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Vuelta España Femenina 2026 - Stage 6

Gijón > Les Praeres, 104.8km

03.05-09.05

Anna van der Breggen claimed a hard-fought victory on the steep finish to Les Praeres, taking her first win since last year’s La Vuelta Femenina. The SD Worx-Protime rider distanced Paula Blasi in the final kilometres and moved into the overall lead, 18 seconds ahead of the UAE Team ADQ rider. With the final stage finishing atop the Angliru, the battle for the red jersey is still far from over.

Race report

Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Anna van der Breggen Team SD Worx-Protime 3:01:45
2 Paula Blasi UAE Team ADQ + 00.08
3 Marion Bunel Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.29
4 Juliette Berthet FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.36
5 Monica Trinca Colonel Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.38
6 Evita Muzic FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.47
7 Yara Kastelijn Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.49
8 Gaia Realini Lidl-Trek Women + 00.57
9 Katrine Aalerud Uno-X Mobility Women + 01.09
10 Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney CANYON//SRAM + 01.09
11 Usoa Ostolaza Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 01.09
12 Lore De Schepper AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 01.16
13 Lotte Claes Fenix-Premier Tech + 01.28
14 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig CANYON//SRAM + 01.32
15 Petra Stiasny Human Powered Health + 01.32
16 Ricarda Bauernfeind Lidl-Trek Women + 01.32
17 Urska Zigart AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 01.32
18 Nienke Vinke Team SD Worx-Protime + 01.40
19 Valentina Cavallar Team SD Worx-Protime + 01.46
20 Cédrine Kerbaol EF Education-Oatly + 01.52
21 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 01.58
22 Pauline Ferrand-Prevot Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 02.06
23 Barbara Malcotti Human Powered Health + 02.13
24 Léa Curinier FDJ United-SUEZ + 02.21
25 Mavi Garcia UAE Team ADQ + 02.26
26 Mareille Meijer Movistar Team Women + 02.33
27 Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset Uno-X Mobility Women + 02.35
28 Erica Magnaldi UAE Team ADQ + 02.38
29 Tiril Jørgensen Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 03.10
30 Liane Lippert Movistar Team Women + 03.31
31 Paula Patiño Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 03.35
32 Audrey De Keersmaeker Team Picnic PostNL Women + 03.41
33 Titia Ryo Human Powered Health + 03.46
34 Sarah Van Dam Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 04.10
35 Mireia Benito AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 04.19
36 Karolina Perekitko Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 04.22
37 Gaia Segato Vini Fantini-BePink + 04.32
38 Yuliia Biriukova Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 04.42
39 Loes Adegeest Lidl-Trek Women + 05.05
40 Maud Oudeman Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 05.34
41 Alessia Vigilia Uno-X Mobility Women + 05.41
42 Lieke Nooijen Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 05.41
43 Annelies Nijssen Lotto-Intermarché Women + 05.47
44 Riejanne Markus Lidl-Trek Women + 05.57
45 Inge van der Heijden Fenix-Premier Tech + 05.57
46 Alice Coutinho Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 05.57
47 Karlijn Swinkels UAE Team ADQ + 06.32
48 Kristen Faulkner EF Education-Oatly + 06.55
49 Marta Jaskulska Human Powered Health + 06.55
50 Marieke Meert Lotto-Intermarché Women + 07.04
51 Noä Jansen Liv AlUla Jayco + 07.12
52 Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado Fenix-Premier Tech + 07.16
53 Ruby Roseman-Gannon Liv AlUla Jayco + 07.27
54 Femke Markus Team SD Worx-Protime + 07.29
55 Lucía Ruiz Perez Movistar Team Women + 07.40
56 Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka CANYON//SRAM + 08.12
57 Franziska Koch FDJ United-SUEZ + 08.12
58 Tota Magalhães Movistar Team Women + 08.12
59 Andrea Casagranda Vini Fantini-BePink + 08.12
60 Aude Biannic Movistar Team Women + 08.12
61 Mischa Bredewold Team SD Worx-Protime + 08.12
62 Letizia Paternoster Liv AlUla Jayco + 08.12
63 Jeanne Korevaar Liv AlUla Jayco + 08.12
64 Felicity Wilson-Haffenden Lidl-Trek Women + 08.12
65 Marit Raaijmakers Human Powered Health + 09.14
66 Megan Jastrab UAE Team ADQ + 09.29
67 Frankie Hall Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 09.50
68 Alice Towers EF Education-Oatly + 09.52
69 Anna Van Wersch Lotto-Intermarché Women + 10.05
70 Shari Bossuyt AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 10.08
71 Julie Van De Velde AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 10.08
72 Eva van Agt FDJ United-SUEZ + 10.11
73 Sara Martín Movistar Team Women + 10.11
74 Marie Le Net FDJ United-SUEZ + 10.15
75 Eglantine Rayer Girault FDJ United-SUEZ + 10.15
76 Lotte Kopecky Team SD Worx-Protime + 10.15
77 Julia Kopecky Team SD Worx-Protime + 10.15
78 Imogen Wolff Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 10.15
79 Catalina Soto Campos Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 10.38
80 Lauretta Hanson Lidl-Trek Women + 10.38
81 Tiffany Cromwell CANYON//SRAM + 10.38
82 Arlenis Sierra Movistar Team Women + 10.38
83 Anouska Koster Uno-X Mobility Women + 10.38
84 Idoia Eraso Lasa Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 10.38
85 Babette van der Wolf EF Education-Oatly + 10.48
86 Justine Gegu Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 10.48
87 Carina Schrempf Fenix-Premier Tech + 10.48
88 Wilma Aintila CANYON//SRAM + 10.48
89 Mia Griffin Team Picnic PostNL Women + 10.48
90 Josie Talbot Liv AlUla Jayco + 10.55
91 Gaia Masetti Team Picnic PostNL Women + 10.58
92 Marine Allione Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 11.00
93 Laura Tomasi Uno-X Mobility Women + 11.04
94 Josie Nelson Team Picnic PostNL Women + 11.49
95 Aniek van Alphen Fenix-Premier Tech + 11.54
96 Mia Gjertsen Uno-X Mobility Women + 12.02
97 Alberte Greve Uno-X Mobility Women + 12.08
98 Elisa Valtulini Vini Fantini-BePink + 12.20
99 Silvia Zanardi Human Powered Health + 12.33
100 Dina Boels Lotto-Intermarché Women + 12.39
101 Sterre Vervloet Lotto-Intermarché Women + 12.39
102 Henrietta Christie EF Education-Oatly + 13.07
103 Alexis Magner EF Education-Oatly + 13.35
104 Lucie Fityus Team Picnic PostNL Women + 13.48
105 Marina Garau Roca Vini Fantini-BePink + 14.16
106 Sofia Arici Vini Fantini-BePink + 14.16
107 Katia Ragusa Human Powered Health + 14.16
108 Juliana Londono Team Picnic PostNL Women + 15.02
109 Léa Rondel Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 15.31
110 Delfina Dibella Vini Fantini-BePink + 15.33
111 Nora Jencusova Vini Fantini-BePink + 23.20
112 Maria Martins CANYON//SRAM + 26.57
- Marthe Goossens AG Insurance-Soudal Team DNS
- Natalie Quinn Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie DNS
- Greta Marturano UAE Team ADQ DNF
- Neve Bradbury CANYON//SRAM DNF
- Maeva Squiban UAE Team ADQ DNF
- Elisabeth Ebras Lotto-Intermarché Women DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Anna van der Breggen Team SD Worx-Protime 18:06:48
2 Paula Blasi UAE Team ADQ + 00.18
3 Marion Bunel Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.41
4 Monica Trinca Colonel Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.54
5 Evita Muzic FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.59
6 Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney CANYON//SRAM + 01.25
7 Usoa Ostolaza Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 01.25
8 Katrine Aalerud Uno-X Mobility Women + 01.25
9 Lore De Schepper AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 01.32
10 Lotte Claes Fenix-Premier Tech + 01.44
11 Ricarda Bauernfeind Lidl-Trek Women + 01.48
12 Urska Zigart AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 01.48
13 Cédrine Kerbaol EF Education-Oatly + 01.54
14 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 02.14
15 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig CANYON//SRAM + 02.19
16 Pauline Ferrand-Prevot Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 02.22
17 Barbara Malcotti Human Powered Health + 02.29
18 Juliette Berthet FDJ United-SUEZ + 02.32
19 Nienke Vinke Team SD Worx-Protime + 02.38
20 Mavi Garcia UAE Team ADQ + 02.42
21 Yara Kastelijn Fenix-Premier Tech + 02.45
22 Sigrid Ytterhus Haugset Uno-X Mobility Women + 02.51
23 Mareille Meijer Movistar Team Women + 03.13
24 Erica Magnaldi UAE Team ADQ + 03.18
25 Valentina Cavallar Team SD Worx-Protime + 03.42
26 Liane Lippert Movistar Team Women + 03.47
27 Sarah Van Dam Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 04.22
28 Paula Patiño Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 04.33
29 Gaia Segato Vini Fantini-BePink + 04.48
30 Tiril Jørgensen Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 04.56
31 Mireia Benito AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 04.59
32 Loes Adegeest Lidl-Trek Women + 05.19
33 Titia Ryo Human Powered Health + 05.42
34 Karolina Perekitko Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 05.51
35 Franziska Koch FDJ United-SUEZ + 08.08
36 Mischa Bredewold Team SD Worx-Protime + 08.18
37 Alessia Vigilia Uno-X Mobility Women + 08.19
38 Léa Curinier FDJ United-SUEZ + 08.49
39 Letizia Paternoster Liv AlUla Jayco + 09.21
40 Femke Markus Team SD Worx-Protime + 09.25
41 Ruby Roseman-Gannon Liv AlUla Jayco + 09.39
42 Marta Jaskulska Human Powered Health + 09.50
43 Lotte Kopecky Team SD Worx-Protime + 09.59
44 Audrey De Keersmaeker Team Picnic PostNL Women + 10.09
45 Annelies Nijssen Lotto-Intermarché Women + 10.47
46 Alice Towers EF Education-Oatly + 10.50
47 Gaia Realini Lidl-Trek Women + 10.52
48 Aude Biannic Movistar Team Women + 11.11
49 Kristen Faulkner EF Education-Oatly + 11.21
50 Shari Bossuyt AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 11.54
51 Julia Kopecky Team SD Worx-Protime + 11.58
52 Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado Fenix-Premier Tech + 12.24
53 Karlijn Swinkels UAE Team ADQ + 12.29
54 Riejanne Markus Lidl-Trek Women + 12.29
55 Eva van Agt FDJ United-SUEZ + 12.44
56 Yuliia Biriukova Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 13.06
57 Josie Talbot Liv AlUla Jayco + 13.08
58 Petra Stiasny Human Powered Health + 13.13
59 Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka CANYON//SRAM + 13.20
60 Lieke Nooijen Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 13.24
61 Noä Jansen Liv AlUla Jayco + 14.04
62 Alice Coutinho Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 14.11
63 Arlenis Sierra Movistar Team Women + 16.17
64 Marit Raaijmakers Human Powered Health + 16.18
65 Mia Griffin Team Picnic PostNL Women + 17.30
66 Tota Magalhães Movistar Team Women + 17.38
67 Anna Van Wersch Lotto-Intermarché Women + 17.51
68 Marie Le Net FDJ United-SUEZ + 18.03
69 Jeanne Korevaar Liv AlUla Jayco + 18.16
70 Sofia Arici Vini Fantini-BePink + 18.17
71 Lauretta Hanson Lidl-Trek Women + 18.51
72 Babette van der Wolf EF Education-Oatly + 19.16
73 Carina Schrempf Fenix-Premier Tech + 19.19
74 Felicity Wilson-Haffenden Lidl-Trek Women + 20.39
75 Marine Allione Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 20.45
76 Megan Jastrab UAE Team ADQ + 21.02
77 Imogen Wolff Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 21.20
78 Marieke Meert Lotto-Intermarché Women + 22.23
79 Inge van der Heijden Fenix-Premier Tech + 22.40
80 Maud Oudeman Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 23.06
81 Wilma Aintila CANYON//SRAM + 23.21
82 Eglantine Rayer Girault FDJ United-SUEZ + 24.07
83 Sara Martín Movistar Team Women + 24.37
84 Marina Garau Roca Vini Fantini-BePink + 24.39
85 Aniek van Alphen Fenix-Premier Tech + 25.23
86 Andrea Casagranda Vini Fantini-BePink + 26.10
87 Idoia Eraso Lasa Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 27.51
88 Anouska Koster Uno-X Mobility Women + 29.05
89 Catalina Soto Campos Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 29.21
90 Josie Nelson Team Picnic PostNL Women + 29.41
91 Justine Gegu Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 30.58
92 Lucía Ruiz Perez Movistar Team Women + 30.59
93 Frankie Hall Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 33.16
94 Alberte Greve Uno-X Mobility Women + 35.00
95 Henrietta Christie EF Education-Oatly + 38.04
96 Alexis Magner EF Education-Oatly + 38.32
97 Julie Van De Velde AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 38.59
98 Gaia Masetti Team Picnic PostNL Women + 41.54
99 Laura Tomasi Uno-X Mobility Women + 43.45
100 Léa Rondel Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 46.50
101 Mia Gjertsen Uno-X Mobility Women + 49.57
102 Dina Boels Lotto-Intermarché Women + 51.10
103 Lucie Fityus Team Picnic PostNL Women + 51.35
104 Sterre Vervloet Lotto-Intermarché Women + 51.53
105 Elisa Valtulini Vini Fantini-BePink + 53.30
106 Juliana Londono Team Picnic PostNL Women + 55.06
107 Katia Ragusa Human Powered Health + 56.40
108 Tiffany Cromwell CANYON//SRAM + 01:00.43
109 Delfina Dibella Vini Fantini-BePink + 01:15.23
110 Silvia Zanardi Human Powered Health + 01:18.54
111 Maria Martins CANYON//SRAM + 01:57.43
112 Nora Jencusova Vini Fantini-BePink + 02:03.25
- Marthe Goossens AG Insurance-Soudal Team DNS
- Natalie Quinn Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie DNS
- Greta Marturano UAE Team ADQ DNF
- Neve Bradbury CANYON//SRAM DNF
- Maeva Squiban UAE Team ADQ DNF
- Elisabeth Ebras Lotto-Intermarché Women DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Marion Bunel Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women 18:07:29
2 Lore De Schepper AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.51
3 Nienke Vinke Team SD Worx-Protime + 01.57
4 Gaia Segato Vini Fantini-BePink + 04.07
5 Titia Ryo Human Powered Health + 05.01
6 Julia Kopecky Team SD Worx-Protime + 11.17
7 Babette van der Wolf EF Education-Oatly + 18.35
8 Felicity Wilson-Haffenden Lidl-Trek Women + 19.58
9 Imogen Wolff Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 20.39
10 Wilma Aintila CANYON//SRAM + 22.40
11 Eglantine Rayer Girault FDJ United-SUEZ + 23.26
12 Andrea Casagranda Vini Fantini-BePink + 25.29
13 Lucía Ruiz Perez Movistar Team Women + 30.18
14 Alberte Greve Uno-X Mobility Women + 34.19
15 Léa Rondel Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 46.09
16 Mia Gjertsen Uno-X Mobility Women + 49.16
17 Dina Boels Lotto-Intermarché Women + 50.29
18 Elisa Valtulini Vini Fantini-BePink + 52.49
19 Juliana Londono Team Picnic PostNL Women + 54.25
20 Delfina Dibella Vini Fantini-BePink + 01:14.42

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Lotte Kopecky Team SD Worx-Protime 154
2 Franziska Koch FDJ United-SUEZ 143
3 Anna van der Breggen Team SD Worx-Protime 105
4 Shari Bossuyt AG Insurance-Soudal Team 84
5 Mischa Bredewold Team SD Worx-Protime 74
6 Letizia Paternoster Liv AlUla Jayco 73
7 Cédrine Kerbaol EF Education-Oatly 56
8 Paula Blasi UAE Team ADQ 55
9 Sarah Van Dam Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women 50
10 Loes Adegeest Lidl-Trek Women 49
11 Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney CANYON//SRAM 43
12 Liane Lippert Movistar Team Women 40
13 Evita Muzic FDJ United-SUEZ 34
14 Juliette Berthet FDJ United-SUEZ 31
15 Karlijn Swinkels UAE Team ADQ 31
16 Monica Trinca Colonel Liv AlUla Jayco 30
17 Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka CANYON//SRAM 26
18 Megan Jastrab UAE Team ADQ 26
19 Marta Jaskulska Human Powered Health 25
20 Carina Schrempf Fenix-Premier Tech 25
21 Felicity Wilson-Haffenden Lidl-Trek Women 25
22 Idoia Eraso Lasa Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 25
23 Gaia Masetti Team Picnic PostNL Women 25
24 Marion Bunel Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women 20
25 Gaia Realini Lidl-Trek Women 20
26 Lauretta Hanson Lidl-Trek Women 20
27 Aniek van Alphen Fenix-Premier Tech 20
28 Julie Van De Velde AG Insurance-Soudal Team 20
29 Sterre Vervloet Lotto-Intermarché Women 20
30 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio AG Insurance-Soudal Team 19
31 Usoa Ostolaza Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 18
32 Pauline Ferrand-Prevot Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women 15
33 Marieke Meert Lotto-Intermarché Women 15
34 Sara Martín Movistar Team Women 15
35 Elisa Valtulini Vini Fantini-BePink 15
36 Mavi Garcia UAE Team ADQ 14
37 Andrea Casagranda Vini Fantini-BePink 14
38 Katrine Aalerud Uno-X Mobility Women 12
39 Yara Kastelijn Fenix-Premier Tech 12
40 Mireia Benito AG Insurance-Soudal Team 12
41 Marie Le Net FDJ United-SUEZ 12
42 Marine Allione Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie 12
43 Nienke Vinke Team SD Worx-Protime 10
44 Eva van Agt FDJ United-SUEZ 10
45 Arlenis Sierra Movistar Team Women 10
46 Silvia Zanardi Human Powered Health 7
47 Justine Gegu Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie 6
48 Lore De Schepper AG Insurance-Soudal Team 5
49 Lotte Claes Fenix-Premier Tech 4
50 Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig CANYON//SRAM 2
51 Gaia Segato Vini Fantini-BePink 2
52 Ruby Roseman-Gannon Liv AlUla Jayco 2
53 Petra Stiasny Human Powered Health 1
54 Josie Talbot Liv AlUla Jayco -15

Mountain

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Anna van der Breggen Team SD Worx-Protime 12
2 Alice Coutinho Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie 12
3 Marine Allione Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie 12
4 Ashleigh Moolman Pasio AG Insurance-Soudal Team 11
5 Paula Blasi UAE Team ADQ 10
6 Marion Bunel Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women 8
7 Sara Martín Movistar Team Women 8
8 Juliette Berthet FDJ United-SUEZ 6
9 Annelies Nijssen Lotto-Intermarché Women 6
10 Lauretta Hanson Lidl-Trek Women 4
11 Idoia Eraso Lasa Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 4
12 Monica Trinca Colonel Liv AlUla Jayco 3
13 Kristen Faulkner EF Education-Oatly 3
14 Evita Muzic FDJ United-SUEZ 2
15 Yuliia Biriukova Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi 2
16 Aniek van Alphen Fenix-Premier Tech 2
17 Valentina Cavallar Team SD Worx-Protime 1
18 Marta Jaskulska Human Powered Health 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Team SD Worx-Protime 54:24:38
2 FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.18
3 AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 01.20
4 UAE Team ADQ + 01.46
5 Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 03.19
6 Lidl-Trek + 04.30
7 Laboral Kutxa-Fundacion Euskadi + 06.40
8 Human Powered Health + 07.49
9 Uno-X Mobility + 08.21
10 Fenix-Premier Tech + 11.20
11 CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto + 12.50
12 Liv AlUla Jayco + 13.01
13 Movistar Team + 13.25
14 EF Education-Oatly + 17.23
15 Mayenne-Monbana-Mypie + 27.34
16 Vini Fantini-BePink + 33.52
17 Lotto-Intermarché Ladies + 37.56
18 Team Picnic PostNL + 41.15

Race profile

Race
Vuelta España Femenina
Start date
03.05.2026
End date
09.05.2026
Total distance
104.8 km
Gen
Women
Cat
2.WWT
Country
Spain
Discipline
Road

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