Start times & order Vuelta a España 2026 Stage 1: Pogacar and Roglic last off in Monaco time trial
The 2026 Vuelta a España opens with a 9.4 kilometre individual time trial through the streets of Monaco, with the first red jersey and the opening general classification gaps on the line.
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Stage 1 brings an immediate test for Tadej Pogačar and the other Vuelta contenders. Below, you can find the full start order and times for the opening time trial.
The 9.4 kilometre course is short, fast and highly technical, with the race taking place entirely within the Principality of Monaco. Riders start beside the Casino de Monte Carlo before tackling a twisting route that incorporates several sections of the famous Formula 1 circuit. The course passes Larvotto Beach, Port Hercule and Stade Louis II before finishing on Boulevard Albert 1er, at the traditional finish line of the Monaco Grand Prix.
With numerous corners, hairpins, roundabouts and tunnels packed into less than ten kilometres, bike handling and acceleration will be almost as important as pure power.
Diego Uriarte will be the first rider down the start ramp at 16:17 CET. Riders will then leave at one minute intervals, with stage favourites like Ethan Hayter (Soudal Quicl-Step), Stefan Küng (Tudor), Iván Romeo (Movistar) and Wout van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike) spread across the final part of the start order.
Hayter starts at 19:08, with Küng due off at 18:17 and Romeo beginning his effort at 19:18. Van Aert rolls down the ramp at 19:17, while general classification contenders Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA CGM), Oscar Onley (Netcompancy Ineos) and Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek) start at 17:44, 17:42 and 17:17 respectively. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG), the major favourites to win the Vuelta, will begin at 19:19.
The final rider, Primož Roglič (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe), is due to start at 19:20, with the last finisher expected at approximately 19:30.
Start times & order Vuelta a España 2026 Stage 1 timie trial
| Order | Rider | Start time (CET) |
|---|---|---|
1 | Diego Uriarte | 16:17 |
2 | Chris Hamilton | 16:18 |
3 | Reuben Thompson | 16:19 |
4 | César Macías | 16:20 |
5 | Darren van Bekkum | 16:21 |
6 | Hannes Wilksch | 16:22 |
7 | Markel Beloki | 16:23 |
8 | Rudy Porter | 16:24 |
9 | Sylvain Moniquet | 16:25 |
10 | Andreas Leknessund | 16:26 |
11 | Mauri Vansevenant | 16:27 |
12 | Floris Van Tricht | 16:28 |
13 | Kaden Groves | 16:29 |
14 | Olivier Le Gac | 16:30 |
15 | Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard | 16:31 |
16 | Pau Miquel | 16:32 |
17 | Lucas Hamilton | 16:33 |
18 | Thomas Gloag | 16:34 |
19 | Jordan Labrosse | 16:35 |
20 | Bruno Armirail | 16:36 |
21 | Orluis Aular | 16:37 |
22 | Domen Novak | 16:38 |
23 | Frederik Wandahl | 16:39 |
24 | Mats Wenzel | 16:40 |
25 | Gijs Leemreize | 16:41 |
26 | Vito Braet | 16:42 |
27 | Mario Aparicio | 16:43 |
28 | Lorenzo Fortunato | 16:44 |
29 | Roland Thalmann | 16:45 |
30 | Richard Carapaz | 16:46 |
31 | Finlay Pickering | 16:47 |
32 | Bryan Coquard | 16:48 |
33 | Andreas Kron | 16:49 |
34 | Alberto Dainese | 16:50 |
35 | Hugo Hofstetter | 16:51 |
36 | Francesco Busatto | 16:52 |
37 | Guillaume Martin | 16:53 |
38 | Jacopo Mosca | 16:54 |
39 | Pello Bilbao | 16:55 |
40 | Embret Svestad-Bårdseng | 16:56 |
41 | Walter Calzoni | 16:57 |
42 | Matthew Riccitello | 16:58 |
43 | Sepp Kuss | 16:59 |
44 | Carlos Canal | 17:00 |
45 | Kevin Vermaerke | 17:01 |
46 | Gianni Vermeersch | 17:02 |
47 | Marc Brustenga | 17:03 |
48 | Juan Guillermo Martinez | 17:04 |
49 | Lorenzo Rota | 17:05 |
50 | Sinuhé Fernández | 17:06 |
51 | Henok Mulubrhan | 17:07 |
52 | Fabian Weiss | 17:08 |
53 | Darren Rafferty | 17:09 |
54 | Asbjørn Hellemose | 17:10 |
55 | Paul Ourselin | 17:11 |
56 | Tobias Halland Johannessen | 17:12 |
57 | Gianmarco Garofoli | 17:13 |
58 | Pau Martí | 17:14 |
59 | Sente Sentjens | 17:15 |
60 | Clément Berthet | 17:16 |
61 | Mattias Skjelmose | 17:17 |
62 | Santiago Buitrago | 17:18 |
63 | Carlos Rodríguez | 17:19 |
64 | Eddie Dunbar | 17:20 |
65 | Sander De Pestel | 17:21 |
66 | Matthew Brennan | 17:22 |
67 | Jorge Arcas | 17:23 |
68 | Pavel Sivakov | 17:24 |
69 | Gianni Moscon | 17:25 |
70 | Iván Ramiro Sosa | 17:26 |
71 | Oliver Peace | 17:27 |
72 | Jarno Widar | 17:28 |
73 | Sergio Geovani Chumil | 17:29 |
74 | Cristián Rodríguez | 17:30 |
75 | Will Barta | 17:31 |
76 | Juan Felipe Rodriguez | 17:32 |
77 | Paul Double | 17:33 |
78 | Louis Rouland | 17:34 |
79 | Magnus Cort | 17:35 |
80 | Fabio Van den Bossche | 17:36 |
81 | Nick Schultz | 17:37 |
82 | Ramses Debruyne | 17:38 |
83 | Rémy Rochas | 17:39 |
84 | Thibau Nys | 17:40 |
85 | Jakob Omrzel | 17:41 |
86 | Oscar Onley | 17:42 |
87 | Milan Vader | 17:43 |
88 | Felix Gall | 17:44 |
89 | Ben Tulett | 17:45 |
90 | Raúl García Pierna | 17:46 |
91 | Pablo Torres | 17:47 |
92 | Jordi Meeus | 17:48 |
93 | Iván Cobo | 17:49 |
94 | Timo Roosen | 17:50 |
95 | Luca Van Boven | 17:51 |
96 | José Manuel Díaz | 17:52 |
97 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | 17:53 |
98 | Arthur Kluckers | 17:54 |
99 | Vincenzo Albanese | 17:55 |
100 | Alessandro Covi | 17:56 |
101 | Sergio Samitier | 17:57 |
102 | Fredrik Dversnes Lavik | 17:58 |
103 | Mikel Landa | 17:59 |
104 | Moritz Kretschy | 18:00 |
105 | Lindsay De Vylder | 18:01 |
106 | Valentin Madouas | 18:02 |
107 | Julien Bernard | 18:03 |
108 | Matevž Govekar | 18:04 |
109 | Jack Haig | 18:05 |
110 | David González | 18:06 |
111 | Oscar Chamberlain | 18:07 |
112 | Jørgen Nordhagen | 18:08 |
113 | Cian Uijtdebroeks | 18:09 |
114 | Ivo Oliveira | 18:10 |
115 | Luke Tuckwell | 18:11 |
116 | Iñigo Elosegui | 18:12 |
117 | Timo De Jong | 18:13 |
118 | Lars Craps | 18:14 |
119 | Clément Alleno | 18:15 |
120 | Alessandro Romele | 18:16 |
121 | Stefan Küng | 18:17 |
122 | Alastair Mackellar | 18:18 |
123 | Koen Bouwman | 18:19 |
124 | Alexis Renard | 18:20 |
125 | Simon Dalby | 18:21 |
126 | Valentin Paret-Peintre | 18:22 |
127 | Jan Hirt | 18:23 |
128 | Gal Glivar | 18:24 |
129 | Bastien Tronchon | 18:25 |
130 | Patrick Konrad | 18:26 |
131 | Mathijs Paasschens | 18:27 |
132 | Axel Laurance | 18:28 |
133 | Marcel Camprubí | 18:29 |
134 | Léo Bisiaux | 18:30 |
135 | Steven Kruijswijk | 18:31 |
136 | Pablo Castrillo | 18:32 |
137 | Jay Vine | 18:33 |
138 | Callum Thornley | 18:34 |
139 | Ibon Ruiz | 18:35 |
140 | Mattia Gaffuri | 18:36 |
141 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk | 18:37 |
142 | José Luis Faura | 18:38 |
143 | Victor Langellotti | 18:39 |
144 | Marco Brenner | 18:40 |
145 | James Shaw | 18:41 |
146 | Hamish McKenzie | 18:42 |
147 | Emanuel Buchmann | 18:43 |
148 | Rasmus Tiller | 18:44 |
149 | Filippo Zana | 18:45 |
150 | George Bennett | 18:46 |
151 | Michael Gogl | 18:47 |
152 | Rudy Molard | 18:48 |
153 | Lennard Kämna | 18:49 |
154 | Attila Valter | 18:50 |
155 | Joshua Tarling | 18:51 |
156 | Xabier Mikel Azparren | 18:52 |
157 | Gregor Mühlberger | 18:53 |
158 | Christophe Laporte | 18:54 |
159 | Enric Mas | 18:55 |
160 | João Almeida | 18:56 |
161 | Finn Fisher-Black | 18:57 |
162 | Urko Berrade | 18:58 |
163 | Henri-François Renard-Haquin | 18:59 |
164 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | 19:00 |
165 | Jesús Herrada | 19:01 |
166 | Harold Tejada | 19:02 |
167 | Larry Warbasse | 19:03 |
168 | Georg Steinhauser | 19:04 |
169 | Jasha Sütterlin | 19:05 |
170 | Alex Kirsch | 19:06 |
171 | Martin Tjøtta | 19:07 |
172 | Ethan Hayter | 19:08 |
173 | Alexey Lutsenko | 19:09 |
174 | Hugo Houle | 19:10 |
175 | Enzo Paleni | 19:11 |
176 | Mads Pedersen | 19:12 |
177 | Roman Ermakov | 19:13 |
178 | Ben Turner | 19:14 |
179 | David De la Cruz | 19:15 |
180 | Callum Scotson | 19:16 |
181 | Wout van Aert | 19:17 |
182 | Iván Romeo | 19:18 |
183 | Tadej Pogačar | 19:19 |
184 | Primož Roglič | 19:20 |
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