The 2026 Vuelta a España bicycle race will start in Monaco, organizers said on Thursday. This will be the first time the race starts in Monaco and sixth time it starts abroad. This year, it will begin in Lisbon. The three-week tour also kicked-off in the Portuguese capital in 1997, with further international departures in Assen (Netherlands, 2009), Nimes (France, 2017) and Utrecht (Netherlands, 2022).