In the last mountain stage Roglic defends his supremacy and mortgages his first triumph in a grand tour – Pogacar hits his third victory by gap and conquers third place behind Valverde _ The Colombians disappoint:…
Stage conducted at a crazy pace: the Colombian enters the breakaway of the day and recovers more than 5 minutes on Roglic and the other big names – Mountains again today
The Slovenian strengthens his leadership at the end of the Asturian triptych and is ever closer to the final triumph given the compliance of his rivals – Fuglsang's success on the Alto de la Cubilla – Today rest
The Slovenian inflicts heavy gaps on Quintana (more than 3 minutes) and Lopez (over 2 minutes) – Valverde defends himself better than the Colombians and rises to second place behind the new leader
They are Quintana in the red jersey, Roglic, Lopez and Valverde - Today the Pau time trial could overturn the classification in favor of Roglic - Among the youngsters, the twenty-year-old Slovenian Pogacar shines, winner of the very tough stage in the mountains of Andorra.
Quintana, Lopez and Uran are the Slovenian's most dangerous rivals. Aru, who won the Vuelta in 2015, leads the small Italian troop but hopes to redeem himself.
He won the Giro d'Italia, the Tour, the Vuelta and the world championship - He was Eddy Merckx's great adversary: the unforgettable cyclist fell ill in the waters of Giardini Naxos.
The Italian sprinter still beats Sagan confirming himself as the king of the sprints – Too bad for him and for the blue pedal that the Innsbruck world championship is completely prohibitive for sprinters – It would be ideal for a fit Nibali…
After the successes of Froome in the Giro and of Thomas in the Tour, today it was a triumphal walk for Yates who defended the red jersey in the last mountain stage won by Mas – Crolla Valverde: Mas and Lopez on the podium in places…
For British cycling it would be a historic treble, never achieved by any other nation, after the success of Froome in the Giro and Thomas in the Tour – Pinot wins on the Alto de Naturlandia – Today the last mountain stage of just…
Valverde at 25" from the red jersey remains the most dangerous rival of the Briton but Mas, Lopez, Kruiswijcke and Quintana himself are not out of the game either - Yesterday victory for the Belgian Wallays who resists the return of Sagan and Viviani
Canadian Woods wins on the tremendous slopes of Monte Oiz but it's a battle between the big names: Quintana, Kruijswiijck and Pinot pay the price – More bad luck for Aru who crashed in the downhill
Valverde defends himself as the Colombians give way – Kruijswick and Mas leap forward – Mountains again today
The Frenchman wins by gap at Lagos de Covadonga ahead of Lopez by 28" and followed by Yates and Valverde - Ranking still short behind the British - After today's rest he resumes with a time trial of 32…
The Briton attacks in the last 500 meters of the tough final climb by pulling everyone away - He disappoints Quintana who also loses the wheels of Valverde, Lopez and Pinot - Kwiatkwoski tried to break the bank with an exhausted breakaway at…
The Colombian limits himself to an attack in the tremendous final gaining a handful of seconds on Yates, Valverde, Lopez and Pinot - Aru loses more ground - Stage victory to the unknown Basque Rodriguez. Today still mountains and I arrive in…
After the first nine stages, the Spanish race is no longer open with the top ten collected in less than a minute - With Nibali (and Porte) immediately out of contention, Aru remains the only Italian still in the running for…
Absent Froome, Thomas and Dumoulin, the Spanish race sees Vincenzo Nibali return to racing after his crash in the Tour - There is also Aru looking for redemption after the disastrous Giro - Quintana, Valverde, Porte and Lopez are the other big names in competition.
The counter-analysis was also positive - Team Sky's reply: "It's a common anti-asthmatic drug for which you don't even need the Tue and which Froome has been taking for some time".
Nibali second collects the 10th podium in his career - Froome is the third rider to win the Tour and Vuelta in the same year: there is already talk that he aims for the hat-trick with the Giro in 2018.
Heroic ride of the Spanish champion who ends his career with a feat from the past. Froome arrives 27” behind the Pistolero, detaching Nibali who still defends second place. Third on the podium goes Zakarin.
After Wednesday's defaillance, the Briton takes back the reins of the race, bringing his advantage over his Italian rival back to 1'37” two stages before the Madrid catwalk on Sunday. But tomorrow is the terrible Angliru and anything can still happen
Lo Squalo has reduced his gap in the standings to 1'16" when there are still two mid-mountain stages to go before Anglru, which will be the supreme judge for the final victory with its mountain bike slopes.
The Briton strengthens his lead on the Shark, who defends second place from Kelderman - Modest performance by Aru increasingly out of contention for the final victory - The Colombians Chaves and Lopez disappoint - Contador loses 59”…
In the mountains, the red jersey Froome gains another 6 seconds on Nibali - Contador still in the attack gives way in the final - Zakarin second, 26" behind Lopez overtakes Kelderman in third place - Tomorrow, after today's rest, scheduled…
Thanks to the time bonus Nibali reduces his gap from Froome to 55” on the eve of another “highlight” stage to be seen today, which will take the Vuelta to over 2.500 meters in the Sierra Nevada.
The Trentino rider precedes Moscon giving the fourth victory to Italy and the fifth in the Quick-Step Floors - Classification unchanged - Today I reach the high altitude of Sierra de la Pandera at 1.830 metres, tomorrow the final ascent to the 2.510 meters of Sierra Nevada
It all happened at the end of the stage won by Thomas Marczynski who repeated his success in Sagunto. Contador continues his recovery in the standings. Froome: chain jump and slide to the ground. Now Nibali is second at 59” from the red jersey…
Classification upset by the stage at 2.120 meters of Calar Alto: Lopez wins but Froome and Nibali make a gap behind - Aru still late - Pozzovivo retires
Yesterday at El Pozo Alimentacion, beating a fast wheel like that of the Spanish Rojas, Trentin also gave Italy its third victory in this Vuelta.
The Briton, increasingly in the red jersey, had not won a race for a year having triumphed in his fourth without winning a stage - Nibali and Aru defended themselves but had to give up more seconds - Rest today
The French Alaphilippe precedes Maika and Polanc. Froome attacks with Contador on the final climb, detaching Nibali, Aru and Chaves by another 17”. Sunweb puts Barguil out of the running for disregarding team orders by not assisting his captain…
The Spaniard attacks brilliantly on Puerto del Garbi: only Froome resists him but does not support the Pistolero's action. Aru and Nibali surprised by the attack make up for the descent. Bardet collapses.
A feat by the Kazakh from Astana who detaches everyone at the top of the Ermita de Santa Lucia. Final smoothie by Froome: only Chaves and Contador resist, Aru and Nibali give way who however remain fully in the running.
The Trentino rider of Quick-Step Floors is the hundredth rider to have won at least one stage in the three grand tours of three weeks. Froome always in red. Fears for Contador who accused severe stomach pains in the evening.
The Italian rejoins the leaders in the last km and catches them on the break with a searing sprint. He is now fifth in the standings just 10” behind the Brit. In the leading group also Aru, Pozzovivo and Chaves. Cede Contador on the first big mountains.
Very tough course with nine high altitude finishes: it is Alberto Contador's last race before his farewell - Bardet and Chaves are also among the possible protagonists - Samuel Sanchez excluded on the eve because he tested positive for an anti-doping test.
the Colombian secures the final victory by repelling the last attacks of Chris Froome on the Alto de Aitana, who after the triumphant time trial in Calpe was back in the running for the final success.
The Briton now has a gap from Quintana reduced to 1'21”. In third place goes Contador who overtakes Chaves: anything can still happen in today's penultimate stage with so much mountain and the long final ascent to Alto de Aitana.
On the Aramon Formigal the Condor finished second behind Gianluca Brambilla inflicting a 2'37" gap on the Brit who was left without a team when the Colombian and Contador unleashed the tussle from the first km of the stage - About ninety riders out…
Even the Pyrenean stage, which saw the success of Gesink and the collapse of Valverde, left the Colombian's lead at the top of the standings unchanged (54 seconds) over the Kenyan-white. Contador is only sixth at over 3 minutes. Boots…
The Colombian finally attacks Froome and detaches him on the terrible ramps of the Camperona conquering the red jersey in front. Brilliant Valverde second. Even Contador shows signs of recovery after a rather troubled start to the Vuelta
Without Nibali and without Aru, little hope of ranking for the Italians in the Tour of Spain - The back number 1 assigned to Valverde, who faces his third grand tour of the season aiming to enter the top ten of the…
