2026 Clasica Castilla y León (1.1), Spain
40th edition: Sunday, July 26, 2026
Vuelta a Castilla y León podium history | 2025 edition | Start list
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Benevente-Lubián, 190.6 km
Thomas Silva wins the 2026 edition
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Weather at the finish city of Lubián at 2:45 PM, local time: 23C (74F), sunny, with the wind from the west at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Winner Thomas Silva's XDS Astana Team posted this report.
XDS Astana Team rider Thomas Silva claimed another impressive victory in Spain, winning Clasica Castilla y Leon, while his teammate Christian Scaroni secured third place to complete the podium.
The 190.6-kilometre one-day race started in Benavente and finished in Lubián. XDS Astana Team delivered another strong collective performance, controlling the race and positioning its riders perfectly for the decisive finale. On the final climb, Christian Scaroni and Thomas Silva launched a series of successful attacks, putting pressure on their rivals. In the closing metres, Silva made the decisive move, attacking inside the final 100 metres to take a spectacular victory, while Scaroni crossed the finish line in third place.
“It’s my second victory, and I’m really, really happy. I’m especially glad with the work of the team today. The guys did an incredible job, giving Christian, Diego and me all the opportunities to fight for the win on the final climb. We played our cards perfectly and I’m very happy to finish off the great work of the team, taking first and third place with Christian. We feel really strong when we race together and hopefully we can continue in this direction", — said Thomas Silva.
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Complete results:
190.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.688 km/hr
| 1 | Thomas Silva | XDS Astana Team | 4hr 23min 41sec |
| 2 | Roger Adrià | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Christian Scaroni | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Mathieu Burgaudeau | TotalEnergies | @ 3sec |
| 5 | Natnael Tesfatsion | Movistar Team | 0:05 |
| 6 | Jesús Herrada | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 7 | Baptiste Vadic | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 8 | Xabier Berasategi | XDS Astana Team | 0:08 |
| 9 | Diego Ulissi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 10 | Francisco Muñoz | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 11 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 12 | Ludovico Crescioli | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 0:10 |
| 13 | Clément Venturini | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 14 | Gotzon Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:14 |
| 15 | Javier Serrano | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 16 | Jokin Murguialday | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 0:15 |
| 17 | Alessandro Covi | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 18 | Marco Martín | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 19 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:19 |
| 20 | Joan Bou | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 21 | Hugo de la Calle | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 22 | Rafael Barbas | Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | 0:20 |
| 23 | Thomas Bonnet | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 24 | Julen Arriolabengoa | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:24 |
| 25 | Jorge Gutiérrez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 26 | Jonathan Lastra | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 0:31 |
| 27 | Brady Gilmore | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 28 | Lander Loockx | Unibet Rose Rockets | 0:33 |
| 29 | José Manuel Díaz | Burgos Burpellet BH | 0:59 |
| 30 | Diego Pescador | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Yago Aguirre | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 1:09 |
| 32 | Adam Smith | AVC Aix Provence Dole | 1:13 |
| 33 | Martín Rey | Burgos Burpellet BH | 1:16 |
| 34 | Killian Verschuren | Unibet Rose Rockets | 1:19 |
| 35 | Harrison Wood | Feirense-Beeceler | 1:21 |
| 36 | Alex Díaz | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:52 |
| 37 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | Team Jayco AlUla | 2:03 |
| 38 | Pau Martí | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 39 | Sévane Matossian | AVC Aix Provence Dole | 2:23 |
| 40 | Álvaro García | NSN Cycling Team | 2:29 |
| 41 | Francisco Joel Peñuela | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 42 | Jack Brough | AVC Aix Provence Dole | 2:47 |
| 43 | Ibai Azanza | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:54 |
| 44 | Nicola Marcerou | TotalEnergies | 3:08 |
| 45 | Nil Gimeno | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 46 | Samuel Fernández | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:21 |
| 47 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 48 | Thomas Pesenti | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 49 | Alessandro Pinarello | NSN Cycling Team | 3:24 |
| 50 | Alexey Lutsenko | NSN Cycling Team | 3:28 |
| 51 | Abram Stockman | Unibet Rose Rockets | 3:55 |
| 52 | Anders Foldager | Team Jayco AlUla | s.t. |
| 53 | Marco Schrettl | XDS Astana Team | 4:29 |
| 54 | Davide Toneatti | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 55 | Nícolas Sessler | Victoria Sports Pro Cycling | s.t. |
| 56 | Oscar Nilsson-Julien | AVC Aix Provence Dole | s.t. |
| 57 | Mattia Bais | Team Polti VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 58 | Sergio Meris | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 59 | Diego Pablo Sevilla | Team Polti-VisitMalta | s.t. |
| 60 | Zac Marriage | NSN Cycling Team | 4:39 |
| 61 | Alan Jousseaume | TotalEnergies | 4:42 |
| 62 | Valentin Tabellion | AVC Aix Provence Dole | 5:29 |
| 63 | Adrián Fajardo | Burgos Burpellet BH | s.t. |
| 64 | Rayan Boulahoite | TotalEnergies | 6:21 |
| 65 | Txomin Juaristi | Euskaltel-Euskadi | s.t. |
| 66 | Pablo Lospitao | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 6:51 |
| 67 | Iker Gómez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 68 | Adrián Benito | Team Polti-VisitMalta | 8:00 |
| 69 | Albert Torres | Movistar Team | 8:59 |
| 70 | Francisco Pereira | Feirense-Beeceler | 9:07 |
| 71 | Viacheslav Ivanov | Feirense-Beeceler | s.t. |
| 72 | Fabien Grellier | TotalEnergies | 9:20 |
| 73 | Lucas Grieco | AVC Aix Provence Dole | 10:40 |
| 74 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco AlUla | 11:37 |
| 75 | Leangel Rubén Linarez | Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | s.t. |
| 76 | Joshua Lebo | Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz | 11:42 |
| 77 | Jaume Espuis | Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz | 12:10 |
| 78 | Simão Lucas | Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | 12:32 |
| 79 | Simone Zanini | XDS Astana Team | 14:53 |
| 80 | Sergio Romeo | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
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Course map & profile:
Course map
Course profile
Start list with back numbers, July 26, 2026:
| Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 1 | Hugo Aznar |
| 2 | Ibai Azanza |
| 3 | Nil Gimeno |
| 4 | Jorge Gutiérrez |
| 5 | Iker Gómez |
| 6 | Sergio Romeo |
| 7 | Antonio Jesús Soto |
| Movistar Team | |
| 11 | Jon Barrenetxea |
| 12 | Davide Formolo |
| 13 | Albert Torres |
| 14 | Roger Adrià |
| 15 | Diego Pescador |
| 16 | Pelayo Sánchez |
| 17 | Natnael Tesfatsion |
| Euskaltel-Euskadi | |
| 21 | Jonathan Lastra |
| 22 | Yago Aguirre |
| 23 | Xabier Berasategi |
| 24 | Txomin Juaristi |
| 25 | Jokin Murguialday |
| 26 | Gotzon Martín |
| 27 | Marco Martín |
| Unibet Rose Rockets | |
| 31 | Clément Venturini |
| 32 | Ronan Augé |
| 33 | Jelle Johannink |
| 34 | Lander Loockx |
| 35 | Sergio Meris |
| 36 | Abram Stockman |
| 37 | Killian Verschuren |
| TotalEnergies | |
| 41 | Thomas Bonnet |
| 42 | Mathieu Burgaudeau |
| 43 | Rayan Boulahoite |
| 44 | Fabien Grellier |
| 45 | Alan Jousseaume |
| 46 | Nicola Marcerou |
| 47 | Baptiste Vadic |
| Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 51 | Fernando Barceló |
| 52 | Julen Arriolabengoa |
| 53 | Joan Bou |
| 54 | Alex Díaz |
| 55 | Samuel Fernández |
| 56 | Ellande Larronde |
| 57 | Francisco Joel Peñuela |
| Burgos Burpellet BH | |
| 61 | José Manuel Díaz |
| 62 | Hugo De La Calle |
| 63 | Eric Antonio Fagúndez |
| 64 | Jesús Herrada |
| 65 | Adrián Fajardo |
| 66 | Lorenzo Quartucci |
| 67 | Martín Rey |
| Team Polti-VisitMalta | |
| 71 | Diego Pablo Sevilla |
| 72 | Mattia Bais |
| 73 | Adrián Benito |
| 74 | Ludovico Crescioli |
| 75 | Francisco Muñoz |
| 76 | Thomas Pesenti |
| 77 | Javier Serrano |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 81 | Ludovico Maria Mellano |
| 82 | Simone Zanini |
| 83 | Christian Scaroni |
| 84 | Marco Schrettl |
| 85 | Guillermo Thomas Silva |
| 86 | Davide Toneatti |
| 87 | Diego Ulissi |
| NSN Cycling Team | |
| 91 | Brady Gilmore |
| 92 | Roei Edinger |
| 93 | Álvaro García |
| 94 | Alexey Lutsenko |
| 95 | Zac Marriage |
| 96 | Pau Martí |
| 97 | Alessandro Pinarello |
| Team Jayco AlUla | |
| 101 | Alessandro Covi |
| 102 | Dries De Pooter |
| 103 | Davide De Pretto |
| 104 | Wil Holmes |
| 105 | Anders Foldager |
| 106 | Christopher Juul-Jensen |
| Tavfer-Ovos Matinados-Mortágua | |
| 111 | Leangel Rubén Linarez |
| 112 | Francisco Alves |
| 113 | Rafael Barbas |
| 114 | Lois Dejesus |
| 115 | Diego López |
| 116 | Simão Lucas |
| Feirense-Beeceler | |
| 121 | Joao Tomasio |
| 122 | Viacheslav Ivanov |
| 123 | Guilherme Mesquita |
| 125 | Fábio Oliveira |
| 126 | Francisco Pereira |
| 127 | Harrison Wood |
| AVC Aix Provence Dole | |
| 131 | Jack Brough |
| 132 | Lucas Grieco |
| 133 | Sévane Matossian |
| 134 | Oscar Nilsson-Julien |
| 136 | Adam Smith |
| 137 | Valentin Tabellion |
| Victoria Sports Pro Cycling | |
| 141 | Edgar Nieto |
| 142 | Mark Baruelo |
| 143 | Daniel Ven Cariño |
| 144 | Edson Corbadora |
| 145 | Jude Gabriel Francisco |
| 146 | Eugenio Sánchez |
| 147 | Nícolas Sessler |
| Meridian Racing p/b de la Uz | |
| 151 | Pere Barcelo |
| 152 | Jaume Espuis |
| 153 | Joshua Lebo |
| 154 | Pelayo Merino |
| 155 | Ferra Miravalles |