Pablo Torres: 2026 team, palmarès and profile

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Team (2026): UAE Team Emirates XRG
Nationality: Spain
Born: 10 November 2005, Madrid, Spain
Profile: Climber and stage-race prospect
Pro since: 2024
Previous teams: Sanse–Rotor (junior) (2022–2023), UAE Team Emirates Gen Z (2024)

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

2026 season

11 February 2026Tour of Oman25th overall Source
14 June 2026Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes30th overall (4th on stage 6) Source
25 June 2026Spanish National Championships, time trial3rd Source
5 July 2026Sibiu Cycling Tour, stage 2 (Sibiu – Păltiniș)3rd (10th overall) Source
8 August 2026Vuelta a Burgos11th overall (4th in the young rider classification) Source
30 August 2026Vuelta a EspañaDid not finish (left on stage 9; his first Grand Tour) Source

Palmarès

2024Tour de l'Avenir2nd overall, stages 4 and 6, 1st young rider classification Source
2024Giro Next Gen2nd overall Source
2024Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia3rd overall Source
2024Giro della Valle d'Aosta5th overall (and stage 5) Source
2025Giro d'Abruzzo3rd overall, 1st young rider classification Source
2026Spanish National Championships, time trial3rd Source

Biography

Pablo Torres Arias is a Spanish cyclist and climber, born on 10 November 2005 in Madrid. He is 1.74 m tall, according to his team. He has ridden for the UAE Team Emirates WorldTeam since 2025, and the team’s official roster confirms him for 2026.

As a junior, Torres rode for Sanse–Rotor in 2022 and 2023. In 2024 he joined UAE Team Emirates Gen Z, the team’s development squad. That year he finished second overall at the Giro Next Gen and third overall at the Giro della Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia. At the Giro della Valle d’Aosta he won stage 5 and finished fifth overall. In August he was second overall at the Tour de l’Avenir, where he won stages 4 and 6 and the young rider classification. In October 2024, aged 18, he signed a six-year contract with the WorldTeam, running until 2030.

In 2025, his first WorldTour season, he finished third overall at the Giro d’Abruzzo and won its young rider classification. He also returned to the Tour de l’Avenir and placed seventh overall.

In 2026 he started his season in Spain and Oman, finishing 25th overall at the Tour of Oman. In June he rode the Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes, where he was fourth on stage 6 and 30th overall, and he took third place in the Spanish elite time trial championship on 25 June. In July he was third on the mountain stage to Păltiniș at the Sibiu Cycling Tour, and in August he finished 11th overall at the Vuelta a Burgos. He then started his first Grand Tour, the Vuelta a España, but did not finish stage 9 on 30 August.