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Crucial weekend coming up

September 5, 2014 | Obregón 4th place finish for Valverde in Cabárceno; Spaniard stays 20″ behind Contador (TCS) before three demanding mountain-top finishes in the Vuelta: La Camperona, Lagos de Covadonga and La Farrapona An attack with just over 2km remaining, into the first slopes leading to the Cabárceno natural […]

Frantic Finale – Contador retains lead

Obregón, 5th of September – 2014 Today’s 188.7 kilometer long 13th stage of the Vuelta a Espana from Belorado to Obregón at Parque de Carbárceno contained three minor categorized climbs. All placed in the final part of the stage, the short slopes split up the breakaway, which finally lead to […]

Contador: The next four days will be really hard

Tinkoff-Saxo and Alberto Contador got safely through today’s stage and avoided the crash that occurred as the riders passed the final kilometer mark. Alberto crossed the finish line in front of his rivals, although that did not have much significance, since the time was neutralized. “There was a crash in […]

Contador Defends the Jersey

Tinkoff-Saxo’s captain and leader of the Vuelta, Alberto Contador, defended his overall lead by finishing 4th in today’s tactical mountain battle together with Alejandro Valverde and Joaquim Rodriguez. Fabio Aru took the stage win 6 seconds ahead. The final 9,9 k climb of stage 11 became a tactical stop-and-go affair […]

Nairo crashes out of Vuelta

September 2, 2014 San Miguel de Aralar Second crash by Quintana at 20km into Aralar stage forces him to abandon; Colombian to undergo surgery after scapula fracture. Valverde 2nd at today’s finish, takes 7″ back on Contador. Bad luck ended Nairo Quintana’s chances in the 2014 Vuelta a España after […]

Jens Voigt targets Hour Record on September 18

42-year-old Jens Voigt has one more surprise up his sleeve. The recently retired German has scheduled September 18 as the date to attempt to break Ondrej Sosenka’s 49,7 kilometer mark. The attempt will happen in the Vélodrome Suisse in Grenchen. “It’s a huge challenge for me, both physical and mental,” […]

Quintana crashes during Vuelta ITT

September 2, 2014 | Borja Big blow into descent of Alto del Moncayo setbacks Nairo’s performance, takes him out of overall top-ten. Brilliant Alejandro Valverde (8th) finishes just 22″ behind Contador, jumps into second GC A crash which seriously diminishes his chances… and could have been even worse. Nairo Quintana […]