Results Vuelta a Burgos 2026 Stage 5 - Felix Gall seals overall victory as Giulio Pellizzari conquers Lagunas de Neila
CyclingSaturday, 08 August 2026 at 16:35
Felix Gall has won the 2026 Vuelta a Burgos after surviving a dramatic final battle on Lagunas de Neila, as Giulio Pellizzari powered clear inside the final 1.2 kilometres to take Stage 5.
Gall entered the decisive 137-kilometre finale from Caleruega with only six seconds over Giulio Ciccone and seven over Oscar Onley, leaving almost no margin for error on the hardest stage of the race.
Decathlon CMA CGM Team delivered their leader into the decisive final kilometres before Gall attacked repeatedly inside the final three kilometres. Only Ciccone and Onley could initially follow when the Austrian broke the favourites' group with two kilometres remaining.
That advantage did not last. Pablo Torres, Pellizzari, Enric Mas and Mathys Rondel clawed their way back with around 1.7 kilometres to go, bringing the leading contenders together again and reopening both the stage and podium battles. Pellizzari then made the move that finally stuck.
Pellizzari attacks as Gall's move comes back
Torres and Pellizzari accelerated with around 1.3 kilometres remaining before the Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe rider went alone almost immediately afterwards.
The Italian opened a clear gap as the road continued to bite towards Lagunas de Neila and crossed beneath the final kilometre banner alone. None of the GC contenders could close him down.
Pellizzari reached the summit in 3:15:56 to claim Stage 5, five seconds ahead of Onley. Gall crossed seven seconds behind the winner in third, with Ciccone another four seconds further back. Those small differences proved enough for Gall.
Onley gained two seconds on the Austrian but had started the day seven seconds behind, leaving Gall with a five-second advantage over the Netcompany INEOS rider in the final general classification. Ciccone, who began the stage only six seconds down, lost four seconds to Gall on the climb and finished ten seconds behind overall.
For Pellizzari, the victory completed an impressive final day after he had started sixth overall at 43 seconds. His late acceleration was the strongest of anyone on Lagunas de Neila, turning a GC battle that had briefly appeared to be moving Gall's way into a separate fight for the stage.
Decathlon control sets up Gall before final twist
The race had taken a long route towards that final confrontation. An aggressive opening hour was raced at 50 km/h before a 15-rider break eventually formed. Kevin Vermaerke became one of its strongest survivors, while Pavel Sivakov and Niels Driesen later bridged across from the peloton as the race moved through the final climbs.
The trio briefly carried an advantage of around 40 seconds towards Lagunas de Neila, but the gap collapsed once the final ascent began. Vermaerke was dropped first, Driesen then attacked Sivakov, and Lidl-Trek helped finish the chase before the last escapee was caught with around 3.5 kilometres remaining.
Decathlon immediately took command. Jordan Labrosse worked on the lower slopes before Leo Bisiaux increased the pressure, setting up Gall's first major attack.
Gall accelerated again with 2.3 kilometres to go and then split the favourites with two kilometres remaining, leaving only Ciccone and Onley on his wheel. It looked briefly as though the Austrian might finish the race in the same manner he had taken the leader's jersey on Stage 3. Instead, the groups came back together and Pellizzari produced the decisive attack of the stage.
Gall did not need to follow him. With Onley unable to take the five seconds required to overturn the overall standings and Ciccone losing ground, the Austrian crossed the line knowing the Vuelta a Burgos was his.
Pellizzari took the final summit victory, but Gall left Lagunas de Neila with the bigger prize: overall victory in the 2026 Vuelta a Burgos.
Carlos Silva is a writer for CiclismoAtual.com and CyclingUpToDate.com, where he contributes race reports, interviews, analysis pieces, and live coverage of the international cycling calendar. Holding a degree in Sports from the Jean Piaget Institute, he combines academic knowledge of performance, training, and competition with hands-on journalism experience in professional cycling.
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