Moncoutié takes Vuelta honors this time
Overall shakes up heavily David Moncoutié soloed to victory in the difficult stage 13 of the Vuelta a España, up to the Sierra Nevada. He whittled down the initial 30-man break and consolidated his lead in the mountains classification. The […]
Hesjedal's comeback win
Ryder Hesjedal became the first-ever Canadian to win a stage in the Vuelta a España, when he outfoxed David Garcia on the top of the Alto de Velefique. Hesjedal tricked Garcia into opening the sprint, then came around easily and […]
Farrar continues good run
American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) continued his breakout season by winning the bunch sprint in stage 11 of the Vuelta a España into Caravaca. Farrar beat Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) and Marco Marcato (Vacansoleil). The GC battle was on hold, but the […]
Annoyed Evans loses jersey to Valverde
In the exciting mountainous stage nine of the Vuelta a España, Alejandro Valverde took over the golden leader’s jersey from Australian Cadel Evans. Gustavo César Veloso won the race solo, with Valverde sprinting to third place and an eight-second time […]
Henderson surprises all
Greg Henderson surprised all others, including his teammate André Greipel, to win the stage into Venlo. Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) already was celebrated as the winner by his teammates, but Henderson blasted by in the final metres to clearly take the […]