Carthy, Craddock, Docker, Higuita, Martínez, Owen and van Garderen round out roster for season’s final Grand Tour It is not long now until the final Grand Tour of the season, la Vuelta a España, will be upon us. Once again the Spanish race organisers have created a parcours that will […]
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WORLD CHAMPION, ALEJANDRO VALVERDE, WILL WEAR BIB NUMBER 1
The brilliant world champion, Alejandro Valverde, will be honoured in La Vuelta 19 by wearing bib number 1. The 22 teams that will commence the 74th edition of La Vuelta on the 24th of August at the Salinas de Torrevieja have already submitted their pre-registration forms to the organisation. Alejandro […]
Deceuninck – Quick-Step to Vuelta a España
Riders who between them have won more than a dozen races this year will line up at the start of the season’s final Grand Tour 20-Aug-2019: Vuelta a España kicks off on Saturday in Salinas de Torrevieja, with a team time trial, and once again concludes in Madrid, after three […]
BIANCHI AND TEAM JUMBO-VISMA AIM HIGH AT VUELTA A ESPAÑA
Primoz Roglic leads the World Tour team in the third GT of the season, flanked by Steven Kruijswijk. 2019 Vuelta a España starts on Saturday with a Team Time Trial in Salinas de Torrevieja he time of the third and last Grand Tour of the season has come for Bianchi […]
2019 Vuelta: Lotto Soudal Team
From Saturday 24 August onwards, Sander Armée, Thomas De Gendt, Carl Fredrik Hagen, Tomasz Marczyński, Tosh Van der Sande, Brian van Goethem, Harm Vanhoucke and Jelle Wallays will represent Lotto Soudal in the three-week Vuelta a España. Last year, Lotto Soudal animated the final Grand Tour of the season with […]
LA ROJA TURNS 10 A LEADER JERSEY FIRST WORN BY MARK CAVENDISH, FOLLOWED BY PHILIPPE GILBERT, ETC…
La Vuelta 19 will be the 10th edition of La Roja: a jersey that, little by little, has earned a place in international cycling. The red (La Roja), that designates the leader of the general classification of La Vuelta, is a reference in today’s cycling, as are the maillot jaune […]
THE GREDOS MOUNTAIN RANGE : THE ORIGIN OF BERNARD HINAULT’S EXTRAORDINARY 1983 VUELTA
A Vuelta that took off from the Autonomous Community of Valencia, continuing to Catalonia, passing through the Pyrenees, brushing against Navarra, visiting Asturias, with a historical epilogue in the Gredos Mountain Range before the grand finale in Madrid. The 1983 and 2019 editions of La Vuelta have a lot in […]
FRAGATA OLIVES AND LA VUELTA EXTEND THEIR SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT UNTIL 2021
Fragata Olives and Unipublic, organiser of La Vuelta, have extended the sponsorship agreement that binds them since 2012. By signing this contract, Fragata remains an official sponsor of La Vuelta until at least 2021. In its seven years as a La Vuelta sponsor, the Spanish brand, a leader in the […]
STARTING DATE OF LA VUELTA 20 FROM UTRECHT
Next year, La Vuelta will start in the city of Utrecht on Friday 14th of August 2020. The second and third stage will take place on the 15th and 16th of August, when the peloton will cycle through the provinces of Utrecht and Brabant. The organizer of La Vuelta, Unipublic, […]
LA VUELTA 20 THREE STAGES AND 410 KM IN THE NETHERLANDS
In August 2020 La Vuelta will held its 75th edition. For that special occasion, the Spanish Grand Tour will start with three stages and 410 km in The Netherlands, through the provinces of Utrecht and North Brabant. No less than 34 Dutch municipalities will be visited in three days. The […]