The Movistar Team suffered its worst day of the 2013 Vuelta with the abandon of Pablo Lastras with a triple fracture and the crash of Intxausti while contesting the stage win in a successful ten-man break
Fabio Duarte will ride for Team Colombia in 2014, marking his third consecutive season with the Escarabajos.
French cyclist Warren Barquil earned his first professional win in the 13th stage of the Vuelta a Espana, and Vincenzo Nibali maintained the overall lead on Friday.
BMC Racing Team’s Philippe Gilbert won his first race as world road champion Thursday by charging past Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) in the final 50 meters of the uphill finish of Stage 12 of the Vuelta a España.
World champion Philippe Gilbert of Belgium won Stage 12 of the Tour of Spain on Thursday and Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall lead.
Today’s 38.8km long time trial in and around Tarazona formed the 11th stage of the Vuelta a Espana where Nicholas Roche was able to move into 2nd overall.
After a victorious Classics season last spring, Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara showed a return to form in preparation for the upcoming Worlds competition by winning the stage 11 individual time trial in la Vuelta a España on Wednesday.
Alejandro Valverde fought to his physical limits in the biggest Andalusian mountain stage of the 2013 Vuelta a España
Team Saxo-Tinkoff’s Chris Anker Sørensen was very active in the hectic beginning of today’s 187 kilometer long tenth stage of Vuelta a Espana
The HC climb of Alto Hazallanas became the proving ground for Chris Horner, who took advantage of his strong legs and the super steep pitch to launch an attack at 4.6km to go. His effort resulted in a solo win and the regaining of the race lead in the 2013 Vuelta a Espana.