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04/09/2013 23:03
La Vuelta a Espana continued today with the race's only individual time trial. It was a tricky 38.8 kilometre test around the town of Tarazona, and, this being the Vuelta, had a third category climb in the middle of it, meaning it would be kinder on race favourite Joaquim Rodriguez, who normally...
03/09/2013 08:55
Stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana was billed as the first real mountain stage, which must have had the sprinters wishing they could stay in bed if the first nine stages have really been flat. The first official mountain stage was from Torredelcampo to Alto de Haza Llana, 186.8 kilometres, but the...
02/09/2013 12:17
Formula One driver Fernando Alonso has bought out the license for Euskaltel-Euskadi, a team who were set to fold at the end of this year due to lack of sponsorship. He says he plans to build a team around the team's current leader, Samuel Sanchez, with a budget of around 6 million euros.  The...
01/09/2013 20:02
La Vuelta a Espana continued with another difficult stage, with a first category climb and a tough ramp up to the finish. The peloton raced up the same final climb in 2011, and it was Joaquim Rodriguez who took the victory that day. The stage itself was 163.7 kilometres from Antequera to Valdepenas...
31/08/2013 22:54
The Vuelta a Espana returned to the mountains today with an 166.6 kilometre stage from Jerez de la Frontera to Alto de Penas Blancas. It was a summit finish, but described by pre-race favourite Joaquim Rodriguez as "not very hard," and this was perhaps accentuated by the fact that none of the...
31/08/2013 00:33
La Vuelta continued today with another flat stage, this time with a 195 kilometre stage from Almendralejo to Mairena de Aljarafe. With it being another flat day it was expected that men such as Gianni Meersman and Michael Matthews would be fighting it out for the win. This stage could also be noted...
29/08/2013 21:06
The Vuelta continued today, and six days in, and the excitement level hasn't dropped below fever pitch. Today was a flat stage, with no categorized climbs, so it was something for the sprinters to really get their teeth into, and to make them stop crying into their paella after every stage. The...
29/08/2013 00:00
The Vuelta a Espana continued today, and the sprinters in the peloton were finally rewarded for getting over the horrendously steep climbs of the first few days. Yes, a flat finish, the first of this year's race, and it came after a 174 kilometre jaunt from Sober to Lago de Sanabria. A breakaway...
27/08/2013 23:56
The Vuelta continued today with a stage that was billed as "the end of the world." In reality it was 189 kilometres along Galician roads once again from Lalin to Finisterra. The stage also included the dreaded Mirador de Ezaro, a climb that reaches gradients of 30%, and a climb that brought most of...
26/08/2013 21:15
The Vuelta a Espana continued today with another hectic day on the roads of Galicia. The peloton travelled 184.8 kilometres north from Vigo to the Mirador de Lobeira. The climb at the finish was short and sharp, but it was the coastal crosswinds that would provide the main story of the day. A break...
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