Today’s stage is relatively short, just a little over 145 km from Las Rozas to Segovia. The route is nicely split with the day’s two category 1 climbs coming at km 45 and km 89 (the Puerto de Navacerrada and the Puerto de Navafria, respectively). From there, it’s basically downhill into Segovia, where there is a [...]

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Today’s stage travels from yesterday’s arrival town of Valladolid to the city of Las Rozas. The road tilts gently upward for about the first 85 kilometers and then the stage gets a little more bumpy, culminating in the climb up Category 3 Alto des Leones at the 128km mark. From there, the riders will have [...]

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It’s been a busy and I don’t have time to make a full report, so I’ll let the folks over at Cycling News tell the tale:
Better known for his status in the Spring Classics, Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) claimed victory and the overall race lead the first high-mountain stage of the Vuelta [...]

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Read the results at Cycling News, Velo News and BBC Sport here.
Today’s stage had 2 Category 4 climbs and while not a “climbing stage”, delivers the riders into the Alps in the town of Digne-les-Bains.
Good news today as no riders abandoned overnight from either fatigue, injury or doping.
A group of 21 riders made a breakaway [...]

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The race is still anyone’s game up to this point. We’ve had six different winners from six different countries. Will today’s stage be any different?
Today, the Tour continues through some mountains, going 159km from Brioude to Aurillae. There was very little flat road today as the race took on five significant climbs and generally went up [...]

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