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15/09/2013 09:41
An incredible last day in the mountains has decided this year's Vuelta a Espana. The showdown on the Angliru that the organisers craved when they came up with the route did not disappoint, and it was a stage where you could not predict what would happen next. The stage was 142.2 kilometres from...
14/09/2013 10:35
Stage 19 of this year's Vuelta was always set to be a decisive stage, coming where it did in this year's route, but quite how decisive could not have been foreseen by the organisers. Vincenzo Nibali of Astana went into the stage with just a 3 second lead over the race's oldest competitor,...
13/09/2013 23:45
Stage 18 of this year's Vuelta was a tough one, a 186 kilometre ride from Burgos to Pena Cabarga, a finishing climb which is remembered well by fans for two reasons. The first was Igor Anton's crash out of the race on this climb when he was leader in 2010, and the other is the following year's duel...
11/09/2013 23:26
La Vuelta rolled out of the second rest day, with a stage designed to blow out the cobwebs before the race returns to the steep stuff tomorrow. It was a 189 kilometre stage from Calahorra to Burgos, and was set up as a day for the sprinters, but as always with the Vuelta, surprises could be lurking...
09/09/2013 22:12
The Vuelta's Pyrenean adventure concluded today, with a tough stage back on Spanish soil after our weekend jaunt through Andorra and France. It was a 146.8 kilometre stage today from Graus to Sallent de Gallego, atop the Aramon Formigal. That's right, another summit finish for the riders to tackle,...
08/09/2013 23:24
The Vuelta's Pyrenean weekend continued today, with a difficult stage from Andorra to Peyragudes in France, totalling 224.9 kilometres. It was a mammoth day of climbing, and one that would certainly sort the men from the boys as far as general classification was concerned. For the sprinters, it was...
08/09/2013 00:39
The Vuelta a Espana returned to the mountains today, with a 155.7 kilometre stage from Baga to the Coll de la Gallina in Andorra. There was terrible weather forecast for the stage, and that proved to be the case. It was so bad that the television helicopters couldn't get up in the air for the...
07/09/2013 11:11
Simon Gerrans of Orica-GreenEDGE has been forced to abandon the Vuelta a Espana, and also end his season, due to a hip fracture he sustained on stage 3 of the race. This is not only a blow for Gerrans but also a blow for the Australian national team, of which he was long-listed to be a member of...
06/09/2013 23:35
The Vuelta a Espana continued today with a 169 kilometre stage from Valls to Castelldefels. It was advertised as a medium mountain stage, which was about right (for a change) and looked to be ideal breakaway territory. The race paid tribute to Xavi Tondo, a former Movistar rider who was tragically...
05/09/2013 20:55
La Vuelta continued today, with what was advertised as a flat 164.2 kilometre run from Maella to Tarragona. It was billed as a day for the sprinters, but in reality it had quite rolling terrain, and its route position between two blocks of mountain stages meant it could be ideal breakaway...
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