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Quintana crashes out of the race as Aru wins the stage and Froome is in trouble in the GC battle – round up of rider reactions (more…)

Race leader Quintana crashes in time trial, Tony Martin wins stage whilst new race leader is Alberto Contador (more…)

Little shake up at the Tour of Spain as Anacona wins the stage and Tour of Italy winner Nairo Quintana takes over the leader’s jersey (more…)

When the Vuelta reached its first summit finish, Alejandro Valverde was in sensational form to win the stage and take the Red jersey (more…)

After a battle in the crosswinds, John Degenkolb won the war for the stage to make it two from two – Aussie Michael Matthews still in leader’s jersey (more…)

John Degenkolb wins stage 4 whilst Michael Matthews retains the Red leader’s jersey and adds the Green to his collection on stage 4 of the Vuelta a Espana (more…)

Michael Matthews caps off inspirational team performance to outsprint Dan Martin to win stage three of the Vuelta a España and move into the red race leader’s jersey (more…)

Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ) wins stage 2 of the Vuelta a Espana, Alejandro Valverde of Movistar now leads overall (more…)

The Movistar team, sponsored by Scotland’s Endura, won the opening stage Team Time Trial Prologue on Saturday (more…)

Chris Horner became the first American to the Vuelta, riding into Madrid wearing the red leader’s jersey after more than 84 hours of racing (more…)

Rodriguez gets his stage win whilst Chris Horner gets the seconds he needs to take the race lead off Nibali (more…)

Vasil Kiryienka wins stage 18 of the Vuelta but Chris Horner wins the GC battle on the final climb and is nibbling away at Nibali’s lead with just 3 seconds separating them after 73 hours of racing in Spain (more…)

While stage 16 saw a second stage victory for Warren Barguil, the GC battle got tasty as Nibali lost time to Horner and Valverde as Rodriguez  carries on attacking (more…)

Stage 14 in the freezing rain sees Cannondale’s Daniele Ratto sneak away for the win whilst behind the GC battle saw Nibali take a few seconds on Chris Horner as Roche slips back (more…)

The World Road Race Champion has at last, two weeks for the Worlds, won a race wearing the rainbow stripes after victory on stage 12 of the Vuelta (more…)

Battle of the champions in the Time Trial sees Fabian Cancellara soar to victory over Tony Martin on stage 11 of the Vuelta  (more…)

Veteran Chris Horner danced on his pedals on the summit finish to win his second stage and now leads the Tour of Spain by 43 seconds from Vincenzo Nibali (more…)

Katusha finished first and third with Daniel Moreno winning the stage up the wall at Valdepeñas de Jaén and with it, the leader’s jersey (more…)

Panzerwagen Tony Martin (Omega Pharma Quickstep) puts on a one man show and is denied the stage with just metres from the line by winner Michael Morkov (more…)

Aussie Michael Matthews outsprinted Maximiliano Richeze and Gianni Meersman to claim his maiden grand tour stage victory in his grand tour debut. (more…)

Stage to the end of the world a victory for Katusha’s Daniel Moreno whilst Vincenzo Nibali takes back the leader’s jersey after a one second split in the peloton sees Horner drop to second (more…)

Showing no signs of slowing down, American Chris Horner, 41, took a solo victory in the third stage of the Vuelta a España and laid claim to the red leader’s jersey. (more…)

Nicholas Roche wins the first mountain stage in the Tour of Spain whilst many favourites lose time (more…)

From a starting ramp made of clear glass on the sea front surrounded by boats, Astana mastered the sometimes tricky course for the team time trial to take the lead in the 2013 Tour of Spain (more…)

Denis Menchov (Katusha) could finally smile after a bad season when the Russian, after being part of the day’s break, rode away from his fellow escapee Richie Porte (Sky) in the last section of the Bola del Mundo to take the stage win. (more…)

Philippe Gilbert won his second stage of the Vuelta a España Friday to give the BMC Racing Team its third victory of the three-week race. (more…)

On stage 18 of la Vuelta a España, Daniele Bennati won the stage in a photo finish with British rider Ben Swift. (more…)

With only a few stages left, Alberto Contador and his Saxobank team unleashed a tactical masterpiece  that saw Contador win the stage and take the overall. (more…)

On the wall like summit finish for stage 16, Dario Cataldo won alone ahead of breakaway companion, Thomas de Gendt. (more…)

Chris Froome struggles in mountains and drops to 4th overall after Antonio Piedra scored the biggest win of his career at Lagos de Covadonga summit (more…)

Alberto Contador went on the offensive in stage 14, the first of the high mountains stages in the Asturias, but for the third time, race leader Joaquim ‘Purito’ Rodriguez got back on him, won and increased his lead on GC. (more…)

BMC’s man from the Wirral, Steve Cummings, has won stage 13 of the Tour of Spain after attacking the break with over 3k to go. (more…)

Joaquim Rodriguez outclasses the other climbers on the Mirador de Ezaro with it’s 29% slopes for the summit finish to increase his lead over his rivals for the race win (more…)

Fredrik Kessiakoff of Astana wins the time trial while Contador takes time out of Chris Froome as Valverde stays in touch on the overall (more…)

John Degenkolb won his 4th stage of the 2012 Tour of Spain, Ben Swift was 9th on a stage where the GC remained the same (more…)

BMC’s Philippe Gilbert beat Vuelta a España race leader Joaquin Rodriguez in a two-up sprint Sunday in Barcelona to score his first victory of the season. Froome loses time to Rodriguez  (more…)

As many pundits had predicted, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) hit back after losing time on one of the sprint stages to win the mountain stage to Andorra. (more…)

John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) wins his third stage of the 2012 Tour of Spain on the MotorLand Aragón circuit. Ben Swift was 10th (more…)

Whilst race leader Joaquim Rodríguez of Katusha won stage six of the Vuelta a España, it was the second place by Chris Froome ahead of some of his biggest rivals that was telling. (more…)

John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) took his second win in the 2012 Vuelta a España beating Italian Daniele Bennati (RadioShack-Nissan) and Gianni Meersman (Lotto Belisol). (more…)

Aussie, Aussie, Aussie  - Australian Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge) outsprinted Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) in the ski resort of Valdezcaray to win a drama filled day in the 2012 Tour of Spain. (more…)

Alejandro Valverde wins stage 3 and takes the leader’s jersey but Britain’s Froome stays the pace and finishes 3rd. (more…)

John Degenkolb was the fastest in a tight bunch sprint at the conclusion of the 181.5km stage from Pamplona to Viana with Britain’s Ben Swift in 3rd. (more…)

Spanish Team Movistar fastest in Team Time Trial opening to third Grand Tour of 2012 in Spain (more…)

Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins both sealed podium positions behind winner Juan José Cobo as Peter Sagan (Liquigas) claimed the final stage of the Vuelta a Espana in Madrid. (more…)

Team Sky duo Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins look set for second and third respectively at the Vuelta a Espana after Juan José Cobo moved to within touching distance of overall victory on the penultimate stage, which was won by Leopard Trek sprinter Daniele Bennati. (more…)

Chris Froome put in a brave attack on the final climb but was forced to hold station as stage 19 of the Vuelta a Espana ended in stalemate. Igor Aton, finally had his day in the sun winning stage 19. (more…)

There was a stage win for Francesco Gavazzi after a long break stayed away while there were no changes overall (more…)

Kenyan born Brit Chris Froome has enhanced his reputation even further with a glorious victory on stage 17 and in the process, cut the lead of Jose Cobo to just 13 seconds. (more…)

Stage 16 as expected finished in a bunch kick and Juan Jose Haedo won from Alessandro Petacchi and Daniele Bennati (more…)

Stage 15: Jose Cobo wins the stage up the Angliru mountain to take the leaders jersey from Wiggins who drops to 3rd. Froome stays second overall. (more…)

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Chris Froome after a day he snatched second place back on the GC after popping rival Nibabli. (more…)

Liquigas dominate finale in a show of strength with Peter Sagan winning but Nibili fails to take advantage and Chavanel still leads. Bradley Wiggins finishes in the peloton with teammate Chris Froome. (more…)

Stage 5 – After a determined break by Tour of Britain winner Michael Albasini failed to see him reach the finish first, Joaquin Rodriguez was the chosen one to win the fifth stage of the Tour of Spain. (more…)

The first big mountain stage sees Mark Cavendish abandon and Daniel Moreno of Katusha win on top of Sierra Nevada.  Sylvain Chavanel is the new race leader. (more…)

Movistar’s Pablo Lastras has won stage 3 of the Tour of Spain on the 100 mile stage from Petrer – Totana and in the process take the leader’s jersey (more…)

Team Sky bounce back as Chris Sutton wins stage 2, his first Grand Tour stage for the Aussie (more…)

Leopard Trek wins the opening battle in Spain as Sky have a bad day at the office and lose 42 seconds on the leaders. (more…)