Mikel Landa (Soudal-QuickStep) claimed a solo victory on stage 20 of the Vuelta a España (Spain's premier three-week cycling stage race), attacking his breakaway companions seven kilometres from the summit finish at Collado del Alguacil to take his first professional win since 2021. Overall leader Enric Mas (Movistar) crossed the line fourteenth but marginally extended his advantage over second-placed Primož Roglič, leaving the 31-year-old Spaniard on the verge of his first Grand Tour title. The race concludes Sunday with an unusual finale in and around Granada, replacing the traditional ceremonial ride into Madrid.
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Enric Mas closes in on Vuelta a España title as Mikel Landa wins penultimate stage[Updated]
Sunday, 13 September 2026, 06:24 · 1 min read
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Enric Mas claimed the overall title on Sunday as the final 112-kilometre stage through the streets of Granada unfolded without incident for the Movistar leader. Norwegian rider Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X) took the stage victory in a two-man sprint, beating Italian escapee Alessandro Romele (Astana) to the line. Mas becomes the first Spaniard to win a Grand Tour since Alberto Contador's 2015 Vuelta triumph, finally shedding his reputation as a perennial runner-up after four previous podium finishes at the race — including three second places in 2018, 2021 and 2022, and third in 2024. His path to the title was significantly shaped by the withdrawal of race leader Tadej Pogačar in stage eight, when the Slovenian crashed and sustained a concussion, broken collarbone, and fractured vertebra, ending both his Vuelta and his season.
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