Who will win the Vuelta a Espańa? We don’t know and the race is all the better for this. Mountain stage repeats have only served to narrow the differences and if Tom Dumoulin has lost time, it’s just right ahead of the upcoming time trial stage.
Vuelta Stage 16 Preview
The Queen Stage of the 2015 Vuelta a España, 185km with seven marked climbs and a new and vicious summit finish.
Vuelta Stage 14 Preview
The first of the Cantabrian trifecta with a some steep climbs, today shape the race for the red jersey and show us whether Fabio Aru’s strong ride in Andorra was merely a good day or a sign he’s better than the rest.
Vuelta Stage 13 Preview
Stage 13, lucky for John Degenkolb? The German’s missed many chances so far but today could be the day to change things. From afar the day looked like it was for a breakawas but the lack of an obvious sprint star in the race means several teams will fight hard to set up their sprinter.
Moto Mayhem?
Sergio Paulinho is the lastest rider to suffer injury from a race vehicle after he was hit during Stage 11 of the Vuelta a España on the same day his Tinkoff-Saxo team issued an “open letter” calling for improved safety and an apology.
Some people have been asking what are the rules about vehicles and safety in the race convoy and what the different vehicles are doing so here’s a look at the topic.
Vuelta Stage 12 Preview
The peloton turns its back on Andorra and the climbing today is gentle. But will the racing be easy? That’s up to the riders and we could get a wrestling match between the sprinters’ teams and a breakaway.
Vuelta Stage 11 Preview
Up and down all day and the race crosses above 2,000m, today’s stage has a y-axis of evil. Some are even calling it the hardest stage ever, a debatable idea but a sign that today’s route is something special.
Vuelta a España Rest Day Review
How far can Tom Dumoulin go? Once seen as a time trial specialist he’s proven versatile, aggressive and surprising. But as much as he’s been underrated by many this year the high mountains seem too much.
It’s been a week of surprises with a collection of riders finally getting the wins they’ve been promising whether Dumoulin, Esteban Chaves or Caleb Ewan. Even Peter Sagan found winning ways again.
Book Review: The Yellow Jersey Club
The Yellow Jersey Club by Edward Pickering
The premise is simple, a look at the last 20 Tour de France winners and Lance Armstrong. Each member of the “yellow jersey club” gets a chapter dedicated to their exploits. At times the 21 winners share little more than victory in the same race such is the range of personalities and career paths.
Better still this is not 21 versions of how the Tour was won with mechanical reproductions of Rider X attacking on Stage Y to take a time advantage of N minutes. Instead this is often a look at the different types of winner, their characters, personalities, tactics and career paths rather than any shared trait that defines a Tour winner.