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It might take years before the Vuelta a Espana lives another stage as tough as the one of today, Wednesday September 2nd, through the 138 km from Andorra La Vella to Cortals d’Encamp. Five categorized climbs and a 5.500-meter overall altitude proved an extreme test for the riders, even putting […]
Tinkoff-Saxo announces that, unfortunately, the team’s co-leader at the Vuelta a España cannot safely continue to race and will instead return home to recover from the injuries he suffered after he was hit by a motorbike at the finale of stage 8 on Saturday afternoon. Sagan was hit by a […]
Rubiano eightheenth in Murcia. Torres, battered by a virus, crashes and slides down in the GC. Miguel Angel-Rubiano In a three-week stage race like the Vuelta a España, fates and eventualities go well beyond the altimetry profile of the single stages. It was proved once again in the 8th stage […]
Tinkoff-Saxo’s co-team leader Peter Sagan was hit by a motorbike deep into the stage 8 finale of Vuelta a España. The reckless collision caused Sagan to crash at speed effectively ending his chances on the stage, while causing extensive superficial wounds. Tinkoff-Saxo announces after stage 8 of Vuelta a España […]
Two-time stage winner Esteban Chaves has recovered from a crash during stage eight of the Vuelta a Espana to retain the red leader’s jersey for another day. Chaves was involved in a large crash with 50km to go that saw a number of big names forced to withdraw from the […]
Jasper Stuyven gritted his teeth. Hanging on by a thread he dug deep to get over the final climb in stage eight at the Vuelta a España. Only 17 kilometers remained to the finish and it was a ‘do or die’ situation. Stuyven was one of the last riders to […]
Murcia, Spain – The BMC Racing Team lost Tejay van Garderen to a broken right shoulder Saturday at the Vuelta a España in a crash that forced the withdrawal of several others. Van Garderen went down in a large pile-up as the peloton was chasing a breakaway inside of 50 […]
Two-time stage winner Esteban Chaves has finished sixth on stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana to maintain his ten second lead at the Spanish Grand Tour. The stage was touted as the first general classification test of the 2015 Tour with a 19km category one climb to finish. Chaves […]
Team Lotto.NL-Jumbo claimed their first win in the 70th Vuelta a Espana. Bert-Jan Lindeman clinched victory in the first high-mountain stage of the race (Jòdar – La Alpujarra 191,1 Km), preceding on the finish line Ilia Koshevoy and Fabio Aru. Lindeman was one of the promoters of the long escape […]
Torres comes 1:33 behind stage winner Lindeman Colombia-Coldeportes was offensive once again in the Vuelta a España, this time in stage seven, 191 km from Jodar to La Alpujarra. In a day which featured the first altitude finish of this year’s edition, Alto de Capileira, Carlos Julian Quintero attacked almost […]
