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Valverde struggles on La Farrapona climb

September 8, 2014 | La Farrapona Demanding Queen stage in Vuelta a España, stronger Contador (TCS), Froome (SKY) make Movistar Team concede almost 1′; Spaniard still in 2nd overall The five climbs, more than 4,500 meters of vertical drop on stage 16 -160km finishing atop La Farrapona (Cat-1), after La […]

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 […]