Climbs overall ladder, with more climbs to come Juan José Cobo of the Geox-TMC has become the team’s leader in the Vuelta a España and paid back the confidence with a brilliant ride on stage 14. The nominal captain, Denis […]
British champion extends Vuelta a España race lead on a day that he was expected to come under attack Stage fourteen of the Vuelta a España, between Astorga and La Farrapona, Lagos de Somiedo, was another good one for race […]
Dutchman moves up to third overall with another courageous mountain ride Bauke Mollema of Rabobank had another great day in the high mountains, finishing in a group with Sky duo Bradley Wiggins and Christopher Froome as well as Geox rider […]
Estonian takes Cofidis team’s second stage of the race; Katusha and Geox-TMC go on the offensive but Team Sky comes out on top Rein Taaramäe (Cofidis) took the French team’s second stage victory of the race, on the toughest mountaintop […]
Lampre-ISD leader due to undergo medical tests; team director insists he will be staying with blue-fuchsia team After the unfamiliar experience of finishing in the gruppetto on yesterday’s thirteenth stage of the Vuelta a España, Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) climbed off […]
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 […]
Irishman aggressive on stage 13, hopes to climb well in days to come Ireland’s Nicolas Roche was one of several riders who gained time on today’s 13th stage of the Vuelta a España, infiltrating a large breakaway move which went […]
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 […]
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) […]
American neo-pro at ‘breaking point’, was satisfied with early part of Spanish tour BMC Racing Team rider Taylor Phinney has commented on his withdrawal from the Vuelta a España midway through today’s thirteenth stage of the race, saying that his […]
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 […]
Skil-Shimano to adopt a more attacking style Stage seven winner Marcel Kittel (Skil-Shimano) has made good on his team’s calling to withdraw from the Vuelta a España after twelve stages, and though he exits reluctantly, he is happy with his […]
American rider exhausted, but work could boost worlds prospects After completing twelve stages of his first Grand Tour, American rider Taylor Phinney has withdrawn from the Vuelta a España. He was confirmed as pulling out of the race 95 kilometres […]
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 […]
Young Spaniard gets best result in first Grand Tour Michael Albasini (HTC-Highroad) won stage thirteen of the Vuelta a España, but it was Ángel Madrazo (Movistar) who was just as aggressive, if lacking a little strength when compared to the […]
Defending champion in strong position and riding calmly Defending Vuelta a España champion Vincenzo Nibali bided his time on yesterday’s eleventh stage of the Vuelta a España, showing confidence in deciding to save his energy and not try to steal […]
Swedish rider has exceeded expectations while Kazakhstan competitor promised too much Astana rider Fredrik Kessiakoff continues to ride strongly in the Vuelta a España, finishing with the main GC contenders on yesterday’s mountain stage and moving from fifth to fourth […]
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 […]
