TakeVuelta4 days ago
Pavel Sivakov abandoned stage 13, the fourth UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider to leave this Vuelta a España 2026. This isn't bad luck stacking up — it's a Grand Tour roster dismantled piece by piece, from leader to engine room.
Tadej Pogačar went first on stage 8 with a suspected fractured collarbone, then Pablo Torres on stage 9, then Jay Vine, now Sivakov. Five stages after his crash, the team is down to a fraction of its original lineup, with João Almeida among the few left standing. A team built to control a Grand Tour has lost the rider it was built around and the riders meant to support him.
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