Orluis Aular: 2026 team, palmarès and profile

Team (2026): Movistar Team
Nationality: Venezuela
Born: 5 November 1996, Nirgua, Yaracuy, Venezuela
Profile: Sprinter
Pro since: 2017
Previous teams: Start–Vaxes Cycling Team (2017), Start Team Gusto (2018), Matrix Powertag (2019), Caja Rural–Seguros RGA (2020–2024)

Facts checked on 20 October 2026. Every fact has a source, listed at the bottom of this page.

2026 season

8 March 2026Paris–Nice, stage 13rd Source
1 April 2026Dwars door Vlaanderen6th Source
12 May 2026Giro d'Italia, stage 42nd Source
16 August 2026ADAC Cyclassics14th Source
26 August 2026Vuelta a España, stage 589th after relegation (6th on the road) Source
5 October 2026Coppa Bernocchi3rd Source

Palmarès

2019Vuelta a Venezuela1st overall; 1st points and mountains classifications; 5 stage wins Source
2020Vuelta a Venezuela1st overall Source
2022South American Games, road race1st Source
2022Volta ao Alentejo1st overall (also won in 2023) Source
2023CRO Race1st overall; 1st stage 5 Source
2023Central American and Caribbean Games, road race1st Source
2023Vuelta a España2nd stage 7 (photo finish) Source
2024Trofeo Matteotti1st Source
2025Venezuelan National Road Championships1st road race and 1st time trial Source
2026Coppa Bernocchi3rd Source

Biography

Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria was born on 5 November 1996 in Nirgua, in the Venezuelan state of Yaracuy. He won the Venezuelan junior road race title in 2014 and made his professional debut in 2017 with Start–Vaxes. In 2019 he won the Vuelta a Venezuela overall, taking five stages and the points and mountains classifications, and he also won the Tour de Kumano in Japan. He then rode for Caja Rural–Seguros RGA from 2020 to 2024, winning the Vuelta a Venezuela again in 2020, the Volta ao Alentejo in 2022 and 2023, and the CRO Race in 2023.

Aular has also won regularly for his country. He took gold in the road race at the 2022 South American Games and at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, and he has been Venezuelan national road race champion in 2022, 2023 and 2025. At the 2023 Vuelta a España he was second on stage 7, losing a photo finish to Geoffrey Soupe. In 2024 he won the Trofeo Matteotti.

He joined Movistar Team for 2025. In October 2025 the team announced an extension that keeps him there through 2028. Movistar presents him as a rider who brings speed to bunch sprints and reduced-group finishes, and it named him as its sprint option for the 2026 Giro d’Italia.

His 2026 season included third place on stage 1 of Paris–Nice, sixth at Dwars door Vlaanderen and second on stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia into Cosenza. He finished 14th at the ADAC Cyclassics. At the Vuelta a España he crossed the line sixth on stage 5 on 26 August, but he was relegated afterwards and ProCyclingStats lists him 89th on the stage. On 5 October he finished third at the Coppa Bernocchi in Italy. He is 1.76 m tall and weighs 65 kg.