Matthew Brennan Sprints for a Second Vuelta Stage Win as Tadej Pogačar Stays in Control
The 21-year-old Briton claimed his second stage win with a lead-out from Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte, while Tadej Pogacar held a 3:21 overall lead.
- On Wednesday, British rider Matthew Brennan of Team Visma-Lease a Bike won stage five of the Vuelta a Espana, claiming his second victory in his maiden Grand Tour.
- The stage covered 173.3km from Falset to Roquetes as the peloton chased down an early breakaway group with nearly 100km remaining.
- Visma-Lease a Bike teammates Wout van Aert and Christophe Laporte delivered a perfect lead-out, launching Brennan into the final sprint ahead of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe's Jordi Meeus.
- Race leader Tadej Pogacar maintained his overall lead in the red jersey, holding a 3min 21sec advantage over compatriot Primoz Roglic of Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe.
- Thursday's 177.5km stage from Alcossebre to Castello features four categorized climbs, including a dirt road during the final ascent as the race continues.
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Matthew Brennan has imposed himself on the sprint in the fifth stage of the Vuelta a España 2026. The cyclist of the Visma-Lease a bike has taken his second stage victory, after the second stage of the Spanish round, winning with ease Meeus and Albanese. In a stage without jumps, after ... Continue reading "Brennan again prevails on the Sprint in the Vuelta winning in Roquetas"
"This is fantastic," says a young British man with a full English face at the goal of Roquetes, a Tortosa neighborhood in Tarragona. Matthew Brennan, 21, born in Darlington, Northern England, has just won his second stage in five days of race and four reals of competition, after the suspension by the hail. The same successes as Tadej Pogacar. The sprints, that specialty in extinction period, have an emperor in Brennan. (Notice in Enlargement)
The British cyclist has imposed himself on the sprint of the test that ended in Roquetes
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