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September 8, 2014 | La Farrapona Demanding Queen stage in Vuelta a España, stronger Contador (TCS), Froome (SKY) make Movistar Team concede almost 1′; Spaniard still in 2nd overall The five climbs, more than 4,500 meters of vertical drop on stage 16 -160km finishing atop La Farrapona (Cat-1), after La […]
September 7, 2014 | Lagos de Covadonga Valverde -new King of the Mountains in the Vuelta- finishes 2nd up Los Lagos, takes 11″ back on Contador (TCS) after excellent Movistar teamwork, pushing at the front from the Tornos climbs. Castroviejo crashes, no injuries Impressive teamwork put Alejandro Valverde on the […]
La Camperona, 6th of September – 2014 Tinkoff-Saxo’s Sergio Paulinho and Oliver Zaugg participated in the chase group behind two leaders giving the whole team an alibi not to take charge in the field during today’s 200 kilometer long fabulously exciting 14th stage of the Vuelta a Espana. Ultimately, Oliver […]
September 5, 2014 | Obregón 4th place finish for Valverde in Cabárceno; Spaniard stays 20″ behind Contador (TCS) before three demanding mountain-top finishes in the Vuelta: La Camperona, Lagos de Covadonga and La Farrapona An attack with just over 2km remaining, into the first slopes leading to the Cabárceno natural […]
Obregón, 5th of September – 2014 Today’s 188.7 kilometer long 13th stage of the Vuelta a Espana from Belorado to Obregón at Parque de Carbárceno contained three minor categorized climbs. All placed in the final part of the stage, the short slopes split up the breakaway, which finally lead to […]
Tinkoff-Saxo and Alberto Contador got safely through today’s stage and avoided the crash that occurred as the riders passed the final kilometer mark. Alberto crossed the finish line in front of his rivals, although that did not have much significance, since the time was neutralized. “There was a crash in […]
Santuario de San Miguel de Aralar, Spain Samuel Sánchez of the BMC Racing Team continued his climb up the standings at the Vuelta a España with seventh place on Wednesday’s summit finish to move from seventh to sixth overall. A Few Seconds Lost On a day when Sánchez lost teammate […]
Tinkoff-Saxo’s captain and leader of the Vuelta, Alberto Contador, defended his overall lead by finishing 4th in today’s tactical mountain battle together with Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez. Fabio Aru took the stage win 6 seconds ahead. The final 9,9 k climb of stage 11 became a tactical stop-and-go affair […]
September 2, 2014 San Miguel de Aralar Second crash by Quintana at 20km into Aralar stage forces him to abandon; Colombian to undergo surgery after scapula fracture. Valverde 2nd at today’s finish, takes 7″ back on Contador. Bad luck ended Nairo Quintana’s chances in the 2014 Vuelta a España after […]
42-year-old Jens Voigt has one more surprise up his sleeve. The recently retired German has scheduled September 18 as the date to attempt to break Ondrej Sosenka’s 49,7 kilometer mark. The attempt will happen in the Vélodrome Suisse in Grenchen. “It’s a huge challenge for me, both physical and mental,” […]
