Uno-X heads to the Vuelta a España with a team of breakaway specialists, but the GC is also an option

It might sound strange to say, but Uno-X Mobility will be competing in the Vuelta a España for the first time. The Norwegian team has announced it's team for the Vuelta a España and is primarily aiming for stage wins. But a general classification victory is certainly also a possibility for Thor Hushovd’s team.

Tobias Halland Johannessen will be the leader of the Norwegian team. The 26-year-old climber has made a great impression so far in 2026, finishing fourth in the Tirreno-Adriatico, third in the Tour of the Basque Country, and fifth in the Tour Auvergne–Rhône-Alpes, among other results. However, his hopes of a general classification finish in the Tour de France quickly came to a disappointing end.

In the remaining weeks of the Tour, however, the Norwegian proved to be one of the strongest and most tenacious attackers in the peloton. It didn’t earn him a victory, but he did finish second on the stage to Ussel, behind Mathieu van der Poel. In Spain, too, he’ll mainly be chasing stage wins, but he’ll have the general classification in the back of his mind, hoping to move up a few spots through breakaways.

Uno-X doesn’t really have a true climbers’ team. Simon Dalby, Martin Tjøtta, and Andreas Leknessund are certainly strong climbers, but they’ll mainly be making their mark in breakaways. Dalby gave the team a scare last year after falling ill due to blood clots in his brain, but he’s back and will make his debut in a Grand Tour.

In the transition stages, the team can also count on Andreas Kron, who won the opening stage of the Vuelta in 2023, and Fredrik Dversnes. The latter gave Uno-X Mobility something to cheer about with a phenomenal stage victory in the Giro d’Italia, where he and a small group of attackers managed to stay ahead of the closing peloton on the flattest stage of the race.

The final spot on the roster goes to Magnus Cort. The 33-year-old Dane is set to compete in his fifteenth Grand Tour and fifth Vuelta, and has enjoyed tremendous success in Spain: he has won no fewer than six stages in the Vuelta a España. His last victory was five years ago, but the Danish champion hopes to shine one more time. At the end of the season, he will bring his career to a close.