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Vuelta España Femenina 2026

Women Elite Women's WorldTour stage race (2.WWT) · Spain · 3 May 2026 – 9 May 2026 · 7 stages

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Men's race: La Vuelta Ciclista a España →

Final podium

  1. 1
    Paula Blasi
    UAE Team L'Imad
  2. 2
    Anna van der Breggen
    Team SD Worx-Protime
  3. 3
    Marion Bunel
    Visma-Lease a Bike

Prize money

€130,020

Total prize money 2026. Source: sportbusiness.club (press, 9 May 2026).

PrizeAmountSource
overall winner€35,000sportbusiness.club, 9 May 2026 (press)
stage winner€1,300sportbusiness.club, 9 May 2026 (press)
points jersey (final winner)€2,000sportbusiness.club, 9 May 2026 (press)
KOM jersey (final winner)€2,000sportbusiness.club, 9 May 2026 (press)
young rider (final winner)€500sportbusiness.club, 9 May 2026 (press)
team classification (final winner)€2,000sportbusiness.club, 9 May 2026 (press)

Prize money is pooled and shared with the team and staff, not kept by the rider.

How strong was the start line

126 starters, measured four ways.

MeasureValueCoverageStrongest starter
Startlist salaries—No salary estimate per rider for women, so no money figure.
UCI points 2026 before the race32,438all 126 startersKatarzyna Niewiadoma 2,230
UCI points 202549,730124 of 126 raced in 2025Juliette Berthet 2,019
UCI points 2024–2026135,883all 126 startersLotte Kopecky 9,665

UCI points: points scored in races, from the uci.org results (stage results and final classifications); not the UCI ranking. The 2026 figure counts only races before this one started. Method · All startlists ranked →

What each team brought

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TeamRidersPoints 2026 beforePoints 2025Points 2024–2026Most points 2026
Uae Team Adq75,5785,56015,560Paula Blasi 1,846
Team Sd Worx - Protime74,2885,70018,904Lotte Kopecky 2,162
Team Visma | Lease A Bike73,8145,67913,862Pauline Ferrand-Prévot 1,360
Ef Education - Oatly72,7043,61310,796Noemi Rüegg 2,180
Canyon//Sram Zondacrypto72,5633,25511,017Katarzyna Niewiadoma 2,230
Liv-Alula-Jayco72,2892,5087,948Monica Trinca Colonel 780
Fdj United - Suez72,2784,23912,152Franziska Koch 1,630
Ag Insurance - Soudal Team71,9382,7817,124Shari Bossuyt 720
Laboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi71,5532,7016,217Catalina Soto Campos 531
Movistar Team71,3341,8416,770Liane Lippert 577
Team Picnic Postnl79031,8343,207Josie Nelson 541
Mayenne Monbana My Pie77565671,825Francesca Jay Hall 313
Lidl - Trek76691,9476,648Riejanne Markus 317
Uno-X Mobility76082,0264,060Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset 235
Fenix-Premier Tech73542,5913,788Lotte Claes 206
Vini Fantini - Bepink73175201,186Gaia Segato 91
Human Powered Health72741,8003,645Marta Jaskulska 151
Lotto Intermarche Ladies72185681,174Anna Van Wersch 84

126 starters, 102 classified.

Top 10

1Paula BlasiUAE Team L'Imad
2Anna van der BreggenTeam SD Worx-Protime
3Marion BunelVisma-Lease a Bike
4Usoa Ostolaza ZabalaLaboral Kutxa - Fundacion Euskadi
5Juliette BerthetFdj United - Suez
6Urška ŽigartAG Insurance-Soudal
7Monica Trinca ColonelLiv AlUla Jayco
8Katarzyna NiewiadomaCanyon-SRAM
9Barbara MalcottiHuman Powered Health
10Évita MuzicFDJ United-Suez

Stage winners

StageDateWinner
13 May 2026Noemi Rüegg EF Education-Oatly
24 May 2026Shari Bossuyt AG Insurance-Soudal
35 May 2026Cédrine Kerbaol EF Education-Oatly
46 May 2026Lotte Kopecky Team SD Worx-Protime
57 May 2026Mischa Bredewold Team SD Worx-Protime
68 May 2026Anna van der Breggen Team SD Worx-Protime
79 May 2026Petra Stiasny Human Powered Health

Similar races

The women's Grand Tours

RaceDateWinnerUCI points 2026 before
Giro d'Italia Women30 May 2026Demi Vollering42,507
Tour de France Femmes1 August 2026Demi Vollering94,361

Riders also raced

The 2026 races with the largest share of this race's starters.

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