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August 5, 2026
48th Vuelta a Burgos 2026 🇪🇸 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 2 – Arcos de la Llana – Pineda de la Sierra (Valle del Sol) : 178 km
Vuelta a Burgos is a UCI 2.Pro stage race run over a mix of rolling roads,
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August 5, 2026
48th Vuelta a Burgos 2026 🇪🇸 (2.Pro) ME – Stage 2 – Arcos de la Llana – Pineda de la Sierra (Valle del Sol) : 178 km
Vuelta a Burgos is a UCI 2.Pro stage race run over a mix of rolling roads, exposed plains, and selective mountain terrain. The route typically combines fast opening stages with tougher uphill finishes, narrow roads, and summit arrivals that reward steady pacing and sharp positioning. Riders face recurring climbs, sudden changes in rhythm, and occasional wind exposure across the open Castilian landscape, which can stretch the peloton and make recovery difficult between efforts. Tactically, the race often develops through controlled team pacing on flatter days, breakaways on transitional stages, and decisive attacks on the steeper finales where gradients, heat, and accumulated fatigue shape the outcome. Stage profiles can include short punchy climbs, longer steady ascents, and technical descents that require clean handling before the final push. Finishes range from bunch sprints on straightforward stages to reduced groups or solo moves on the mountain days, giving the race a varied but demanding character throughout.
Oscar Onley (Netcompany Ineos) bounced back to top form as he conquered the summit finish to Valle del Sol to win stage 2 of the Vuelta a Burgos, taking control of the race lead with his first victory since joining the British side.
In his first race since crashing out of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and being ruled out of the Tour de France due to injury, Onley won from a close-fought uphill sprint on Wednesday, narrowly pipping Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) to the line in second.
Rising Belgian talent Jarno Widar (Lotto-Intermarché) had kicked off the sprint after the steep 3.4km final climb, but he was quickly passed by Onley and Ciccone, with Enric Mas (Movistar) also coming around him before the line to take third, losing two seconds.
“I’m really happy. This hasn’t been a good season for me so far; I’ve had a lot of setbacks and just not really got going, so I really wanted to come here, and the goal wasn’t even to win, it was just to get some racing in the legs, to be honest,” said Onley, who has suffered with illness and injury this year.
“It was nice to be able to pay back the team, because they’ve fully supported me this whole year. Obviously being a new rider in the team, I wanted to show that I belonged here so it’s quite a big relief.
“I guess today I showed that I have good legs, so we’ll look at where I am on GC – I lost a bit of time yesterday but so did a lot of other GC guys – there’s still a lot of racing to come.”
A five-rider breakaway led for most of the second stage: Rodrigo Álvarez (Burgos Burpellet BH), Javier Ibáñez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Rayan Boulahoite (TotalEnergies), Diego Uriarte (Equipo Kern Pharma), and Yago Aguirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi), but they were never allowed to build more than a two-minute lead.
The peloton closed on them during the approach to the final climb to the line, with Tudor doing most of the work on the front. With 10km to go and the Valle del Sol climb (3.4km at 7.6%) still to come, Boulahoite and Uriarte were the last men standing, but they only had a 20-second addvantage to defend and that was quickly disappearing.
Caught with 5km to go, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe took over on the climb to the line, but quickly ran out of riders in support of Giulio Pellizarri, so were overtaken by Onley’s Netcompany Ineos teammates, who positioned him well to react to any attacks and win the final kick to the finish.
Results :
 ME - Stage 2 </strong> - Arcos de la Llana - Pineda de la Sierra (Valle del Sol) : 178 km
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Vuelta a Burgos is a UCI 2.Pro stage race run over a mix of rolling roads, exposed plains, and selective mountain terrain. The route typically combines fast opening stages with tougher uphill finishes, narrow roads, and summit arrivals that reward steady pacing and sharp positioning. Riders face recurring climbs, sudden changes in rhythm, and occasional wind exposure across the open Castilian landscape, which can stretch the peloton and make recovery difficult between efforts. Tactically, the race often develops through controlled team pacing on flatter days, breakaways on transitional stages, and decisive attacks on the steeper finales where gradients, heat, and accumulated fatigue shape the outcome. Stage profiles can include short punchy climbs, longer steady ascents, and technical descents that require clean handling before the final push. Finishes range from bunch sprints on straightforward stages to reduced groups or solo moves on the mountain days, giving the race a varied but demanding character throughout.
Oscar Onley (Netcompany Ineos) bounced back to top form as he conquered the summit finish to Valle del Sol to win stage 2 of the Vuelta a Burgos, taking control of the race lead with his first victory since joining the British side.
In his first race since crashing out of the Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and being ruled out of the Tour de France due to injury, Onley won from a close-fought uphill sprint on Wednesday, narrowly pipping Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) to the line in second.
Rising Belgian talent Jarno Widar (Lotto-Intermarché) had kicked off the sprint after the steep 3.4km final climb, but he was quickly passed by Onley and Ciccone, with Enric Mas (Movistar) also coming around him before the line to take third, losing two seconds.
"I'm really happy. This hasn't been a good season for me so far; I've had a lot of setbacks and just not really got going, so I really wanted to come here, and the goal wasn't even to win, it was just to get some racing in the legs, to be honest," said Onley, who has suffered with illness and injury this year.
"It was nice to be able to pay back the team, because they've fully supported me this whole year. Obviously being a new rider in the team, I wanted to show that I belonged here so it's quite a big relief.
"I guess today I showed that I have good legs, so we'll look at where I am on GC – I lost a bit of time yesterday but so did a lot of other GC guys – there's still a lot of racing to come."
A five-rider breakaway led for most of the second stage: Rodrigo Álvarez (Burgos Burpellet BH), Javier Ibáñez (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Rayan Boulahoite (TotalEnergies), Diego Uriarte (Equipo Kern Pharma), and Yago Aguirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi), but they were never allowed to build more than a two-minute lead.
The peloton closed on them during the approach to the final climb to the line, with Tudor doing most of the work on the front. With 10km to go and the Valle del Sol climb (3.4km at 7.6%) still to come, Boulahoite and Uriarte were the last men standing, but they only had a 20-second addvantage to defend and that was quickly disappearing.
Caught with 5km to go, Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe took over on the climb to the line, but quickly ran out of riders in support of Giulio Pellizarri, so were overtaken by Onley's Netcompany Ineos teammates, who positioned him well to react to any attacks and win the final kick to the finish.
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