The Vuelta a España's long-awaited return to the Canary Islands in 2026 has been put off indefinitely, according to multiple media reports, with an initially proposed four-stage finale for next autumn likely set to be replaced by a showdown in the mountains of eastern Andalusia.
Last visited by the Vuelta in 1988, organisers and the islands' regional government had apparently reached a deal for the country's biggest race to end with stages on the archipelago, despite being more than 1,000 kilometres further south of mainland Spain.
