Enric Mas has won the Vuelta a Espana for the first time, achieving his greatest result after the second-place finishes he obtained in 2018, 2021 and 2022, and his third-place finish in 2024. The thirty-one-year-old Iberian rider is the 64th cyclist of all time to inscribe his name in the honor roll of the Spanish race and has thus allowed his nation to collect the 33rd triumph out of the 81 editions disputed in history.

Spain has returned to celebrate a final victory at the Vuelta after 11 consecutive editions of drought that followed Contador's triumph in 2014. Iberian cycling has also rediscovered its greatest achievement after 34 consecutive Grand Tours without victories that had passed since Contador's win at the 2015 Giro d'Italia.

Primoz Roglic has climbed onto the podium of a Grand Tour for the ninth time (of which 6 at the Vuelta) and has reached ninth place in the all-time standings alongside Coppi, Indurain, Valverde and Pogacar. Felix Gall has achieved his first significant result at the Vuelta and is the 159th cyclist to stand on the podium of the Iberian race, the first Austrian ever. There are now 22 nations in history with at least one top-three finish.

Italy concluded the three weeks without victories and with a total of 18 top-ten stage finishes. As many as 7 of these were collected by Alessandro Romele, including second-place finishes in Cordoba and Granada. The third Italian stage podium of the 2026 Vuelta was the third-place finish of Vincenzo Albanese at the Roquetes - Terres de l'Ebre finish line.

There were a total of 13 cyclists who won at least one stage at the 2026 Vuelta, representing 9 nations. All victories were achieved by European riders.

Source www.ciclopico.it - full article and other statistical curiosities at the link https://ciclopico.it/grandi-giri/la-vuelta/vuelta-di-spagna-2026-mas/