Wout van Aert sprints to victory from the breakaway on stage 15 of the Vuelta a España

Wout Van Aert of Visma-Lease a Bike in the green jersey celebrates at the finish line as stage winner ahead of Alessandro Romele during the Vuelta a Espana, Stage 15 a 110.2km stage from Palma del Rio to Cordoba. — (Image credit: Getty Images)

A shortened route on stage 15 of the Vuelta a España saw Wout van Aert triumph in Córdoba, as he won the sprint from a five-rider breakaway. The Visma-Lease a Bike rider seized an opportunity to jump out of the peloton at the intermediate sprint with around 30km to go and drew a small group clear, which stayed away to the finish.

Vuelta a España 2026 stage 15: Palma del Río > Córdoba (110km)

1. Wout van Aert (Bel) Visma-Lease a Bike, in 2:35:00
2. Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS Astana
3. Thibau Nys (Bel) Lidl-Trek
4. Ramses Debruyne (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech
5. Andreas Leknessund (Nor) Uno-X Mobility, all at same time
6. Alessandro Covi (Ita) Jayco AlUla, +58s
7. Bastien Tronchon (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
8. Henok Mulubrhan (Eri) XDS-Astana
9. Stefan Küng (Swi) Tudor Pro Cycling
10. Ivo Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates-XRG, all at same time

General Classification after stage 15

1. Enric Mas (Esp) Movistar Team, in 52:05:56
2. Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon CMA CGM, +2:06
3. Primož Roglič (Slo) Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, +2:10
4. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) EF Education-EasyPost, +4:24
5. Oscar Onley (GBr) Netcompany Ineos, +5:44
6. Jakob Omrzel (Slo) Bahrain-Victorious, +6:14
7. Mattias Skjelmose (Den) Lidl-Trek, +6:49
8. Cristián Rodríguez (Spa) XDS-Astana, +7:01
9. Clément Berthet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United, +7:19
10. Sepp Kuss (USA) Visma-Lease a Bike, +8:55