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Urko Berrade crosses the finish line to win the stage

Berrade makes late break to take Vuelta stage victory

Spain's Urko Berrade won the 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Thursday with a late breakaway in the Basque hills as Australian Ben O'Connor kept the red leader's jersey.

Cycling • 05 Sep 24

Soler powers to Vuelta stage win, O'Connor lead trimmed

Spain's Marc Soler won stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana with a late breakaway, while Ben O'Connor's lead is now razor-thin, with Primoz Roglic just five seconds behind.

Cycling • 03 Sep 24

Castrillo wins tough Vuelta stage, gutsy Dunbar 14th

Spain's Pablo Castrillo pushed through the pain barrier to take stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday, his second stage win, while Primoz Roglic took more time off race leader Ben O'Connor.

Cycling • 01 Sep 24

Woods makes well-timed burst to win Vuelta stage

Canadian cyclist Michael Woods clinched victory on the 13th stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Friday with a decisive late breakaway in the difficult mountains of northwestern Spain.

Cycling • 30 Aug 24

Pablo Castrillo celebrates crossing the line to take stage 12

Castrillo triumphs in the mountains, Dunbar 26th

Pablo Castrillo clinched victory in stage 12 of the Vuelta a Espana, conquering the mountainous terrain in Northwestern Spain on Thursday.

Cycling • 29 Aug 24

Dunbar claimed his first Grand Tour stage victory

Dunbar wins stage 11 of Vuelta with perfect sprint

Eddie Dunbar has claimed the first Grand Tour stage win of his career following a perfectly-timed sprint at the end of stage 11 of La Vuelta.

Cycling • 28 Aug 24

Wout van Aert raises a fist after crossing the line in first position

Van Aert takes Vuelta stage victory, Dunbar 14th

Belgian Wout van Aert sprinted to win stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana on Friday, his second victory of this year's race, with Australia's Ben O'Connor retaining the overall lead.

Cycling • 28 Aug 24

Ben O'Connor celebrates his stage success

O'Connor completes the set with La Vuelta stage victory

Australian Ben O'Connor completed his collection of stage victories in all three of cycling's Grand Tours by winning stage six of the Vuelta a Espana, and also took the overall lead after his solo run left everyone behind.

Cycling • 22 Aug 24

Team DFP's Pavel Bittner (L) just gets ahead of Team Visma's Wout van Aert

Bittner pips Van Aert to take photo-finish stage win

Czech rider Pavel Bittner beat Wout van Aert in a photo finish at the end of stage five of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday.

Cycling • 21 Aug 24

Groves darts to La Vuelta stage win into Ourem

Australian Kaden Groves sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday.

Cycling • 18 Aug 24

McNulty wins La Vuelta stage, solid start for Rafferty

American Brandon McNulty won a thrilling opening stage time trial at the Vuelta a Espana by two seconds on Saturday, with Co Tyrone man Darren Rafferty crossing the line in 37th on his Grand Tour debut.

Cycling • 18 Aug 24

Molano sprints to victory on stage 12 of Vuelta

Colombia's Juan Sebastian Molano sprinted to victory on the 12th stage of the Vuelta a Espana, from Olvega to Zaragoza, as Kaden Groves missed the chance of a third win.

Cycling • 07 Sep 23

Jay Vine crosses the finish line in first

Roglic struggles in rain as Evenepoel grabs Vuelta red

Belgium's young all-rounder Remco Evenepoel grabbed the leader's red jersey at La Vuelta in a dramatic conclusion to a rain-drenched sixth stage won by Australian Jay Vine.

Cycling • 25 Aug 22

The 2022 race will be the second edition of La Vuelta to start from the Netherlands and the fourth to take off from abroad after Lisbon 1997, Assen 2009 and Nimes 2017

Vuelta a Espana 2022 set for Netherlands start

The Netherlands will host the official start of the 2022 Vuelta a Espana after similar plans for last year's edition were scrapped because the race was rescheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cycling • 26 May 21

Dan Martin held on to his top-three placing in the general classification

Martin stays third overall after strong Vuelta showing

Dan Martin finished seventh on stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana to remain in third place overall as defending Vuelta a Espana champion Primoz Roglic reclaimed the red jersey with his third stage win of the 2020 race.

Cycling • 30 Oct 20

Sam Bennett celebrates crossing the line

Bennett stripped of Vuelta stage win

Tour de France green jersey winner Sam Bennett was stripped of a second stage win at the Vuelta a Espana and placed last, after he was found guilty of hitting another rider with his shoulder.

Cycling • 29 Oct 20

Priority was given to rescheduling the Grand Tours and the five biggest one-day races, the Monuments, as well as the biggest races on the women's calendar

Giro and Vuelta to overlap in revised 2020 schedule

UCI president David Lappartient warned there could be no guarantees over the Tour de France but said it would be a "disaster" for cycling if racing did not resume this year as the world governing body outlined ambitious plans to restart the 2020 season.

Cycling • 10 Jul 20

Higuita wins stage, Roglic steps closer to Vuelta glory

Colombian Sergio Higuita earned his first professional victory by winning stage 18 in the Vuelta a Espana on Thursday as Slovenia's Primoz Roglic closed in on the title by increasing his overall advantage to two minutes and 50 seconds.

Cycling • 12 Sep 19

Team Jumbo rider US Sepp Kuss sinks a beer to celebrate his stage win

Kuss takes the stage, Roglic maintains lead at Vuelta

Sepp Kuss held off a late charge to claim his first grand tour stage win with victory on stage 15 of the Vuelta a Espana in Santuario del Acebo.

Cycling • 08 Sep 19

Primoz Roglic extended his overall lead by 33 seconds

Primoz Roglic tightens grip on overall Vuelta lead

Slovenian Primoz Roglic struck another blow in his bid to win the Vuelta a Espana by extending his overall lead by 33 seconds after finishing second on Friday's stage 13 on the tail of winner Tadej Pogacar.

Cycling • 06 Sep 19

Alejandro Valverde crosses the line in Mas de la Costa

Valverde takes the stage, Lopez reclaims lead at Vuelta

World champion Alejandro Valverde finished strongest on an unforgiving summit finish to win stage seven of the Vuelta a Espana on Friday while Miguel Angel Lopez reclaimed the leaders' red jersey after coming third.

Cycling • 30 Aug 19

Nicolas Roche has crashed out of La Vuelta

Roche hospitalised as crash ends Vuelta involvement

Ireland's Nicolas Roche was taken to hospital after being involved in a huge crash on stage six of the Vuelta a Espana.

Cycling • 29 Aug 19

Miguel Angel Lopez has taken over the leader's red jersey

Roche down to fifth overall after battling Vuelta ride

Nicolas Roche slipped down to fifth overall after a gritty ride in the fifth stage of La Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday.

Cycling • 28 Aug 19

Simon Yates of Great Britain and Team Mitchelton-Scott wins the 2018 La Vuelta

Yates comes through unscathed to wrap up Vuelta triumph

Simon Yates sealed victory in La Vuelta to complete a British clean sweep of this year's Grand Tours.

Cycling • 16 Sep 18

Simon Yates took another step closer to Vuelta glory

Yates takes another big stride towards Vuelta glory

Simon Yates has one more mountain stage to pass in his bid for La Vuelta victory after stretching his lead by more than a minute with a superb ride on stage 19 to Andorra.

Cycling • 14 Sep 18