1st September 2018 Alejandro gets boxed in several times into run-in towards Vuelta a España stage eight finish; ultimately surges to beat Sagan (BOH) and claim his second victory in this year’s race, becoming the most successful rider ever (98) in Movistar Team colors since 1980. A climber against stage […]
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Gallopin keeps the French streak going
August 31 st 2018 – 17:06 On the day after Nacer Bouhanni’s victory at San Javier, Tony Gallopin (AG2R-La Mondiale) soloed to victory at Pozo Alcon, this Friday. The French man made the most of a very demanding finale to jump ahead of every one with 2km to go. He […]
Ben King crowned at Alfacar
August 28 th 2018 – 18:16 The first major mountain stage of La Vuelta 18 saw long range attackers succeed and especially Ben King, winner on Tuesday atop the Puerto de Alfacar. The 29 year-old American rider spent the whole day at the front and eventually dominated Nikita Stalnov (Astana) […]
VIVIANI STRIKES FIRST
With few opportunities for sprinters to shine, Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) showed at Alhaurin de la Torre he has what it takes to win on La Vuelta. The most prolific winner of the season dominated the bunch gallop on Monday, ahead of fellow Italien sprinter Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) and World […]
Valverde an Everlasting ‘Rey’ in La Vuelta
26th August 2018 Sensational final kilometer by ‘Marvel from Murcia’ grants him Caminito del Rey victory after excellent work from Movistar Team; ‘Bala’ up to 120 pro victories -with ten stages in the Spanish Grand Tour-, equals Indurain as top ‘scorer’ with Unzué’s structure (97 wins) Alejandro Valverde wrote another […]
Dennis Powers into the First Red Jersey After Time Trial Victory in Malaga
25 August, 2018, Malaga (ESP) Rohan Dennis did was he does best on the opening stage of this year’s Vuelta a España today, time trialling to victory and into the first red leader’s jersey of the race after an impressive performance on the streets of Malaga. Dennis was the fourth-to-last […]
La Vuelta 2018 Start
Malaga, Spain Start of the inaugural time trial on Saturday at 5.26pm. Vincenzo Nibali will leave the starting ramp with racing bib number 1 at 8.21pm. Team Sky is on the hunt for its third Grand Tour of the year with Michal Kwiatkowski and David De La Cruz as leaders. […]
Lotto Soudal at the Vuelta
Last year, Lotto Soudal was one of the most successful teams in the Vuelta a España by winning four stages. Tomasz Marczyński accounted for two of them by winning the sixth as well as the twelfth stage. Unfortunately, the Polish rider will not participate this year due to illness. The […]
Uran headlines #PinkArgyle squad for Vuelta
The 2018 Vuelta a España begins this Saturday in Malaga, Spain. It’s anticipated to be another difficult edition, with nine summit finishes — six of those coming over eight stages during the Vuelta’s second half — and two individual time trials. There are six flat stages and four mid-mountain days […]
EIGHT UPHILL FINISHES TO ENLIGHTEN LA VUELTA 18
Uphill finishes are the trademark of La Vuelta in its modern era, since 2010. There are usually between seven and ten of them. This year, there are eight. But there are many more climbers in contention! As early as on stage 2, the day after the inaugural 8-km individual time […]
