The ejection of team-mates Schleck and O’Grady from the Vuelta further upsets Breschel Denmark’s number one rider, Matti Breschel, has had a less than ideal lead up to the World Championships. His exclusion from Saxo Bank’s Vuelta a España nine-man […]
“Purito” outkicks his rivals on the steep Peña Cabarga but an Italian takes the lead Joachim Rodriguez (Katusha) won the fourteenth stage of the Vuelta a España between Burgos and Peña Cabarga after attacking in the final kilometre of the […]
Euskaltel-Euskadi rider breaks elbow in stage 14 There is never a good way to lose a leader’s jersey, but crashing out of the race lead is certainly one of the worse ways to have to let go. When Euskaltel-Euskadi’s Igor […]
Belgian likely to fight all the way to Madrid Philippe Gilbert wore the green jersey on yesterday’s twelfth stage of the race, but ended up losing ground in that competition to Mark Cavendish when he could place only tenth in […]
Sees intermediate sprints as key to keeping green jersey Normally hesitant to go for intermediate sprints in Grand Tours, British rider Mark Cavendish has confirmed that he will adopt a different tactic in this year’s Vuelta a España. The HTC […]
HTC-Columbia’s Manx Missile fires once again to jump clear of his rivals Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) won the thirteenth stage of the Vuelta a España between Rincón de Soto and Burgos in a bunch sprint. The Manx Missile took his second […]
Spaniard still sees Carlos Sastre as the captain Xavier Tondo finished third in the stage to Vallnord in Andorra and also sits third overall in the Vuelta a España. The Spaniard does not make a big deal about it, saying […]
Belgian rider will not ask for B-sample analysis In a long statement on his personal website Roy Sentjens (Milram) admitted using EPO; the Belgian returned a non-negative sample for the drug in a random control taken on August 16th. In […]
Things more open than in the Tour As the kilometres tick down towards the end of today’s twelfth stage of the Vuelta a España, several key teams are fighting to ensure that their sprinters are in with a chance of […]
Tour de France winner Alberto Contador visited the Vuelta a España to offer his opinion Tour de France winner Alberto Contador visited the Vuelta a España yesterday in Andorra, to offer his opinion about the race favourites, Andy Schleck and […]
American rider moves towards place in the top ten Yesterday saw Tom Danielson show further signs that he can be a top-ten finisher in this year’s Vuelta a España, with the American rider performing well on the final climb to […]
Liquigas’ Sicilian manages Andorran climb well to maintain favourite status Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) sits second overall at the Vuelta a España stage race in Spain with half the race remaining. Nibali, though, wanted better than sixth on yesterday’s finish […]
Andy Schleck ends Saxo Bank stint with a serious of Italian one-day races Andy Schleck will end his six-year stint at team Saxo Bank with a serious of Italian one-day races. He announced his decision following an ejection from the […]
Ninth overall last year, but fatigued Irishman out of Spanish tour on stage 11 Almost a year after he won a stage in the Vuelta a España en route to ninth overall, Cervélo Test Team rider Philip Deignan was forced […]
Mixed response to Bjarne Riis’s decision yesterday to send two riders home Attention has already turned towards the rest of the race and Frank Schleck is determined to get on with his bid to reach the podium of the Vuelta […]
Irishman sits eighth overall in the general classification Eighth overall heading into the stage, Ireland’s Nicolas Roche will today learn if he has the climbing condition to fight for a place in the final top ten of the Vuelta a […]
Australian denies claims he and Schleck were drinking all night Longtime Saxo Bank rider Stuart O’Grady has expressed disappointment with the decision taken by Bjarne Riis to send himself and Andy Schleck home from the Vuleta a España. The 37 […]
Catalonian rider uses sprint bonuses to take the race lead Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) was disappointed to miss out on taking the red Vuelta a España leader’s jersey in the first week; especially as the race is currently passing through his […]
