Tag: 2014 Vuelta a Espana
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Vuelta a España in photos: stages 17 to 21
For the third time in his career, Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) has been crowned the winner of the Vuelta a España. As the curtain clos...
Michael Matthews on worlds: “We'll play cards on both our strengths”
Winner of stages in both the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España this year, Michael Matthews is determined to add a world championship meda...
Contador seals Vuelta a España victory, Malori wins final-stage ITT
Playing things cautiously rather than taking chances in the wet, technical conditions, Alberto Contador sealed victory in the Vuelta a Es...
Contador speaks on eve of third Vuelta win: ‘The season has been incredible’
Alberto Contador is poised to take the third Vuelta a España and sixth Grand Tour of his career on Sunday, with the Spaniard further bols...
Contador sets up Vuelta GC win with victory on final mountain stage
Vuelta a España race leader Alberto Contador underlined what is surely his overall victory in the event when he raced to solo success on ...
Hansen triumphs on Vuelta stage 19: Adam is First Man into Cangas de Morrazo
Picking up a superb stage win in what is his tenth consecutive Grand Tour, Adam Hansen soloed into Cangas de Morrazo five seconds clear o...
Aru beats Froome to win stage 18 of Vuelta a España, Briton moves into second overall
Notching up his third Grand Tour stage win this year, Fabio Aru added to his stage victory in the Giro d’Italia and on stage 11 of the Vu...
Degenkolb insists he can become even stronger for world championships
He may have taken a quartet of stage wins and be poised to equal his five victories of two years ago, but John Degenkolb is insisting tha...
Sprint victory earns Degenkolb fourth stage win, reinforces hold on green jersey
John Degenkolb clocked up his fourth stage victory of this year’s Vuelta a España at the end of stage 17 on Wednesday, blasting into A Co...
Uran out of Vuelta and will undergo specialist medical treatment to try to recover for worlds
He was one of the big contenders coming into the Vuelta a España but Rigoberto Uran’s race has ended five days early due to a worsening o...
Vuelta a España in photos: stages 13 to 16
The third and final week of the Vuelta a España is well underway and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) appears to be marching toward his th...
Brambilla, Rovny chucked from Vuelta after fisticuffs in breakaway group
There was plenty of drama and many battles during stage 16 of the Vuelta a España, yet one particular incident was rather different to th...
Contador bolsters race lead with solo victory on Vuelta’s queen stage
Responding in the best way possible after being stubbornly marked and unaided by Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez on the final cl...
Dan Martin: ‘I know the final…that is definitely an advantage’
Given what happened to him earlier in the stage, Dan Martin’s performance on Sunday’s 15th leg of the Vuelta a España was a very commenda...
Contador ‘confident’ despite losing time to Valverde and Rodriguez
It was a day where he could have moved closer to the final overall victory had Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Joaquim Rodriguez (Katus...
Niemiec wins stage 15 of Vuelta a España, Contador maintains lead; Froome limits losses
The only rider able to survive out front from an early break, Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre-Merida) raced to victory on Sunday’s mountainous...
Hesjedal gauges things perfectly to overhaul Zaugg and win stage 14 of Vuelta a España
Surging forward after running second for much of the steep final kilometres, Ryder Hesjedal caught and dropped the previous leader Olivie...
Navarro bolts to stage 13 win at Vuelta a España, GC favourites mark each other
Responding to a final-climb attack by Gianluca Brambilla (Omega Pharma Quick Step) and then jumping past the Italian with two kilometres ...
Vuelta a Espana in photos: stages 10 to 12
The past few days of the Vuelta a Espana have been marred by the withdrawal of one of the pre-race favourites, Nairo Quintana (Movistar)....
Successful surgery for Quintana but no more racing this season
The possibility of Nairo Quintana riding the world road race championships or later races such as the Tour of Beijing or Il Lombardia has...
Degenkolb repeats history in Logroño, Giant-Shimano rider takes stage 12 of Vuelta a España
Repeating the victory he took in Logroño two years ago, John Degenkolb again sped to a sprint win in the Spanish city at the end of stage...