The toughest stage of the 2026 Vuelta a España, and very possibly the last obstacle between Tadej Pogačar and a historic first victory for the Slovenian in Spain's Grand Tour, has been radically altered by a series of landslides in southern Andalusia.
While stage 20's summit finish on the Hors Categorie ascent of the Collado del Alguacil – a climb never used before in the Vuelta – remains in place, it's what comes before on that same stage through the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains that now looks radically different.
