GB's Brennan wins his fourth stage of 2026 Vuelta

Matthew Brennan celebrates victoryGetty Images

Brennan rides for Team Visma

Josh Lobley
BBC Sport journalist

Matthew Brennan emerged victorious in the 16th stage of the Vuelta a Espana to claim his fourth stage win of this year's race.

The British Visma Lease-a-bike rider sprinted to victory ahead of Bryan Coquard and Vito Braet in Palos de la Frontera.

Brennan, 21, held up four fingers to celebrate each of his four stage wins in his first Grand Tour.

"It's unbelievable, four victories here and the plan was for one," Brennan said after the 181km stage.

Stage 16 was expected to be another chance for the sprinters.

A five-man breakaway got up the road early on, but with 100km remaining the peloton started to reel them in. The break was caught with around 23km remaining, setting up the bunch sprint finale.

Spanish rider Enric Mas of Team Movistar maintained his 2min 6sec general classification lead on Felix Gall, with Primoz Roglic a further four seconds behind.

The next stage takes place on Wednesday, consisting of 185km from Dos Hermanas to Seville, offering another sprint finale.

Vuelta stage 16 results

  1. Matthew Brennan (GB/Team Visma Lease-a-bike) 03hrs 56mins 33secs

  2. Bryan Coquard (Fra/Cofidis) Same time

  3. Vito Braet (Bel/Lotto Intermarche)

  4. Jord Meeus (Bel/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe)

  5. Magnus Cort (Den/Uno-X Mobility)

  6. Wout van Aert (Bel/Team Visma Lease-a-Bike)

  7. Hugo Hofstetter (Fra/NSN Cycling Team)

  8. Vincenzo Albanese (Ita/EF Education-EasyPost)

  9. Alberto Dainese (Ita/Soudal Quick-Step)

  10. Cesar Macias (Mex/Burgos-BH)

General classification after stage 16

  1. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar Team) 56hrs 02mins 29secs

  2. Félix Gall (Aut/Decathlon CMA CGM Team) +2mins 06secs

  3. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +2mins 10secs

  4. Richard Carapaz (Ecu/EF Education-EasyPost) +4mins 24secs

  5. Oscar Onley (GB/Netcompany Ineos Cycling) +5mins 44secs

  6. Jakob Omrzel (Slo/Bahrain Victorious) +6mins 14secs

  7. Mattias Skjelmose (Den/Lidl-Trek) +6mins 49secs

  8. Cristian Rodriguez (Spa/XDS Astana Team) +7mins 01secs

  9. Clément Berthet (Fra/Groupama-FDJ United) +7mins 19secs

  10. Sepp Kuss (US/Team Visma Lease-a-bike) +8mins 55secs

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