Argos-Shimano and Cofidis join two Spanish Wildcards in the year’s third Grand Tour Unipublic, the organiser of the Vuelta a España, has announced the teams that will be invited to this year’s race, which will start with a team time […]
Spanish event aiming to follow in wheeltracks of Etape du Tour In the wake of the success of the Etape du Tour, which takes place over two days during the Tour de France, ASO has announced that registration has opened […]
European Broadcasting Union commits to carrying race until 2015 ASO’s association with the Vuelta a España has helped forge an extended agreement for television coverage across the continent, with a four year renewal being announced today. ASO, which bought 49% […]
Recently-retired stage racer predicts spectacular action Former Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre has applauded the gamble which is the route of the 2012 Vuelta a España, saying that he believes that the parcours unveiled Wednesday should make for some […]
Defending champion relieved at hilly time trial; Movistar boss not happy with lack of balance Reigning Vuelta a España champion Juan José Cobo (Team Movistar) was present at the presentation of the 2012 route; since he owes his 2011 victory […]
Ten summit finishes and only one individual time trial for 67th edition of Spanish Tour; entire course in northern half of the country The route of the 2012 Vuelta a España was officially presented at the Baluarte, the Palacio de […]
Spanish media “leaks” details of Spanish tour route on the eve of the official presentation The 2012 edition of the Vuelta a España will feature no less than ten summit finishes, according to Spanish sportspaper AS. The official route will […]
Retired Tour winners to preside over announcement of route for 67th edition of Spanish race Miguel Indurain and Carlos Sastre will be the guests of honour at the presentation of the route of this year’s Vuelta a España on Wednesday […]
Dutchman says he’d take career Vuelta victory over third in Tour Having finished a superb fourth in the Vuelta a España and won the points classification there, young Dutch rider Bauke Mollema has said that he is keen to return […]
Euskaltel-Euskadi rider determined to make amends after disappointing 2011 race Having ridden very strongly in 2010 until he crashed out and then had a difficult race this season, Igor Anton wants to once again focus on the Vuelta a España […]
More information trickling out about next year’s route Unlike the already-launched Giro d’Italia and Tour de France, few details are known about the route of next year’s Vuelta a España. In recent days there were reports that the Bola del […]
Basque country and Pyrenees thought likely to be in next year’s race As was the case last year, the Vuelta a España could be heading for a penultimate day showdown on the Bola del Mundo climb in 2012. The organisers […]
Garmin-Cervélo’s Irish star steps up a level in 2011, big future ahead Ireland’s Dan Martin has said that his runner-up slot in the Giro di Lombaria has convinced him that he has the ability to win a major one day […]
Plans continuing to take race to Gran Canaria and Tenerife Setting out a timetable which would see the Vuelta a España return to the Canary Islands in 2013, the government of the islands and Unipublic, the organisers of the Spanish […]
British rider wants to win the Tour de France and Olympic gold in 2012 Having achieved the feat of reaching the podium of both the Vuelta a España and the World championship time trial, Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) has set […]
Tour of Spain runner-up explains his reasons for staying put at Team Sky As announced earlier today, Chris Froome has opted to stay with Team Sky after his superb Vuelta, signing a new three year deal with the British outfit […]
Spaniard enjoys celebrations at home Juan José Cobo of the Geox-TMC team took a well-deserved timeout after three hard weeks in the saddle. The recent Vuelta a España winner was honored by the government of his home region Cantabria. Meanwhile, […]
Team missed out on “well-deserved” stage win but Adrian Palomares awarded overall combativity prize The Andalucia-Caja Granada team has declared itself well satisfied with its performance in the Vuelta a España. Although the team failed to pick up what it […]
