The best and worst of the 2026 Vuelta

With the closing of the Vuelta , the third and final Grand Tour of the season also concluded.

Enric Mas triumphed wearing the red jersey in Granada and deserved a +4. The same assessment also goes to Brennan , a true dominator of the sprints, and Alessandro Romele , who, starting from a base of a fantasy million, surprised by finishing in the top ten for points scored.

Buitrago also did very well, winning the polka-dotted jersey, as did Omrzel : +3 for them.

+2 instead for Van Aert , Roglic, Gall, Honle, Carapaz, Kuss, Leknessun, De Bruyne, Rodriguez and Berthet.

+1 finally for Coquard, Tronchon, Bisiaux, Berrade, Brenner.

The big disappointment of this Vuelta was Joao Almeida , never in the top positions and with only a couple of stage placings. Not enough to avoid a -4 finish.

Pedersen also did very badly with -3, also due to his high cost, with the Dane retiring after just a few stages.

Pogacar also fell short of expectations, as he didn't score as many points as expected due to his fall, as did Groves, Skjelmose , Vine, Riccitello and Carlos Rodriguez: this group finished with -2.

-1 to conclude in Bilbao, Laporte, Fortunato, Tulett and Uijtdebroeks.