03
September
CALAR ALTO (Spain) – At 2,153 meters above sea level, Calar Alto hosted the highest finish of the Vuelta 26 and proved the perfect setting for Jakob Omrzel (Bahrain Victorious) to establish himself as a rising star of the Grand Tours and claim a historic victory. At 20 years, 5 months, and 13 days old, the new Slovenian prodigy set a new record as the youngest stage winner in a Grand Tour this century, beating the record set by Tadej Pogacar in the Vuelta 19 (20 years, 11 months, and 10 days for his first victory on stage 9). After…
