When exactly do entries close?

On Tuesday 29 September 2026 at 23:59 CET. Club La Santa adds that they also close earlier if the available places are taken. It does not publish a number of places.

Which municipalities are affected on which day?

According to the traffic notice of 18 September: on Saturday Tinajo, Teguise, Haría, Arrecife, San Bartolomé and Tías; on Sunday Tías, Yaiza and Tinajo again. The summary at the head of the same notice leaves Tías out even though the detailed list includes it.

How long is each road shut?

From 20 minutes on the Avenida Krogager in Tinajo to two hours 45 minutes in Tías on Saturday. In Arrecife the Cabildo split the passage into four- and five-minute blocks in 2024 and 2025.

What does entry cost, and is there a residents' discount?

170 euros for both stages and 90 euros for a single stage, since 23 September. Club La Santa states a 10 per cent discount for people resident in the Canary Islands.

Do I need a licence or my own insurance?

The event page sets out no cycling-federation licence requirement. Accident insurance through Mutuacat is included; according to Club La Santa it covers the compulsory Spanish sports insurance under Real Decreto 849/93, medical treatment, rehabilitation and up to 6,015 euros for treatment outside Spain.

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Vuelta Ciclista a Lanzarote: 14 road closures across seven municipalities on 3 and 4 October

The third Vuelta Ciclista a Lanzarote runs 189 kilometres through all seven of the island's municipalities on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 October — and shuts roads on both mornings. In a traffic notice dated 18 September, Club La Santa listed 14 closure windows, nine on Saturday and five on Sunday; the first opens at 08:20 in Tinajo and the last ends at 13:15 on Sunday. Anyone who wants to ride it is on a tighter clock: entries close on Tuesday 29 September at 23:59 CET, or earlier if the places are gone.

27 September 2026 · 5 min · By Lucía Medina Reyes · Editorial responsibility: Matthias Camenzind, Editor-in-Chief

The coast at Órzola in northern Lanzarote (illustrative)

Photo: Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), CC BY 3.0 (illustrative image).

The Vuelta Ciclista a Lanzarote 2026 in figures

189 kilometres over two stages: 115 kilometres on Saturday from Club La Santa to the Plaza de las Naciones in Puerto del Carmen, 74 kilometres back on Sunday. Both stages start at 08:30 (Club La Santa event page).
14 closure windows: nine on Saturday between 08:20 and 14:45, five on Sunday between 08:00 and 13:15, spread across all seven municipalities (Club La Santa traffic notice, 18 September 2026).
170 euros for both stages, 90 euros for one — that tier has applied since 23 September 2026; from 7 July it was 130 and 70 euros. A 10 per cent discount for people resident in the Canary Islands (Club La Santa price-and-deadline page).
Entries close on 29 September 2026 at 23:59 CET — or once the places run out (Club La Santa).
More than 600 cyclists from 25 countries have entered (Club La Santa, 18 September). Europa Press also put the field above 600 on 23 September, including the professional Carlos Verona.

Saturday: nine closure windows from Tinajo to Tías

In Tinajo the Avenida Krogager in La Santa is closed from 08:20 to 08:40, as the field leaves the start area. Teguise has a first window from 08:20 to 10:30 and a second from 10:45 to 12:30; Haría is affected twice, from 09:00 to 11:30 and from 09:30 to 12:00 — the hours of the timed climb to the Mirador del Río. In Arrecife the Avenida de Las Palmeras closes from 11:00 to 12:30, the LZ-101 between the Circunvalación and Naos from 11:30 to 12:45, and other streets in the capital from 12:30 to 13:15. In San Bartolomé the LZ-301 between Güime and Montaña Blanca and the Calle El Arroyo are shut from 12:30 to 13:30. The longest window is in Tías: 12:30 to 14:45, until the field has finished.

Sunday: five windows, and the south goes first

On Sunday the field starts at 08:30 in Puerto del Carmen and rides 74 kilometres back to Club La Santa, so Tías is affected first, from 08:00 to 09:30. Yaiza then has two windows, 08:30 to 11:15 and 11:15 to 12:15; they cover La Geria, Femés, Playa Blanca and the edge of the Timanfaya national park. Tinajo follows with 10:30 to 12:15 and 11:50 to 13:15, until the last riders finish. Anyone with a flight to catch should hold the windows against their own timetable: in previous editions the LZ-40 between the airport and Puerto del Carmen fell inside the Sunday-morning closures.

What is still missing: the street-by-street list

Three of the 14 windows name actual roads: the Avenida Krogager in Tinajo, the Avenida de Las Palmeras and the LZ-101 in Arrecife, and the LZ-301 and the Calle El Arroyo in San Bartolomé. The other eleven say only that “various streets and roads in the municipality” are affected. For a resident who wants to know whether she can get out of Los Valles at 10:00 on Saturday, that is not enough.

In both previous years the Cabildo de Lanzarote filled that gap: in 2024 three days before the race, in 2025 a day before, each time road by road with references such as LZ-10 (La Villa–Los Valles) or LZ-202 (Hoya de la Pila–Mirador del Río). No comparable 2026 list could be found in the sources we checked on Sunday 27 September; the Cabildo's own website was technically unreachable for us, so it is unread rather than demonstrably empty. On past form it will come through the Cabildo and the town halls of the municipalities on the route.

What gets raced: three timed climbs

The Vuelta is not a stage race but a cyclosportive with timed sectors; only the three timed climbs are competitive, and e-bikes are excluded from them. Saturday's runs from Haría to the Mirador del Río, 8.5 kilometres with 310 metres of ascent. Sunday adds Las Casitas–Femés over 5.3 kilometres with 170 metres, and the stretch from the Timanfaya road to Mancha Blanca over 12.7 kilometres with 220 metres. Club La Santa's course maps give 1,759 metres of climbing on Saturday and 1,081 on Sunday, with highest points of 590 and 361 metres. Riders may enter from junior up to master 60; cadets aged 15 and 16 only on the second stage.

How to enter by Tuesday. Where: through the Vuelta page on clublasanta.com, which leads to the raceresult entry portal. By when: Tuesday 29 September 2026, 23:59 CET, or until the places run out. What is included: feed stations, timing, race number and bottle, first aid, accident insurance through Mutuacat, a medal and certificate for finishing both stages; the official jersey no longer, for entries made from 24 August. Discount: 10 per cent for people resident in the Canary Islands. Compulsory kit: an approved hard-shell helmet, a rear light, a mobile phone with the organisation's emergency number, and food and water for 50 kilometres. Then: number collection on Friday 2 October, 15:30 to 19:30, in the Estadio at Club La Santa.

Three things are unpublished or imprecise. The roads: eleven of the 14 windows say only “various streets and roads in the municipality”. The cut-offs: Club La Santa's rules announce time limits at the control points — miss one and you are recorded as DNF — but give no clock times; the 2026 athlete guide is marked “available soon”. The discount: the 10 per cent for Canary residents is on the price page; how residence must be proved is not. Treat the windows as provisional and check the Cabildo's and your town hall's notices before the weekend.

FAQ

When exactly do entries close?: On Tuesday 29 September 2026 at 23:59 CET. Club La Santa adds that they also close earlier if the available places are taken. It does not publish a number of places.
Which municipalities are affected on which day?: According to the traffic notice of 18 September: on Saturday Tinajo, Teguise, Haría, Arrecife, San Bartolomé and Tías; on Sunday Tías, Yaiza and Tinajo again. The summary at the head of the same notice leaves Tías out even though the detailed list includes it.
How long is each road shut?: From 20 minutes on the Avenida Krogager in Tinajo to two hours 45 minutes in Tías on Saturday. In Arrecife the Cabildo split the passage into four- and five-minute blocks in 2024 and 2025.
What does entry cost, and is there a residents' discount?: 170 euros for both stages and 90 euros for a single stage, since 23 September. Club La Santa states a 10 per cent discount for people resident in the Canary Islands.
Do I need a licence or my own insurance?: The event page sets out no cycling-federation licence requirement. Accident insurance through Mutuacat is included; according to Club La Santa it covers the compulsory Spanish sports insurance under Real Decreto 849/93, medical treatment, rehabilitation and up to 6,015 euros for treatment outside Spain.

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