Vuelta a España Vuelta 2026 route rumours

[vappaxbipmv]

Read the comment @improb made in the "rate the Giro 2025 route" thread. Apparently there are serious talks behind the curtain to move the Giro

 

[ice&fire]

This is more recent that whatever was said one year ago:

'We're not even going to think about the idea' – RCS firmly against Tadej Pogačar's suggestion to switch Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España dates

Italian race organiser only open to a one week move into June to benefit from better weather and Italian national holiday

www.cyclingnews.com

Who was leading the request for swapping dates between the Giro and the Vuelta? Adam Hansen?

 

[Red Rick]

This is more recent that whatever was said one year ago:

'We're not even going to think about the idea' – RCS firmly against Tadej Pogačar's suggestion to switch Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España dates

Italian race organiser only open to a one week move into June to benefit from better weather and Italian national holiday

www.cyclingnews.com

Who was leading the request for swapping dates between the Giro and the Vuelta? Adam Hansen?

Tadej Pogacar.

 

[vappaxbipmv]

This is more recent that whatever was said one year ago:

'We're not even going to think about the idea' – RCS firmly against Tadej Pogačar's suggestion to switch Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España dates

Italian race organiser only open to a one week move into June to benefit from better weather and Italian national holiday

www.cyclingnews.com

Who was leading the request for swapping dates between the Giro and the Vuelta? Adam Hansen?

What is said publicly is often really not relevant. I'd rather trust behind the scenes talks if there are any known, like in this case

 

[gavia88]

I think switching Giro and Vuelta every year, would be really great.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

A big problem with switching the Giro and Vuelta that nobody seems to want to address is that it's incompatible with the Italian autumn calendar. This year, there were five Italian pro one-day races that coincided with the Vuelta, and given how packed the Italian calendar is in the period between the Vuelta and the end of the season I don't see where you're supposed to move them. It also causes the problem that you'd ideally want to switch Tour of the Alps and Burgos too, which is climatologically advantageous but problematic in all other respects: they don't run on the same days of the week and having the Tour of the Alps in the middle of the summer tourist season is a logistical nightmare.

 

[staubsauger]

A big problem with switching the Giro and Vuelta that nobody seems to want to address is that it's incompatible with the Italian autumn calendar. This year, there were five Italian pro one-day races that coincided with the Vuelta, and given how packed the Italian calendar is in the period between the Vuelta and the end of the season I don't see where you're supposed to move them. It also causes the problem that you'd ideally want to switch Tour of the Alps and Burgos too, which is climatologically advantageous but problematic in all other respects: they don't run on the same days of the week and having the Tour of the Alps in the middle of the summer tourist season is a logistical nightmare.

Giro d'Italia would be run in September since in August hotels ain't available in Italy due to tourism season.

So you would need to spread the Italian fall classics between August & October probably!

Frankly, I would rather expect the Tour de Suisse to take a spot somewhere at the end of August if the Giro d'Italia moves to fall!

 

[OlavEH]

So you would need to spread the Italian fall classics between August & October probably!

Or move some of them to May.....?

 

[ice&fire]

There will be a flat stage in the region near the Ebro river delta. They're searching for the wind, but I'm afraid the wind ain't there in late August. They discarded the suggestions to have gravel roads and Lo Port (Mont Caro)

La Vuelta llegará a las Terres de l’Ebre por primera vez en el siglo XXI

La próxima ronda española se presenta el miércoles día 17 en Mónaco con la inclusión en el recorrido de un final de etapa en el sur de Catalunya por donde no pasaba la prueba desde 1999.

www.elperiodico.com

And more rumours about the mountain stage in Granada near the coast, although the way it is written it may as well be a stage departure from the coast to finish at the usual mountain destination in the area.

La Costa Tropical acogerá una etapa de la Vuelta Ciclista a España 2026

La organización quiere terminar en la Alhambra, aunque para eso hace falta el permiso del Patronato

www.granadahoy.com

 

[Forever The Best]

So how are the rumoured mountain stages?
2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023 were better routes than the previous even years routes but 2024 was better than 2025, so maybe even year routes can be better than odd year routes nowadays?