Zaragoza, Thursday, September 7th 2023 It was only a matter of timing for Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates), winner of stage 12 of La Vuelta 23 after a dominant sprint in Zaragoza. Frustrated with his positioning in previous finishes, the Colombian arrow enjoyed an impressive lead-out from Rui Oliveira (4th […]
Vuelta a Espana
Expert Herrada Tames Young Grégoire
La Laguna Negra. Vinuesa, Wednesday, September 6th 2023 Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) showed talent, craft and mastery to win stage 11 of La Vuelta 23 on the slopes up La Laguna Negra. The Spanish puncheur made his way into a hard fought breakaway and eventually powered to victory with a perfectly […]
Evenepoel Back on the Podium
Soudal Quick-Step’s Belgian finished runner-up in the race’s only individual time trial. Valladolid, the former capital of Habsburg Spain and the city where Miguel de Cervantes lived when his magnum opus “Don Quijote” was published in 1605, welcomed the peloton Tuesday afternoon, as the Spanish Grand Tour resumed after a […]
Ganna and Kuss Resist Evenepoel
Valladolid, Tuesday, September 5th 2023 The individual time trial of La Vuelta 23 saw Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) power to his first ever victory in Spain as he got the best of the world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) in Valladolid. The Italian star covered the 25.8km at an average […]
Kämna Completes His Grand Tour Trilogy
Collado de la Cruz de Caravaca, Sunday, September 3rd 2023 Among the fiercest attackers of today’s peloton, Lennard Kämna (Bora-hansgrohe) surged to victory in a very demanding stage 9 of La Vuelta 23. The German champ was the strongest from the breakaway that emerged after an impressive battle through the […]
Vuelta a España: Evenepoel Defends Admirably
Saturday 02 September 2023 The Belgian came close to his second victory of the race. Xorret de Cati (3.9km, 11.4%), the lung-bursting climb that propelled Julian Alaphilippe to his first Grand Tour stage victory six years ago, returned at the Vuelta, again in the first week, just before the race’s […]
Ayuso Podiums on Vuelta Climb to Xorret de Catí
Spaniard 3rd on GC day, Soler now 2nd overall Juan Ayuso finished 3rd on a hilly stage 8 of the Vuelta España from Denia to Xorret de Catí. Costa Blanca Interior (165km). Ayuso was best of the flying UAE Team Emirates trio including Marc Soler & Joao Almeida who formed […]
Roglic And Kuss, Double Delight For Jumbo-Visma
Xorret de Catí. Costa Blanca Interior, Saturday, September 2nd 2023 Jumbo-Visma ruled stage 8 of La Vuelta as their leaders tamed the brutal slopes up Xorret de Cati. Primoz Roglic sprinted to his 11th stage victory in the Spanish Grand Tour, ahead of Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and Juan Ayuso […]
Soupe Brings More French Delights
Oliva, Friday, September 1st 2023 Geoffrey Soupe (Total Energies) couldn’t believe it himself, but the Frenchman was the fastest in Oliva, where he won stage 7 of La Vuelta 23 ahead of Orluis Aular (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Edward Theuns (Lidl-Trek). At 35 years od, he takes his fifth professional […]
Kuss And Martinez – 2 Stars In Javalambre
Pico del Buitre. Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre, Thursday, August 31st 2023 An outstanding stage 6 of La Vuelta delivered historic results at the Observatorio Astrofisico de Javalambre. The American climber Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma), participating in his third Grand Tour of the year, was the strongest from an impressive breakaway to […]