Mikel Nieve: “We will continue fighting”
Euskaltel-Euskadi climber takes back time in stage thirteen Vuelta breakaway Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi) started the Vuelta a España with the role of working for team captain Igor Antón. With Antón’s failure on the very first mountain stage though, to the […]
Michele Scarponi gives up on Vuelta classification after his legs fail to respond
Giro d’Italia runner up still aiming for a stage victory Michele Scaponi (Lampre-ISD) came to the Vuelta a España aiming to go one better than his runner up finish in May’s Giro d’Italia. With his legs failing to respond on […]
Bradley Wiggins relaxed under pressure in Vuelta a España lead
British champion sees lead cut to four seconds as Vincenzo Nibali goes on the attack Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) saw his Vuelta a España lead cut to just four seconds at the end of stage thirteen, as Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) […]
Vuelta a España: Michael Albasini takes maiden Grand Tour stage into Ponferrada
Swiss rider outsprints a big breakaway group; Team Sky rides the punches as the top ten comes under pressure; Nibali edges closer Michael Albasini (HTC-Highroad) took his first ever victory in a Grand Tour on stage thirteen of the Vuelta […]
Contador tips Nibali for Vuelta victory
Predicts Wiggins will lose time; praises efforts of teammate Sørensen; hints at riding next year Giro d’Italia winner Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) was present on the start line of the thirteenth stage of the Vuelta a España, in Sarria, this […]
Vuelta a España: Peter Sagan takes his second victory on a rare sprinters’ stage to Pontevedra
Flat stage goes to type as long break is reeled in by the sprinters’ teams in the finale Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) sprinted to his second stage of this year’s Vuelta a España, winning stage twelve between Ponteareas and Pontevedra as […]
Marcel Kittel to quit the Vuelta a España after stage twelve
Young German sprinter exhausted after first half of debut Grand Tour Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) will be quitting the Vuelta a España and heading home after today’s twelfth stage, despite initially declaring his intention to make it all the way to […]
Romain Feillu to return to racing next week
French sprinter has recovered from Tour of Poland collarbone break; looking to build for Worlds Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil-DCM) is set to return to racing at the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen in Aartselaar, Belgium, next Wednesday. The French sprinter crashed in […]
A lesson learned in Poland lifts Frederik Kessiakoff into the Vuelta podium positions
Swedish rider careful not to get caught behind the split on the tricky sprint to Pontevedra Frederik Kessiakoff (Astana), along with Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) was the key beneficiary of a split in the peloton on the tricky, uphill sprint into […]
Vuelta a España: Attentiveness and awareness earn Bauke Mollema eleven seconds
Dutch climber edges closer to regaining the red jersey on a flat, sprinters’ stage On what should have been a relaxing day for the overall contenders of the Vuelta a España, race leader Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) found himself losing […]
