Belgian cyclist Wout van Aert (Team Visma–Lease a Bike) claimed victory on stage 15 of the Vuelta a España into Córdoba (a historic city in southern Spain's Andalusia region) on Sunday, his second stage win in just three days after his sprint triumph in Loja on Friday. The stage had been shortened from 189.7 km to 110.2 km due to extreme heat, but retained around 1,800 metres of climbing, and was ultimately decided by a five-man breakaway group that included van Aert, compatriot Thibau Nys, Italian Alessandro Romele, Norwegian Andreas Leknessund, and Ramses Debruyne. Van Aert outsprinted Romele and Nys at the finish, and notably becomes the back-to-back winner of a Vuelta stage in Córdoba, having also taken victory there in 2024; overall leader Enric Mas had an untroubled day and heads into the decisive third week in the red jersey.