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Luke Mudgway Wins Inaugural Bajaj Pune Grand Tour 2026

The title crowns India’s first UCI 2.2 multi-stage men’s road race, a 437 km event with a global field.

Overview

  • Organisers confirmed Mudgway as overall winner at the finish on Pune’s JM Road near Balgandharva Auditorium.
  • Cameron Nicholas Scott won Stage 3, but Mudgway kept the Yellow Jersey and also held the Green Jersey for best sprinter.
  • Mudgway’s back-to-back victories on Stages 1 and 2 included a 10‑second bonus on a photo‑finish day where the top six shared 02:31:49.
  • After Stage 3, Mudgway led the general classification at 07:36:10, 14 seconds ahead of Carter Alan Bettles with Yorben Lauryssen 17 seconds back.
  • A Stage 1 crash near Golvan affected about 30 riders and paused racing for 23 minutes, with officials reporting no serious hospitalisations as the well-attended first edition featured 171 riders from 29 teams across 35 countries.