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Last year, Tadej Pogacar said he was tired after the Tour de France. He therefore refrained from attempting a Giro-Tour-Vuelta treble. This year, he did not participate in the Giro d'Italia, while Jonas Vingegaard broke his collarbone during the Tour de France—an event the Slovenian won convincingly. He has decided not to pin on a race number again until 2027.
At the starting line in Monaco—his home turf—Pogacar is therefore the overwhelming favorite. He is expected to win the event without having to push himself to the limit.
Three riders have already been listed in our doping directory. Nairo Quintana—who also appears in our directory and for whom this was the last chance to compete in a Grand Tour—was not selected by Movistar.
To complement these statistics, we are presenting our Confidence Index (ICCD) for the sixth time. It will shed new light on the teams competing in this Vuelta, helping to determine who can be trusted.
"Who can I trust?". This is the question that everyone asks themselves every year at the start of a grand Tour. To provide some answers, since 2021 we have been publishing our ICCD : Cyclisme-Dopage.com Confidence Index.
We use this ICCD to attach colored symbols to the names of teams and riders in the lists below.
To understand them, click here.
The table below establishes, team by team, the count of the riders who have been or will be subsequently "pinned" in doping cases.
| Teams | Riders | Pinned | Top 10 | Pinned | Podium | Pinned |
| ◆Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ◆UAE Team Emirates - XRG | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Movistar Team | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ◆Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| ◆Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆INEOS Grenadiers | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Bahrain - Victorious | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Lidl - Trek | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Groupama - FDJ United | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Alpecin-Premier Tech | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆NSN Cycling Team | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Soudal Quick-Step | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Uno-X Mobility | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Cofidis | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Team Jayco AlUla | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆EF Education - EasyPost | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆XDS Astana Team | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Burgos Burpellet BH | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Lotto Intermarché | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Team Picnic PostNL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ◆Equipo Kern Pharma | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 184 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Pourcentage | 2% | 10% | 0% |
Pinned: Number of riders who violated the anti-doping rules.
Included in this category: riders who have been tested positive (including refuse to submit to doping control or hematocrit> 50%), having acknowledged having doped, having been sanctioned (by the justice, their federation or their team).
Not included (for example) : those whose sample B was negative.
Top 10: number of riders present in the top 10 of the final general classification.
Podium: number of riders present in the first 3 of the final general classification.
Other data :
| Stage | Departure - Arrival | Winner | Team |
| 1 | Monaco - Monaco | ▰POGACAR Tadej | ◆ UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
| 2 | Monaco - Manosque | ▰BRENNAN Matthew | ◆ Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
| 3 | Gruissan - Aude - Font Romeu | ▰POGACAR Tadej | ◆ UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
| 4 | Andorra la Vella - Andorra la Vella | ▰POGACAR Tadej | ◆ UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
| 5 | Falset. Costa Daurada - Roquetes. Terres de l'Ebre | ▰BRENNAN Matthew | ◆ Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
| 6 | Alcossebre - Castelló | ▰POGACAR Tadej | ◆ UAE Team Emirates - XRG |
| 7 | Vall d'Alba - Aramón Valdelinares | ▰LEKNESSUND Andreas | ◆ Uno-X Mobility |
| 8 | Puçol - Xeraco | ▰COQUARD Bryan | ◆ Cofidis |
| 9 | La Vila Joiosa/Villajoyosa - Alto de Aitana. Costa Blanca | ▰MAS Enric | ◆ Movistar Team |
| 10 | Alcaraz - Elche de la Sierra | ▰TRONCHON Bastien | ◆ Groupama - FDJ United |
| 11 | Cartagena - Lorca | ▰BRENNAN Matthew | ◆ Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
| 12 | Vera - Calar Alto | ▰OMRZEL Jakob | ◆ Bahrain - Victorious |
| 13 | Almuñécar - Loja | ▰VAN AERT Wout | ◆ Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
| 14 | Jaén - Sierra de la Pandera | ▰BRENNER Marco | ◆ Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
| 15 | Palma del Río - Córdoba | ▰VAN AERT Wout | ◆ Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
| 16 | Cortegana - La Rábida. Palos de la Frontera | ▰BRENNAN Matthew | ◆ Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
| 17 | Dos Hermanas - Sevilla | ▰BRENNAN Matthew | ◆ Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
| 18 | El Puerto de Santa María - Jerez de la Frontera | ▰KÜNG Stefan | ◆ Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
| 19 | Vélez-Málaga - Peñas Blancas. Estepona | ▰DUNBAR Eddie | ◆ Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team |
| 20 | La Calahorra - Collado del Alguacil | ▰LANDA Mikel | ◆ Soudal Quick-Step |
| 21 | Carrefour Granada - Granada | ▰JOHANNESSEN Tobias Halland | ◆ Uno-X Mobility |
Click on the name of a team to open the explanatory sheet of its Confidence Index.
Ranking source : lequipe.fr - 12/09/2026
Ranking source : www.procyclingstats.com/race/vuelta-a-espana/2026/gc (14/09/2026)
The infographic above shows the top 30 positions of the provisional general classification, with the colors associated with each rider in our confidence index (ICCD), in descending order: green, yellow, red, black.
The color codes correspond to the score obtained by the teams in our ICCD ranking :
A rider's color code is based on that of their team. By default, if a rider belongs to a team with a certain color, the same color is assigned to them unless:
Explanation of the color codes
2022 : police investigation (no penalty)
2018 : positive control
2022 : police investigation (sanction not known)
reports a rider who was sanctioned in a doping case
reports a rider pinned in our doping directory but who has not been sanctioned or whose we are not aware of the possible sanction
The ranking as it would be if we excluded all racers "pinned" in doping cases during their career.
The list of participants by team
17 years of existence, 1 case, ie 0,06 per year
11. ▰ Roglic Primoz
12. ▰ Fisher-black Finn
13. ▰ Meeus Jordi
14. ▰ Moscon Gianni
15. ▰ Thornley Callum
16. ▰ Tuckwell Luke
17. ▰ Vermeersch Gianni
18. ▰ Wandahl Frederik
28 years of existence, 33 cases, ie 1,18 per year
21. ▰ Pogacar Tadej
22. ▰ Almeida Joao
23. ▰ Novak Domen
24. ▰ Oliveira Alves Ivo Emanuel
25. ▰ Sivakov Pavel
26. ▰ Torres Pablo
27. ▰ Vermaerke Kevin
28. ▰ Vine Jay
47 years of existence, 31 cases, ie 0,66 per year
31. ▰ Mas Enric
32. ▰ Arcas Pena Jorge
33. ▰ Aular Orluis
2022 : police investigation (sanction not known)
34. ▰ Canal Blanco Carlos
35. ▰ Castrillo Pablo
36. ▰ García Pierna Raúl
37. ▰ Romeo Iván
38. ▰ Uijtdebroeks Cian
43 years of existence, 24 cases, ie 0,56 per year
41. ▰ Van Aert Wout
42. ▰ Armirail Bruno
43. ▰ Brennan Matthew
44. ▰ Kruijswijk Steven
45. ▰ Kuss Sepp
46. ▰ Laporte Christophe
47. ▰ Nordhagen Jørgen
48. ▰ Tulett Ben
35 years of existence, 19 cases, ie 0,54 per year
51. ▰ Gall Felix
52. ▰ Bisiaux Léo
53. ▰ Chamberlain Oscar
54. ▰ De Pestel Sander
55. ▰ Labrosse Jordan
56. ▰ Muhlberger Gregor
57. ▰ Riccitello Matthew
58. ▰ Scotson Callum
4 years of existence, 0 cases, ie 0 per year
61. ▰ De La Cruz Melgarejo David
62. ▰ Azparren Irurzun Xabier Mikel
63. ▰ Calzoni Walter
64. ▰ Camprubí Marcel
65. ▰ Dunbar Eddie
66. ▰ Gloag Thomas
67. ▰ Gonzalez Lopez David
68. ▰ Vader Milan
17 years of existence, 7 cases, ie 0,41 per year
71. ▰ Onley Oscar
72. ▰ Haig Jack
73. ▰ Hamilton Lucas
74. ▰ Laurance Axel
75. ▰ Rodriguez Carlos
76. ▰ Svestad-bårdseng Embret
77. ▰ Tarling Joshua
78. ▰ Turner Ben
10 years of existence, 2 cases, ie 0,2 per year
81. ▰ Bilbao Pello
82. ▰ Buitrago Santiago
83. ▰ Ermakov Roman
84. ▰ Govekar Matevž
85. ▰ Miquel Pau
86. ▰ Omrzel Jakob
87. ▰ Paasschens Mathijs
88. ▰ Valter Attila
16 years of existence, 5 cases, ie 0,31 per year
91. ▰ Skjelmose Mattias
2018 : positive control
92. ▰ Bernard Julien
93. ▰ Kämna Lennard
94. ▰ Konrad Patrick
95. ▰ Mosca Jacopo
96. ▰ Norsgaard Mathias
97. ▰ Nys Thibau
98. ▰ Pedersen Mads
30 years of existence, 12 cases, ie 0,4 per year
101. ▰ Berthet Clément
102. ▰ Le Gac Olivier
103. ▰ Madouas Valentin
104. ▰ Martin-guyonnet Guillaume
105. ▰ Molard Rudy
106. ▰ Paleni Enzo
107. ▰ Rochas Rémy
108. ▰ Tronchon Bastien
18 years of existence, 1 case, ie 0,06 per year
111. ▰ Groves Kaden
112. ▰ Busatto Francesco
113. ▰ De Vylder Lindsay
114. ▰ Debruyne Ramses
115. ▰ Glivar Gal
116. ▰ Gogl Michael
117. ▰ Houle Hugo
118. ▰ Sentjens Sente
12 years of existence, 1 case, ie 0,08 per year
121. ▰ Lutsenko Alexey
122. ▰ Bennett George
123. ▰ Hirt Jan
124. ▰ Hofstetter Hugo
125. ▰ Kretschy Moritz
126. ▰ Martí Pau
127. ▰ Schultz Nicholas
128. ▰ Van Tricht Floris
34 years of existence, 33 cases, ie 0,97 per year
131. ▰ Landa Mikel
132. ▰ Dainese Alberto
133. ▰ Garofoli Gianmarco
134. ▰ Hayter Ethan
135. ▰ Paret-peintre Valentin
136. ▰ Van Den Bossche Fabio
137. ▰ Vansevenant Mauri
138. ▰ Zana Filippo
17 years of existence, 0 cases, ie 0 per year
141. ▰ Cort Nielsen Magnus
142. ▰ Dalby Simon
143. ▰ Dversnes Fredrik
144. ▰ Johannessen Tobias Halland
145. ▰ Kron Andreas Lorentz
146. ▰ Leknessund Andreas
147. ▰ Tiller Rasmus
148. ▰ Tjøtta Martin
32 years of existence, 21 cases, ie 0,66 per year
151. ▰ Buchmann Emanuel
152. ▰ Coquard Bryan
153. ▰ Kirsch Alex
154. ▰ Moniquet Sylvain
155. ▰ Ourselin Paul
156. ▰ Renard Alexis
157. ▰ Rouland Louis
158. ▰ Samitier Samitier Sergio
15 years of existence, 4 cases, ie 0,27 per year
161. ▰ Covi Alessandro
162. ▰ Bouwman Koen
163. ▰ Double Paul
164. ▰ Hellemose Asbjørn
165. ▰ Mckenzie Hamish
166. ▰ Pickering Finlay
167. ▰ Porter Rudy
168. ▰ Sutterlin Jasha
22 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,14 per year
171. ▰ Carapaz Richard
172. ▰ Albanese Vincenzo
173. ▰ Beloki Markel
174. ▰ Mackellar Alastair
175. ▰ Rafferty Darren
176. ▰ Rodriguez Juan Felipe
177. ▰ Shaw James
178. ▰ Steinhauser Georg
9 years of existence, 0 cases, ie 0 per year
181. ▰ Brenner Marco
182. ▰ Barta Will
183. ▰ Kluckers Arthur
184. ▰ Küng Stefan
185. ▰ Thalmann Roland
186. ▰ Warbasse Larry
187. ▰ Weiss Fabian
188. ▰ Wilksch Hannes
20 years of existence, 21 cases, ie 1,05 per year
191. ▰ Tejada Harold
2022 : police investigation (no penalty)
192. ▰ Fedorov Yevgeniy
193. ▰ Fortunato Lorenzo
194. ▰ Langellotti Victor
195. ▰ Mulubrhan Henok
196. ▰ Rodriguez Martin Cristian
197. ▰ Romele Alessandro
198. ▰ Van Bekkum Darren
21 years of existence, 7 cases, ie 0,33 per year
201. ▰ Herrada Lopez Jesús
202. ▰ Alleno Clément
203. ▰ Aparicio Muñoz Mario
204. ▰ Chumil Sergio Geovani
205. ▰ Diaz Gallego Jose Manuel
206. ▰ Faura José Luis
207. ▰ Fernández Sinuhé
208. ▰ Macías César
43 years of existence, 15 cases, ie 0,35 per year
211. ▰ Widar Jarno
212. ▰ Braet Vito
213. ▰ Craps Lars
214. ▰ De Schuyteneer Steffen
215. ▰ Rota Lorenzo
216. ▰ Thompson Reuben
217. ▰ Van Boven Luca
218. ▰ Van Sintmaartensdijk Roel
22 years of existence, 3 cases, ie 0,14 per year
221. ▰ Hamilton Chris
222. ▰ De Jong Timo
223. ▰ Gaffuri Mattia
224. ▰ Leemreize Gijs
225. ▰ Martinez Guillermo Juan
226. ▰ Peace Oliver
227. ▰ Renard-haquin Henri-françois
228. ▰ Roosen Timo
7 years of existence, 0 cases, ie 0 per year
231. ▰ Berrade Fernandez Urko
232. ▰ Brustenga Marc
233. ▰ Cobo Iván
234. ▰ Elósegui Momene Iñigo
235. ▰ Ruiz Ibon
236. ▰ Sosa Cuervo Ivan Ramiro
237. ▰ Uriarte Diego
238. ▰ Wenzel Mats
reports a rider who was sanctioned in a doping case
reports a rider pinned in our doping directory but who has not been sanctioned or whose we are not aware of the possible sanction