British champion finishes with the favourites on the Vuelta’s first mountain stage After a disastrous team time trial on stage one of the Vuelta a España, Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) ride himself back into contention at the finish of stage […]
Defending champion put his team to work on the Sierra Nevada Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) was one of the big name protagonists on the fourth stage of the Vuelta a España to the top of Sierra Nevada. The defending race champion […]
Swedish rider up to seventh overall as team-mate fades With the designated team leader Andrey Kashechkin losing more time today, Astana’s Fredrik Kessiakoff looks almost certain to be the squad’s protected rider for the remainder of the Vuelta a España. […]
Euskaltel-Euskadi leader loses time on the Vuelta’s first mountain stage Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was one of the biggest losers on stage three of the Vuelta a España to the top of Sierra Nevada. The Euskaltel-Euskadi captain started the race with […]
Attrition in the peloton sees a number of favourites dropped; Chavanel takes the race lead Daniel Moreno (Katusha) won the first mountain finish of the Vuelta a España at the top of Sierra Nevada to take stage four. The Spanish […]
Past ten world champions used Spanish Tour to prepare Mark Cavendish’s chance of taking the world road race title received a setback today when the HTC Highroad rider withdrew from the Vuelta a España. The British sprinter was in trouble […]
Ukrainian takes fourth in Vuelta stage three after refusing to work in the chase of Pablo Lastras Ruslan Pidgornyy (Vacansoleil-DCM) took the biggest result so far of his first season with the Dutch ProTeam with fourth place in the third […]
French champion misses out on Vuelta stage victory and red jersey after solo chase of Pablo Lastras Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) was the strongest rider in the five-man move that escaped early in the third stage of the Vuelta a […]
Movistar rider escapes the break on the final climb and solos to the stage win and red jersey Pablo Lastras (Movistar) won the third stage of the Vuelta a España between Petrer and Totana after escaping a four man breakaway […]
Riders rue missed chance on stage two Yesterday’s finish of stage two of the Vuelta a España was a major triumph for Chris Sutton, who took his first-ever Grand Tour stage victory, as well as the Sky Procycling team, but […]
Spaniard admits not being on his best form yesterday, but is not panicking After two days of racing in the Vuelta a España, former podium finisher Carlos Sastre is already on the back foot as regards his battle for a […]
Red jersey stays with Leopard Trek but passes from Fuglsang to Bennati Chris Sutton (Team Sky) won the second stage of the Vuelta a España between La Nucía and Playas de Orihuela at the end of a long, uphill sprint. […]
Suggestions that false statements may have been made to the UCI One month and three days after he announced his retirement from the sport, Alexandre Vinokourov dramatically announced yesterday that he could yet return to cycling and compete in the […]
Crash disrupts rhythm but goal of Menchov overall win still intact The Geox-TMC team finished 21st out of 22 teams in the team time trial that opened the 66th edition of the Vuelta a España, 43 seconds behind winner Leopard-Trek. […]
Spaniard riding fourth Vuelta for Andalucia-Caja Granada As expected, wildcard team Andalucia-Caja Granada sent a rider on the attack during today’s first road stage at the Vuelta a España, and the veteran rider Jesus Rosendo picked up the first combined […]
Leopard Trek rider wants to seize chance for double success Grabbing the race lead thanks to his team’s winning performance in yesterday’s time trial plus his solid sixth place on today’s second stage of the Vuelta a España, Daniele Bennati […]
Emerging Spaniard working for Euskaltel leader Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has pledged his full support to team leader Igor Anton at the Vuelta a España, a big commitment for the Spaniard, whose talents may soon warrant Grand Tour leadership for himself […]
Each squad’s targets listed for three week Tour Speaking prior to today’s start of the Vuelta a España, directeurs sportifs from each of the 22 teams gave their outline of what they were targeting in the race. Some are there […]
