Bike World News

The new leader’s jersey for the Vuelta a Espana was unveiled yesterday in Madrid.

The 65th edition of the race will kick off on August 28th with an evening team time trial event in Sevilla, Spain and will continue through September 19th.

Germany reports improved doping control compliance, Graeme Browne is Rabobank’s Aussie for the Tour Down Under, Vuelta may return to Basque region after long absence and more….

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) won the 2009 Vuelta a Espana to claim the first Grand Tour victory of his career and André Greipel (Columbia-HTC) claimed his fourth stage victory in this year’s event.

With Fabian Cancellara gone, David Millar (Garmin-Slipstream), who placed second in the Vuelta’s first time trial was able to ride to victory in this 28km go-around in Toledo.

Juanjo Cobo gets a long-awaited Grand Tour victory for Fuji-Servetto in the last mountain stage of the Tour of Spain (Vuelta a Espana)

Today’s stage of the Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) came down to a 2 man sprint between Roman Kreuzinger (Liqiugas) and Philip Deignan (Cevelo).

Anthony Roux of Francaise des Jeux survived a long breakaway from km 6 to barely take the win today. Alejandro Valverde still sits atop the G.C., but there is a change below him as Robert Gesink has dropped down, presumably from a crash during the stage.

Welcome back! Here’s all of the latest road racing news, World Championships rosters as well as some updates from the Tours of Missouri, Britain and Spain.

Andre Greipel takes his third stage win of the Vuelta and the 4th for the Columbia-HTC team in the 170 km run from Cordoba to Puertollano.