Tadej Pogačar Stamps Authority on Vuelta a España with Narrow Stage One Time-Trial Victory in Monaco
The reigning Tour de France champion edged Ethan Hayter by 0.09 seconds on a 9.4km technical course to seize the early lead.
- On Friday, reigning Tour de France champion Tadej Poga won the Vuelta's opening time trial in Monaco, narrowly defeating British champion Ethan Hayter by 0.09 seconds with a 10:57 finish time.
- The 9.4-kilometer course through the Monaco Formula One street circuit marked the start of the Vuelta, the final Grand Tour of 2026, attracting top General Classification contenders seeking the red jersey.
- Joshua Tarling finished third just over a week after his brother Finlay's death, while Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's Callum Thornley secured fourth place, five seconds behind Poga in a breakthrough performance.
- Primo Rogli finished 24th as the final rider, confirming Poga's 20th victory this season and demonstrating his dominant form following his Tour de France success.
- Wearing the red jersey, Poga aims to complete his Grand Tour set, with Spain's Vuelta remaining the only three-weeker he has yet to win in his career.
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Pogacar wins Vuelta a Espana opening stage
The Slovenian, aiming to complete a career Grand Tour treble at the Vuelta, where he is the overwhelming favourite, completed the 9.4-kilometre ride a fraction of a second faster than Briton Ethan Hayter. Joshua Tarling finished third, four seconds behind the top two, to complete the podium a week after his younger brother Finlay Tarling died in a road accident while racing in the Tour of Portugal. UAE Team Emirates rider Pogacar clocked 10min 5…
The rocket on the Monaco speed circuit was none other than the great favourite of the Vuelta, the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar (UAE), who marked territory with fire from the beginning imposing on the 9.4 km timed in his place of residence, for such only 9 hundredths before the British Ethan Hayter (Soudal).
The Slovenian, running at home, does not forgive in the Monaco clock and wins the first day, although that deprives Tarling of his emotional tribute
The Slovenian triumphs in his debut in the only major competition he has yet to win.
The winner of the Tour de France won on Saturday on the inaugural time trial of the Tour d'Espagne, just 9 hundredths ahead of the British Ethan Hayter.
The Vuelta a España 2026 has already rolled and it has done so with victory of the king of cycling, Tadej Pogacar. The Slovenian cyclist, just a month after winning the Tour de France, has arrived for the conquest of the last great race that is missing, imposing itself from the first stage, to ... Continue reading "This is the general classification of La Vuelta Ciclista a España 2026 after the stage 1 of today Saturday"
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