Second in time trial shows top form is coming Having taken a very close second place to Alberto Contador in the time trial at the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon, and ridden well in support of his Saxo Bank SunGard […]
Contador wins race against the clock; Mollema’s honorable effort falls short Xavier Tondo is one day away from taking his biggest career win, with the overall of the Vuelta Castilla y León. Tondo overcame his three-second overall deficit against Bauke […]
Two punctures at decisive points dash Saxo Bank-SunGard leader’s hopes Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) was denied the chance to defend his title at the Vuelta a Castilla y León in its Queen stage today, as two strokes of bad luck […]
Bauke Mollema takes overall lead as Contador denied by technical problems Filippo Savini (Colnago-CSF Inox) won the third stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León, the Queen stage between Benavente and Laguna de Peces, after attacking in the final […]
Laguna de Peces not tough enough for big time gaps Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) is looking towards tomorrow’s Queen stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León between Benavente and Laguna de Peces as an important step towards the defence […]
Straightforward win for Spanish sprinter, who makes it looke easy Francisco Ventoso (Movistar) won his second successive stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León between Valladolid and Salamanca, making a 100 percent record for the race so far. The […]
Former Tour champion hopes to get back his mojo after recovering from bronchial infection Carlos Sastre has recovered from the respiratory infection that so affected his performance in last month’s Volta a Catalunya, and will lead the Geox-TMC team in […]
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is clearly in strong form, having taken his third stage race victory of the season yesterday when he triumphed in the Vuelta a Castilla y León. The Astana rider is next scheduled to compete […]
Sergio Ribeiro (Barbot-Siper) won the fifth and final stage in the Vuelta a Castilla y León in a bunch sprint. Alberto Contador defended his overall lead and took his third stage race of the season, after Paris-Nice and the Volta […]
27-year-old, Igor Anton, has been on a steady march forward as a general classification contender for his Basque team, Euskaltel-Euskadi. After four years of progression, it appears that Anton is on the verge of making his firm entrance into the […]
Alberto Contador blasted to a dominating time trial win in the penultimate stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León. He was the only rider under 21 minutes on the challenging 15km course. Janez Brajkovic was second, over half a […]
Igor Antón used a well-timed attack less than two kilometers from the line to win the Queen stage in the Vuelta a Castilla y León. On the Alto del Morredero, Antón withstood the challenges by Mauricio Soler, Alberto Contador and […]
Theo Bos (Cervélo TestTeam) won the 209.9km second stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León between Burgos and Carrion de los Condes. For the second day in succession the former track sprint, kilo and Keirin World champion outsprinted Graeme […]
Despite several reports originating from the Belgian media that he would miss the race, Gert Steegmans decided to compete after all in the Vuelta a Castilla y León. The Team RadioShack sprinter finished 81st on the opening stage to Burgos. […]
Tour de France favorite Alberto Contador finished up today’s first stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León safely in the peloton, but admits it wasn’t as calm as he would have liked. “It has been a very nervous stage […]
Theo Bos used his sprinting expertise to take the opening stage of the Vuelta a Castilla y León, between Belorado and Burgos over 157,7 kilometers. Bos of the Cervélo TestTeam beat Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Pablo Urtasun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and took […]
Team RadioShack’s Gert Steegmans was scheduled to return to racing today in the Vuelta Castilla y Leon but will not now start the event. “I’m physically not right,” he is quoted as saying by the Belgian press. The sprinter has […]
Three-time Grand Tour winner, Denis Menchov, will resume his 2010 campaign with this week’s five-day stage race, the Vuelta a Castilla y Leon. Menchov has been absent from racing for three weeks now after withdrawing from the Vuelta a Catalunya […]
