn't Canary Islands say they don't want to host the Vuelta, as far as I know that's their most recent position

That was linked to the presence of IPT in the race. Since the team has metamorphosed the Canary Islands stages are still on the cards.

 

[vappaxbipmv]

That was linked to the presence of IPT in the race. Since the team has metamorphosed the Canary Islands stages are still on the cards.

Fair enough, thanks

 

[vappaxbipmv]

No Vuelta in Canary Islands next year it seems after all

Link

 

[ice&fire]

No problema

Unipublic's sock puppet just published some nonsense about the hardest climb in Spain never featured in the Vuelta, as if we had forgotten what happened the last time the race was in its vicinity.

Ni Angliru ni Ancares: este es el puerto de montaña más duro al que nunca ha subido la Vuelta

La carrera ya ha convertido en mito a grandes puertos como el Angliru, Ancares o el Gamoniteiru, pero todavía guarda en la recámara un grande que sigue espe

as.com

 

[Rob5091]

So forget a trip to the spanish isles to see the Vuelta ...
https://cyclinguptodate.com/cycling...unding-former-israel-linked-team-premier-tech

Gran Canaria’s authorities point to the turbulence seen during the 2025 Vuelta, where several stages were disrupted by protests and the race ultimately ended with an improvised podium ceremony in an underground garage in Madrid. They maintain that a cosmetic administrative change is unlikely to prevent similar situations, and that aligning the island’s image with a potentially volatile edition of the race would be unwise....Speaking to La Provincia, Aridany Romero commented: “Several months ago, both the president — Antonio Morales — and I made clear that Gran Canaria did not want its name associated with the Vuelta a Espana while Israel-Premier Tech were competing.” On the team’s proposed changes, he added: “It is an attempt to whitewash, through sport, the genocidal actions of the state of Israel.” He continued: “They put ‘Israel’ on the jersey, and now, after everything that has happened these months, they have simply reverted to their previous position,” concluding: “At heart, nothing has changed.”