2026 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 10 Results

Bastien Tronchon (Groupama-FDJ) took advantage of a late catch and chaotic sprint to win Stage 10 of the 2026 Vuelta a Espana. The GC leaders all finished together, so there should be little change there.

After the first rest day, La Vuelta resumed action with a rolling stage between Alcaraz and Elche de la Sierra (184.7 km) with three categorized climbs and almost 3,000 meters of elevation across the day’s many hills. Alcaraz and Elche de la Sierra were both making their debut as stage this year.

As the stage rolled out,  168 riders were on the course. George Bennett (NSN) and Henri-François Renard-Haquin (Picnic PostNL) didn’t start.

Enric Mas (Movistar), who stamped his authority with a stage win at Alto de Aitana on Sunday enters week 2 with la Roja on his back. The Spaniard leads the overall standings with a gap of 1’18” to Primoz Roglic (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) and 1’39” to Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM). Oscar Onley (Netcompany Ineos) is fourth, trailing by 2’20”. Wout van Aert has the points jersey and Santiago Buitrago leads the mountains standings.

Attacks, as expected, came early in the stage. Lots of loners, then a group of six opened a small gap: Domen Novak, Jay Vine (UAE Emirates XRG), Rémy Rochas (Groupama-FDJ United), Magnus Cort (Uno-X Mobility), Finlay Pickering (Jayco AlUla) and Jesus Herrada (Burgos Burpellet BH) were 12 seconds ahead of the bunch. But they were caught

Next, was Enzo Paleni (Groupama-FDJ United), Michael Gogl (Alpecin-Premier Tech), Jasha Sütterlin (Jayco AlUla), Fabian Weiss (Tudor), Sinuhé Fernandez (Burgos Burpellet BH) and Ivan Cobo (Kern Pharma) opening a small gap at km 15. They soon had a gap of 1’25”. Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X Mobility) made a go to bridge and joined the leaders at km 22.

With no GC threats in the breakaway, the gap continued to swell. Ahead of the ascent up Puerto del Peralejo, they led by 2’45”.

After 66 kilometers, Paleni, Gogl, Dversnes, Sütterlin, Weiss, Fernandez and Cobo were riding 2’40” ahead of the bunch.

By the intermediate sprint at km 125, the gap had dropped to 1’25”, and it was clear that the peloton was going to start to eat into it. Weiss took the top points, and Gogl suffered a mechanical soon after, but quickly returned to the breakaway group.

Heading into the final climb, the seven leaders were all still together, but by the time they hit the slopes, it was down to Enzo Paleni (Groupama-FDJ United), Michael Gogl (Pinarello Q36.5), Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X Mobility) and Ivan Cobo (Kern Pharma). Weiss soon re-bridged.

Already named the most combative rider on Sunday, Pavel Sivakov (UAE Emirates XRG) was very active. Valentin Paret-Peintre (Soudal Quick-Step) also attacked.

With 28km to go, the leaders still held a 54 second advantage.

Into the final 25km, it was Gogl making a solo attack. Weiss was dropped, Dunbar trailed by 40” and Barta was caught by the bunch (+55”). But then it was Dversnes taking the lead. Behind them, a new 4-man chase group emerged: Vermaerke, Johannessen, Brennan and Axel Laurance (Netcompany Ineos).

The chasers were caught and the leaders entered the final 17km with a 25 second lead.

With 12km to go, it was Gogl and Dversnes with a 15 second gap.

Kern Pharma and Astana riders bridged to the leaders, but Dversnes still held on.

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