Vuelta a España 2017 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
 A contrast of form: In one of their final battles, Alberto CONTADOR (TREK - SEGAFREDO) wasn't able to drop Chris FROOME (SKY) on Stage 18. Contador successfully attacked two days later on Angliru, providing a storytale stage win ending to his career while Froome wrapped up the overall. More photos and paintings from all stages are posted below. This is the 2017 Vuelta a Espana live dashboard with race info, daily previews, live coverage, results, big photos and highlights. Big Photos from 2017 — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith |
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| 1 | Saturday, August 19 | 13.7 km | ||||||||||
 Nîmes (FR) | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | Sunday, August 20 | 203 km | ||||||||||
| Nîmes (FR) → Gruissan (FR) | ||||||||||||
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| 3 | Monday, August 21 | 159 km | ||||||||||
 Prades (FR) → Andorra (AD) | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | Tuesday, August 22 | 198 km | ||||||||||
| Escaldes (AD) → Tarragona | ||||||||||||
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| 5 | Wednesday, August 23 | 176 km | ||||||||||
| Benicassim → Ermita Santa Lucia | ||||||||||||
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| 6 | Thursday, August 24 | 204 km | ||||||||||
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| 7 | Friday, August 25 | 207 km | ||||||||||
| Lliria → Cuenca | ||||||||||||
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| 8 | Saturday, August 26 | 200 km | ||||||||||
| Hellín → Xorret de Catí | ||||||||||||
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| 9 | Sunday, August 27 | 174 km | ||||||||||
| Orihuela → Cumbres del Sol | ||||||||||||
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| 10 | Tuesday, August 29 | 164 km | ||||||||||
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| 11 | Wednesday, August 30 | 188 km | ||||||||||
| Lorca → Calar Alto | ||||||||||||
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| 12 | Thursday, August 31 | 160 km | ||||||||||
| Motril → Antequera | ||||||||||||
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| 13 | Friday, September 1 | 198 km | ||||||||||
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| 14 | Saturday, September 2 | 175 km | ||||||||||
| Écija → Sierra de la Pandera | ||||||||||||
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| 15 | Sunday, September 3 | 129 km | ||||||||||
| Alcalá la Real → Sierra Nevada | ||||||||||||
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| 16 | Tuesday, September 5 | 40 km | ||||||||||
 Circuito de Navarra → Logroño | ||||||||||||
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| 17 | Wednesday, September 6 | 180 km | ||||||||||
| Villadiego → Los Machucos | ||||||||||||
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| 18 | Thursday, September 7 | 169 km | ||||||||||
| Suances → Santo Toribio de Liébana | ||||||||||||
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| 19 | Friday, September 8 | 150 km | ||||||||||
| Caso → Gijon | ||||||||||||
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| 20 | Saturday, September 9 | 118 km | ||||||||||
| Corvera → Angliru | ||||||||||||
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| 21 | Sunday, September 10 | 118 km | ||||||||||
| Arroyomolinos → Madrid | ||||||||||||
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| Total Distance | 3324 km | |||||||||||
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Stage 21 Post-Race Coverage 
48 Big Photos from Stage 21 — sirotti/aso
Stage 21 Results 1 TRENTIN, Matteo (QST) 3:06:25 2 MANZIN, Lorrenzo (FDJ) 3 KRAGH ANDERSEN, Søren (SUN) 4 VAN ASBROECK, Tom (CDT) 5 GARCIA CORTINA, Ivan (TBM) 6 NIELSEN, Magnus Cort (ORS) 7 VANBILSEN, Kenneth (COF) 8 MODOLO, Sacha (UAD) 9 SCHWARZMANN, Michael (BOH) 10 HOELGAARD, Daniel (FDJ) 11 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 12 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (TLJ) 13 THEUNS, Edward (TFS) 14 VLIEGEN, Loïc (BMC) 15 DUVAL, Julien (ALM) 16 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 17 VENTOSO ALBERDI, Francisco (BMC) 18 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 19 MOLANO BENAVIDES, Juan (MZN) 20 ROJAS, Jose (MOV) 21 MOHORIC, Matej (UAD) 22 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 23 GATE, Aaron (ABS) 24 HALLER, Marco (KAT) 25 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QST) + 7 26 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) 27 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TLJ) + 8 28 TURGIS, Anthony (COF) 29 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 9 30 ROUX, Anthony (FDJ) + 11 31 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) 32 WOODS, Michael (CDT) 33 DE VREESE, Laurens (AST) + 14 34 BOUWMAN, Koen (TLJ) 35 REYES ORTEGA, Aldemar (MZN) 36 FERRARI BARCELO, Fabricio (CJR) 37 OSORIO ARBOLEDA, Juan Felipe (MZN) 38 AGUIRRE CAIPA, Hernan Ricardo (MZN) 39 BONNAFOND, Guillaume (COF) 40 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) Final General Classification 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 82:30:02 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 2:15 3 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:51 4 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 3:15 5 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:18 6 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 6:59 7 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 8:27 8 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 9:13 9 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 11:18 10 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 15:50 11 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 16:46 12 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 17:41 13 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 21:41 14 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 22:00 15 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 22:59 16 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 28:00 17 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 31:21 18 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 42:16 19 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) + 59:01Full Official Stage 21 Results and Final General Classification — letour.fr
Chris Froome completes Tour de France - Vuelta a Espana double — cyclingnews
Where Froome ranks among cycling’s greats — velonews
Froome: Someday I will have to target the Giro d'Italia — cyclingnews
Tour-Vuelta double places Chris Froome among the true greats of cycling — cyclingweekly
Froome says grand tour triple 'not impossible' — velonews
Last Km of Stage 21 (01:09 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 21 (03:06 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last Km of Stage 21 (01:25 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last 13 Km of Stage 21 (18:02 English) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from Stage 21 (00:49 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
¡Adios Alberto! Madrid crowd gives huge ovation to Contador extra career lap (00:38 Ambient) — LaVuelta
¡Adios Alberto! Madrid crowd gives huge ovation to Contador extra career lap (00:37 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Resumen - Etapa 21 (04:32 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Résumé - Étape 21 (04:32 French) — LaVuelta
Official Stage 21 Highlights (04:32 English) — LaVuelta
Winner's Interview from Stage 21 (02:00 English) — CyclingProNet
Alberto Contador - post-race interview - Stage 21 (02:08 English) — CyclingProNet
Christopher Froome overall winner's interview - Stage 21 (01:30 English) — CyclingProNet
Miguel Angel Lopez - entrevista en la meta - 21a etapa (01:58 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Davide Villella - intervista post-gara - Tappa 21 (00:43 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Report: Chris Froome savours Vuelta success (04:30 English) — skysports
Chris Froome presented with multiple jerseys (05:09 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Best of La Vuelta 2017 (04:35 English) — LaVuelta
Best of La Vuelta 2017 (04:35 French) — LaVuelta
Best of La Vuelta 2017 (04:35 Spanish) — LaVuelta
48 Big Photos from Stage 21 and the Final Podium — sirotti/aso
Froome in shock after winning Vuelta a Espana (01:42 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Trentin: It's a joke I didn't win green jersey (01:00 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Alberto Contador retiring, honored at Vuelta (03:24 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Podcast: Stage 21 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (34:50 English) — cyclingpodcast
GoPro Highlights - Stage 21 (01:24 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Extended Highlights from Stage 21 (25:10 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Froome makes unexpected dart at intermediate sprint (01:28 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
46 km to go: Contador lap of honor, 1st lap in Madrid - Stage 21 (00:46 Ambient) — LaVuelta
50 km to go: Taking it easy - Stage 21 (00:48 Ambient) — LaVuelta
70 km to go: Nibali passing out Coffee to his team and Froome - Stage 21 (00:37 Ambient) — LaVuelta
103 km to go: Contador raises a glass to the camera - Stage 21 (00:24 Ambient) — LaVuelta
104 km to go: Chris Froome cracks open beers with Team Sky (01:20 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
113 km to go: Team Sky celebrate arm-in-arm - Stage 21 (00:29 Ambient) — LaVuelta
115 km to go: Team Sky with their alcoholic drinks - Stage 21 (00:44 Ambient) — LaVuelta
116 km to go: The start - Stage 21 (00:40 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Women's Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta Highlights (07:44 English) — sbs
Stage 21 preview: Arroyomolinos → Madrid, 118 km (flat)
September 9 update: Stage 21 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Chris Froome on verge of capturing first Vuelta-Tour double since 1978 — theguardian
Behind the scenes in Team Sky's performance car (03:08 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 21 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 21 start time: Sunday 17:00 CEST (3:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Arroyomolinos, Spain
Earliest live video: 20:21 CEST (6:21:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 20:21 CEST (6:21:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Madrid, Spain
Stage 20 Post-Race Coverage
82 Big Photos from Stage 20 — flockton/sirotti/aso/smithHe clinched his 1st Vuelta on Angliru & today his final win. St 20 Photos/Paintings as a tribute to @albertocontador https://t.co/5C5QHBWLK0 pic.twitter.com/CFxV3r8jN0
— steve @ steephill tv (@steephill) September 9, 2017
Stage 20 Results 1 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) 3:31:33 2 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 17 3 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 4 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 35 5 PELLIZOTTI, Franco (TBM) + 51 6 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 7 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 8 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 1:11 9 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 1:25 10 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:36 11 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) + 1:46 12 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 2:15 13 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) + 3:16 14 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 3:43 15 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 3:56 16 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 17 MAS NICOLAU, Enric (QST) 18 SOLER GIMENEZ, Marc (MOV) 19 ROSA, Diego (SKY) + 4:12 20 YATES, Simon (ORS) + 4:18 21 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 4:48 22 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 4:54 23 SCHULTZ, Nicholas (CJR) + 5:23 24 BILBAO, Pello (AST) + 5:45 25 ROJAS, Jose (MOV) + 6:29 26 BOUWMAN, Koen (TLJ) + 6:40 27 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 7:05 28 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 7:17 29 EIKING, Odd Christian (FDJ) 30 POLJANSKI, Pawel (BOH) + 7:33 31 MAJKA, Rafal (BOH) 32 POLANC, Jan (UAD) + 7:43 33 DENIFL, Stefan (ABS) + 8:19 34 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TLJ) + 8:26 35 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz (LTS) + 8:34 36 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) + 8:47 37 SAEZ BENITO, Hector (CJR) + 9:16 38 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 9:35 39 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) 40 DE CLERCQ, Bart (LTS) + 9:53 41 VILELA, Ricardo (MZN) 42 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 9:54 43 MAISON, Jérémy (FDJ) + 10:17 44 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY) + 10:54 45 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) 46 STETINA, Peter (TFS) + 11:00 47 MOHORIC, Matej (UAD) + 11:23 48 AGUIRRE CAIPA, Hernan Ricardo (MZN) + 11:28 49 VENTOSO ALBERDI, Francisco (BMC) + 11:57 50 PEDRERO LOPEZ, Antonio (MOV) + 11:58 General Classification after Stage 20 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 79:23:37 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 2:15 3 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:51 4 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:11 5 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 3:15 6 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 6:45 7 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 8:16 8 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 8:59 9 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 11:04 10 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 15:36 11 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 16:32 12 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 17:15 13 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 21:27 14 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 21:46 15 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 22:45 16 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 27:16 17 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 31:07 18 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 42:02 19 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) + 58:47Full Official Stage 20 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Contador conquers the Angliru — cyclingnews
Alberto Contador: I had to say goodbye this way — cyclingpub
Chris Froome: What a way to finish three weeks of racing! — cyclingpub
Chris Froome on verge of capturing first Vuelta-Tour double since 1978 — theguardian
Woods, van Garderen finish Vuelta with flourish — velonews
Nibali crashes but hangs on to second overall in Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
Froome savours six-year journey to Vuelta a Espana crown — cyclingnews
Zakarin fighting to honour father with Vuelta a Espana podium — cyclingnews
End of era: Contador completes his Anglirú masterpiece — velonews
Five talking points from stage 20 of the Vuelta a España — cyclingweekly
Alberto Contador: 'I couldn’t have had a more beautiful finish than Angliru victory' — cw
Contador says Enric Mas is Spain's 'next big thing' — velonews
Chris Froome: 'Vuelta win seals my place in cycling’s history' — cyclingweekly
Nibali crashes but hangs on to second overall — cyclingnews
Froome savours six-year journey to Vuelta a Espana crown — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 20 (02:39 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 20 (02:08 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 20 (03:53 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last Km of Stage 20 (03:25 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last 2 Km of Stage 20 (7:08 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Last 5 Km of Stage 20 (23:44 English) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from Stage 20 (02:32 English) — CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview from Stage 20 (02:44 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Resumen - Etapa 20 (03:51 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 20 (03:29 Spanish, restricted to Latin America) — espn
Résumé - Étape 20 (03:51 French) — LaVuelta
Official Stage 20 Highlights (03:51 English) — LaVuelta
The celebration of around the overall winner, Stage 20 (00:48 Ambient) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's/Winner's after Stage 20 (01:24 English) — CyclingProNet
Extended Highlights from Stage 20 (26:05 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Podcast: Stage 20 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (42:22 English) — cyclingpodcast
Froome congratulates Contador Post Stage 20 (00:30 Ambient) — @NOSsport
The celebration of Christopher Froome at the Angliru (00:48 Ambient) — CyclingProNet
82 Big Photos from Stage 20 — flockton/sirotti/aso/smith
GoPro Highlights - Stage 20 (01:20 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Post Stage 20 Recap (08:35 English) — BobkeTV
Backstage Pass - Stage 20 (09:05 English) — ORICAScott
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 20 (3:39:38 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Chris Froome does the double: a modern masterpiece (02:05 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Timelapse paintings from Stage 20 including artist insights (03:08 English) — SamSmith
1.5 km to go: Contador struggles on the steep finish - Stage 20 (00:45 Ambient) — LaVuelta
5 km to go Contador drops Mas - Stage 20 (00:35 Ambient) — LaVuelta
8 km to go: Contador moving to the front of the race - Stage 20 (00:39 Ambient) — LaVuelta
26 km to go: Bahrain Merida working at the front - Stage 20 (00:47 Ambient) — LaVuelta
38 km to go: Top of the Alto de la Cobertoria - Stage 20 (00:35 Ambient) — LaVuelta
88 km to go: Trek Segafredo working at the front - Stage 20 (00:21 Ambient) — LaVuelta
104 km to go: The breakaway - Stage 20 (00:36 Ambient) — LaVuelta
The rainy start - Stage 20 (00:31 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Stage 20 preview: Corvera → Angliru, 118 km (Mountain)
September 8 update:
Alberto Contador: It is going to be crazy — cyclingpub
Chris Froome: We could see fireworks from the start — cyclingpub
Photos of the Alto de L´Angliru finish in 2013 — flockton/sirotti
Photos of the Alto de L´Angliru finish in 2011 — flockton/sirotti/reuters
Commentary: Ranking the Angliru YouTube clips — velonews
Vuelta a Espana: Froome aims to reverse past fortunes on Alto de l'Angliru — cyclingnews
Contador’s last mountain — velonews
Stage 20 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Recon - Stage 20: Flecha tackles the infamous Angliru (03:14 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 20 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 20 start time: Saturday 14:19 CEST (12:19:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Corvera, Spain
Earliest live video: 14:19 CEST (12:19:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 18:00 CEST (4:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Angliru, Spain
Stage 19 Post-Race Coverage
32 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 19 — sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 19 Results 1 DE GENDT, Thomas (LTS) 3:35:46 2 PANTANO GOMEZ, Jarlinson (TFS) 3 GARCIA CORTINA, Ivan (TBM) 4 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) 5 DE TIER, Floris (TLJ) 6 JUNGELS, Bob (QST) 7 BARDET, Romain (ALM) 8 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 9 NAVARRO GARCIA, Daniel (COF) 10 BOUWMAN, Koen (TLJ) + 45 11 CLARKE, Simon (CDT) 12 BUCHMANN, Emanuel (BOH) 13 PEDRERO LOPEZ, Antonio (MOV) + 49 14 TRENTIN, Matteo (QST) + 2:40 15 ROJAS, Jose (MOV) 16 DE VREESE, Laurens (AST) 17 MOHORIC, Matej (UAD) 18 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TLJ) 19 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) + 2:45 20 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (TLJ) + 4:48 21 VILLELLA, Davide (CDT) + 5:32 22 OSORIO ARBOLEDA, Juan Felipe (MZN) + 11:06 23 DUVAL, Julien (ALM) + 11:27 24 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY) + 12:15 25 PUCCIO, Salvatore (SKY) 26 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) 27 POELS, Wout (SKY) 28 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) 29 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 30 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 31 PELLIZOTTI, Franco (TBM) 32 STETINA, Peter (TFS) 33 THEUNS, Edward (TFS) 34 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 35 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 36 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 37 ARU, Fabio (AST) 38 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) 39 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 40 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) 41 WOODS, Michael (CDT) 42 HAIG, Jack (ORS) 43 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) 44 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) 45 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) 46 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 47 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) 48 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 49 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 50 MAS NICOLAU, Enric (QST) General Classification after Stage 19 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 75:51:51 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 1:37 3 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:17 4 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:29 5 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:34 6 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 5:16 7 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 6:33 8 ARU, Fabio (AST) 9 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 6:47 10 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 10:26 11 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 10:31 12 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 11:57 13 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 12:06 14 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 13:32 15 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 14:54 16 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 15:41 17 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 25:14 18 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 29:55 19 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 32:21Full Official Stage 19 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
De Gendt wins stage 19 — cyclingnews
Thomas De Gendt: I didn't expect it any more, but I like surprises — cyclingpub
Alberto Contador: Tomorrow is going to be crazy — cyclingpub
Chris Froome: Tomorrow we could see fireworks from the start — cyclingpub
Stage 19 finish line quotes — cyclingnews
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 19a etapa (03:14 English) — CyclingProNet
Last Km of Stage 19 (01:25 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 19 (02:15 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 19 (15:23 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Last Km of Stage 19 (02:16 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last Km of Stage 19 (01:13 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last 12 Km of Stage 19 (13:57 English) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from Stage 19 (03:01 English) — CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview from Stage 19 (02:23 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from Stage 19 (01:33 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 19 (02:57 English) — CyclingProNet
Résumé - Étape 19 (04:14 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 19 (04:14 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Official Stage 19 Highlights (04:14 English) — LaVuelta
Podcast: Stage 19 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (41:30 English) — cyclingpodcast
GoPro Highlights - Stage 19 (01:19 Ambient) — LaVuelta
32 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 19 — sirotti/aso/smith
Extended Highlights from Stage 19 (26:18 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Timelapse paintings of Stage 19 with artist insights (07:56 English) — SamSmith
GoPro Highlights - Stage 20 (01:20 Ambient) — LaVuelta
10 km to go - Contador attacks the GC group - Stage 19 (00:35 Ambient) — LaVuelta
24 km to go: Iván García Cortina in the head - Stage 19 (00:27 Ambient) — LaVuelta
96 km to go: Two big groups in breakaway - Stage 19 (00:36 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Stage 19 preview: Caso → Gijon, 150 km (hilly)
September 7 update: Stage 19 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Bardet reflects on tough learning curve — cyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 19 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 19 start time: Friday 13:50 CEST (11:50:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Caso, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (3:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Gijon, Spain
Stage 18 Post-Race Coverage
37 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 18 — sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 18 Results 1 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) 4:09:39 2 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) + 31 3 VISCONTI, Giovanni (TBM) + 46 4 GOUGEARD, Alexis (ALM) + 1:02 5 ROJAS, Jose (MOV) + 1:06 6 DE MARCHI, Alessandro (BMC) + 1:19 7 TRENTIN, Matteo (QST) + 1:21 8 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) 9 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TLJ) + 1:38 10 ROUX, Anthony (FDJ) + 1:42 11 KONRAD, Patrick (BOH) + 1:57 12 REYES ORTEGA, Aldemar (MZN) + 2:02 13 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QST) + 2:20 14 MOHORIC, Matej (UAD) + 2:49 15 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) + 3:26 16 SOLER GIMENEZ, Marc (MOV) + 3:41 17 SKUJINS, Toms (CDT) + 3:57 18 MAISON, Jérémy (FDJ) + 4:14 19 CHEVRIER, Clement (ALM) + 9:31 20 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 9:56 21 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 10:08 22 WOODS, Michael (CDT) 23 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 24 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 10:12 25 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 26 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 10:15 27 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 10:21 28 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 10:29 29 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 30 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 10:37 31 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 10:45 32 EIKING, Odd Christian (FDJ) + 10:50 33 AGUIRRE CAIPA, Hernan Ricardo (MZN) + 10:52 34 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 10:54 35 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 10:59 36 NIELSEN, Magnus Cort (ORS) 37 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) + 11:05 38 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 11:17 39 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 11:19 40 PEDRERO LOPEZ, Antonio (MOV) 41 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 11:39 42 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) + 11:44 43 BILBAO, Pello (AST) 44 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) + 11:50 45 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 12:02 General Classification after Stage 18 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 72:03:50 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 1:37 3 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:17 4 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:29 5 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:34 6 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 5:16 7 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 6:33 8 ARU, Fabio (AST) 9 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 6:47 10 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 10:26 11 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 10:31 12 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 11:57 13 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 12:06 14 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 13:32 15 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 15:41 16 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 25:14 17 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 27:09 18 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 32:21Full Official Stage 18 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Armee wins stage 18 — cyclingnews
Sander Armee: I knew I had my chance — cyclingpub
Chris Froome: It's good to bounce back again — cyclingpub
Alberto Contador - post-race interview - Stage 18 (02:06 English) — CyclingProNet
Contador: It was tough - all my moves were predictable (00:56 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta (02:42 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Alexey Lutsenko - intervista post-gara - Tappa 18 (02:18 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Five talking points from stage 18 — cyclingweekly
Froome rebounds with late attack to gain ground on Nibali — reuters
Vuelta a Espana: Astana deny in-fighting after Aru breaks away — cyclingnews
Nibali goes flat; air leaks out of Vuelta GC battle — velonews
Froome exacts his revenge on rivals during stage 18 — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 18 (03:27 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 18 (02:07 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 18 (02:55 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last Km of Stage 18 (00:51 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Winner's Interview from Stage 18 (01:56 English) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 18 (01:15 English) — nos
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 18 (01:15 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Résumé - Étape 18 (04:34 French) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 18 (04:34 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Official Stage 18 Highlights (04:34 English) — LaVuelta
Verslag van de 18e etappe (02:05 Dutch) — sporza
Stage 18 red jersey presentation (01:21 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Podcast: Stage 18 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (38:12 English) — cyclingpodcast
37 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 18 — sirotti/aso/smith
Backstage Pass - Stage 17 & 18 (13:39 English) — ORICAScott
GoPro Highlights - Stage 18 (01:26 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Timelapse painting of Stage 18 with artist insights (08:09 English) — SamSmith
Full On-Demand Stage 18 Broadcast (2:40:05 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Extended Highlights from Stage 18 (25:00 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
1 km to go: Froome attacks the GC group - Stage 18 (00:36 Ambient) — LaVuelta
10 km to go: The break - Stage 18 (00:30 Ambient) — LaVuelta
37 km to go: Aru attacks, Contador follows - Stage 18 (00:35 Ambient) — LaVuelta
46 km to go: The front of the race is climbing - Stage 18 (00:35 Ambient) — LaVuelta
66 km to go: The breakaway - Stage 18 (00:37 Ambient) — LaVuelta
93 km to go: 20 riders at the front - Stage 18 (00:20 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Stage 18 preview: Suances → Santo Toribio de Liébana, 169 km (hilly/uphill finish)
September 6 update: Stage 18 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Get ready for Contador madness on Stage 18? — @friebos
Podcast: Is Team Sky Bad for Cycling? (58:21 English) — horsdelai
VN Show: We try to save Cannondale-Drapac (04:06 English) — velonews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 18 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 18 start time: Thursday 13:14 CEST (11:14:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Suances, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:50 CEST (3:50:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Santo Toribio de Liébana, Spain
Stage 17 Post-Race Coverage
71 Big Photos from Stage 17 — flockton/sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 17 Results 1 DENIFL, Stefan (ABS) 4:48:52 2 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 28 3 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 1:04 4 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 5 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 6 MAJKA, Rafal (BOH) 7 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:13 8 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 1:17 9 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 1:19 10 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 1:42 11 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 12 HAIG, Jack (ORS) 13 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 1:46 14 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 15 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 1:53 16 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QST) + 2:01 17 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 2:04 18 BILBAO, Pello (AST) 19 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 2:05 20 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 2:14 21 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 2:16 22 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 2:32 23 PEDRERO LOPEZ, Antonio (MOV) + 2:55 24 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 25 REYES ORTEGA, Aldemar (MZN) + 3:06 26 AGUIRRE CAIPA, Hernan Ricardo (MZN) 27 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) 28 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) + 3:28 29 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TLJ) + 3:39 30 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) + 3:48 31 MAISON, Jérémy (FDJ) + 4:07 32 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias (FDJ) + 4:34 33 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) + 4:40 34 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 4:45 35 SUAZA ARANGO, Bernardo (MZN) + 5:01 36 STETINA, Peter (TFS) 37 PANTANO GOMEZ, Jarlinson (TFS) 38 HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ, Jesus (TFS) 39 DE GENDT, Thomas (LTS) + 5:37 40 CLEMENT, Stef (TLJ) 41 DE CLERCQ, Bart (LTS) + 5:49 42 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 5:52 43 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) 44 PELLIZOTTI, Franco (TBM) + 6:14 45 ROSA, Diego (SKY) + 6:22 46 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques (DDD) + 6:48 47 BOUWMAN, Koen (TLJ) 48 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) + 6:58 49 SCHULTZ, Nicholas (CJR) + 7:04 50 MOHORIC, Matej (UAD) + 8:17 General Classification after Stage 17 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 67:44:03 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 1:16 3 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:13 4 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:25 5 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:34 6 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 4:39 7 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 6:33 8 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 6:40 9 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 6:45 10 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 10:10 11 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 10:13 12 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 10:46 13 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 11:20 14 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 13:03 15 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 23:20 16 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 24:28 17 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 25:38 18 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 31:12 19 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 39:32 20 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) + 43:48Full Official Stage 17 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Denifl conquers Los Machucos — cyclingnews
Stefan Denifl wins stage, Chris Froome suffers but keeps Red — cyclingpub
Nibali refuses to give up Vuelta fight — velonews
Chris Froome loses time to rivals on stage 17 but keeps lead — cyclingweekly
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 17a etapa (02:36 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Five talking points from stage 17 — cyclingweekly
Contador's storybook ending just falls short — velonews
Chris Froome still confident of victory despite losing time on stage 17 — cyclingweekly
Froome 'pays a price' for time trial success — cyclingnews
Denifl: From burned bus to Vuelta stage win — cyclingnews
Orica-Scott go all in but come out with nothing on Los Machucos — cyclingnews
Contador: Today I had good legs; it was one of my best days of the race — treksegafredo
Last Km of Stage 17 (03:39 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 17 (02:30 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last Km of Stage 17 (01:59 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last 2 Km of Stage 17 (06:09 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Final Kms of Stage 17 (12:21 Dutch, restricted to Belgium) — sporza
Last 6 Km of Stage 17 (21:55 English) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from Stage 17 (01:22 English) — CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview from Stage 17 (01:11 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 17 (02:03 English) — CyclingProNet
Stage 17 winner celebrates on podium (00:57 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Stage 17 Red jersey awarded (02:00 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Résumé - Étape 17 (04:08 French) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 17 (04:09 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Official Stage 17 Highlights (04:08 English) — LaVuelta
71 Big Photos from Stage 17 — flockton/sirotti/aso/smith
Podcast: Stage 17 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (30:20 English) — cyclingpodcast
GoPro Highlights - Stage 17 (01:19 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Stage 17 thoughts from Bob Roll (08:27 English) — BobkeTV
Timelapse paintings of Stage 17 with artist insight (11:28 English) — SamSmith
3 km to go: Chris Froome chasing - Stage 17 (00:35 Ambient) — LaVuelta
5 km to go: Miguel Angel López and Contador attack - Stage 17 (00:36 Ambient) — LaVuelta
6 km to go: The bunch in the ascend final climb - Stage 17 (00:28 Ambient) — LaVuelta
21 km to go: The peloton takes the penultimate - Stage 17 (00:28 Ambient) — LaVuelta
70 km to go: Amazing Downhill - Stage 17 (00:34 Ambient) — LaVuelta
80 km to go: The peloton is close to the breakaway - Stage 17 (00:29 Ambient) — LaVuelta
114 km to go: A 6 man breakaway - Stage 17 (00:25 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Stage 17 preview: Villadiego → Los Machucos, 180 km (Mountain)
credit: Dangerous Roads
September 5 update:
Stage 17 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Steep 28% grade part of Stage 17 finishing climb (00:07 Ambient) — @Hayden1974
Los Machucos, the Vuelta’s latest discovery — velonews
Recon photos of Los Machucos, steep Stage 17 finishing climb — @Vuelta2017
Recon: Stage 17 - Flecha takes on Los Machucos climb (03:18 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 17 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 17 start time: Wednesday 12:40 CEST (10:40:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Villadiego, Spain
Earliest live video: 12:40 CEST (10:40:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (3:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Los Machucos, Spain
Stage 16 Post-Race Coverage
40 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 16 — flockton/aso/sirotti/smith
Stage 16 Results 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 47:00 2 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 29 3 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 57 4 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 59 5 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) 6 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias (FDJ) + 1:07 7 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 1:11 8 KÄMNA, Lennard (SUN) + 1:30 9 JUNGELS, Bob (QST) + 1:41 10 OSS, Daniel (BMC) + 1:49 11 GOUGEARD, Alexis (ALM) + 1:50 12 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 1:55 13 LAMPAERT, Yves (QST) + 2:07 14 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 2:09 15 TRENTIN, Matteo (QST) + 2:12 16 CLEMENT, Stef (TLJ) + 2:15 17 TERPSTRA, Niki (QST) + 2:17 18 KONING, Peter (ABS) + 2:19 19 DE GENDT, Thomas (LTS) + 2:25 20 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 2:27 21 HANSEN, Lasse Norman (ABS) + 2:30 22 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 2:34 23 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) + 2:46 24 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 2:47 25 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) + 2:49 26 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 3:03 27 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) + 3:08 28 ROUX, Anthony (FDJ) + 3:11 29 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 3:12 30 MAS BONET, Luis Guillermo (CJR) + 3:14 31 IRIZAR ARAMBURU, Markel (TFS) + 3:20 32 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QST) 33 BOUWMAN, Koen (TLJ) + 3:30 34 KRAGH ANDERSEN, Søren (SUN) + 3:31 35 SOLER GIMENEZ, Marc (MOV) + 3:37 36 MONFORT, Maxime (LTS) 37 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 3:40 38 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 3:42 39 STANNARD, Ian (SKY) + 3:53 40 PEREZ, Anthony (COF) + 3:54 41 HOULE, Hugo (ALM) 42 VENTOSO ALBERDI, Francisco (BMC) + 3:56 43 GATE, Aaron (ABS) + 3:57 44 REIS, Rafael (CJR) + 4:00 45 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 4:01 46 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) 47 POLANC, Jan (UAD) + 4:06 48 KNEES, Christian (SKY) + 4:13 49 MOHORIC, Matej (UAD) + 4:14 50 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 4:15 General Classification after Stage 16 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 62:53:25 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 1:58 3 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:40 4 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 3:07 5 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 4:58 6 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 5:25 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 6:27 8 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 6:33 9 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 6:40 10 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 7:06 11 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 10:11 12 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 10:14 13 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 10:17 14 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 12:44 15 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 23:20 16 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 23:58 17 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 24:52 18 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 31:43 19 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 39:04 20 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) + 41:46Full Official Stage 16 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Froome wins stage 16 time trial — cyclingnews
Vuelta time trial: Froome is flawless — velonews
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 16a etapa (02:40 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Wilco Kelderman - Post-Race Interview - Stage 16 (01:25 English) — CyclingProNet
Vincenzo Nibali - Intervista post gara - tappa 16 (00:22 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Esteban Chaves - Interview after the stage - Stage 16 (01:25 English) — CyclingProNet
Froome: Things can change very quickly at the Vuelta — cyclingnews
Nibali pessimistic despite solid time trial performance — cyclingnews
Kelderman: I will fight for the podium — cyclingnews
Final ITT Riders - Stage 16 (20:17 Ambient) — eurosport
Résumé - Étape 16 (04:10 French) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 16 (04:10 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Official Stage 16 Highlights (04:10 English) — LaVuelta
Winner's Interview from Stage 16 (02:23 English) — CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview from Stage 16 (02:00 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Stage 16 Red Jersey Presentation (02:37 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Stage 16 Polka Dot jersey ceremony (00:21 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Podcast: Stage 16 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (42:58 English) — cyclingpodcast
Backstage Pass - Stage 16 (05:33 English) — ORICAScott
40 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 16 — flockton/aso/sirotti/smith
GoPro Highlights - Stage 16 (01:27 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Timelapse paintings of Stage 16 with artist insights (10:30 English) — SamSmith
Last km of the winning ITT ride - Stage 16 (00:51 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Contador finishes in a new best time - Stage 16 (00:34 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Contador at the 2nd intermediate - Stage 16 (00:30 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Kelderman at the first intermediate - Stage 16 (00:27 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Ludvigsson at the finish, early best time - Stage 16 (00:42 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Stage 16 preview: Circuito de Navarra → Logroño, 40 km (TT)
September 4 update:
Stage 16 ITT Start Order and Times (CET) — biciciclismo
Alberto Contador: The time trial is going to be very hard — cyclingpub
Chris Froome confident ahead of time trial — cyclingpub
Nibali vows to fight on at Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
Stage 16 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Chris Froome can take decisive step towards victory in time trial — theguardian
AG2R-La Mondiale withdraw Geniez and Denz for holding onto team car — cyclingnews
Preview: Vuelta’s decisive time trial perfect for power specialists — cyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 16 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 16 start time: Tuesday 13:32 CEST (11:32:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Circuito de Navarra, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (3:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Logroño, Spain
Monday is the second and final rest day
September 4 update:
Index to Photos from all Stages — sirotti/aso/flockton/smith
How does a WorldTour team meeting work at La Vuelta (03:01 English) — TeamSunweb
Alberto Contador on retirement: 'I'll gain weight and you'll make jokes about it' — cw
Dennis and Frankiny abandon Vuelta a Espana on second rest day — cyclingnews
Report: UCI's test for hidden motors ineffective — velonews
Nibali vows to fight on at Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
The best Vuelta a España rest day tweets — cyclingweekly
Contador doesn't regret final Vuelta 'Hail Mary' — velonews
Contador proposes salary caps for pro cycling — cyclingnews
Recon Ride Podcast: Vuelta a España, Rest Day Round-up II (24:11 English) — cyclingnews
Froome: I couldn't start a race if I believed someone was using a motor — cyclingnews
Stage 15 Post-Race Coverage
64 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 15 — flockton/aso/smith/sirotti
Stage 15 Results 1 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 3:34:51 2 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 36 3 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 45 4 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 47 5 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 6 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 50 7 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 53 8 POELS, Wout (SKY) 9 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 10 BILBAO, Pello (AST) + 1:02 11 ARU, Fabio (AST) 12 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 1:23 13 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 1:27 14 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) + 1:46 15 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 2:17 16 PEDRERO LOPEZ, Antonio (MOV) + 2:42 17 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 3:19 18 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 3:37 19 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 3:41 20 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 3:43 21 YATES, Simon (ORS) + 4:37 22 YATES, Adam (ORS) 23 DE GENDT, Thomas (LTS) + 4:58 24 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 5:23 25 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) + 6:04 26 CLEMENT, Stef (TLJ) + 7:13 27 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) General Classification after Stage 15 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 62:06:25 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 1:01 3 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:08 4 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:11 5 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 2:39 6 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 2:51 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 3:24 8 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 3:26 9 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:59 10 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 5:22 11 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 7:47 12 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 8:08 13 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 8:16 14 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 9:02Full Official Stage 15 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Lopez climbs to victory on stage 15 — cyclingnews
Chris Froome extends lead after neutralising Contador and Nibali's attacks — cyclingweekly
Miguel Angel Lopez: Today has been a magnificent day — cyclingpub
Alberto Contador: Today I wanted to be brave — cyclingpub
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 15a etapa (02:22 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Chris Froome: I can't thank my teammates enough — cyclingpub
Adam Yates - post-race interview - Stage 15 (00:53 English) — CyclingProNet
Esteban Chaves - entrevista en la meta - 15a etapa (01:34 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Flecha on why Lopez is the most likely threat to Froome (02:32 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Wilco Kelderman - post-race interview - Stage 15 (00:52 English) — CyclingProNet
Kelderman: heerlijk gevoel dat het eindelijk lekker gaat (03:50 Dutch) — nos
Chris Froome concentrating on Nibali but admits Lopez could become a threat — cw
‘Superman’ López living up to nickname — velonews
Orica-Scott remain committed to aggressive racing — cyclingnews
Froome moves a step closer to overall victory — cyclingnews
Zakarin rides onto Vuelta a Espana podium — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 15 (02:46 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 15 (02:21 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 15 (01:33 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last Km of Stage 15 (01:56 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last 2 Km of Stage 15 (7:00 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
One-Minute Highlights from Stage 15 (00:51 Spanish, restricted to Latin America) — espn
Last 9 Km of Stage 15 (25:31 English) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from Stage 15 (01:20 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 15 (01:47 English) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 15 (01:01 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Stage 15 jersey presentations (02:43 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Résumé - Étape 15 (04:19 French) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 15 (04:19 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Official Stage 15 Highlights (04:19 English) — LaVuelta
64 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 15 — flockton/aso/smith/sirotti
Podcast: Stage 15 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (40:48 English) — cyclingpodcast
Extended Highlights from Stage 15 (52:26 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Stage 15 analysis with Bob Roll (04:48 English) — BobkeTV
Backstage Pass - Stage 15 (10:41 English) — ORICAScott
Timelapse paintings of Stage 15 with artist insights (14:26 English) — SamSmith
GoPro Highlights - Stage 15 (01:29 Ambient) — LaVuelta
6 km to go: Lopez attacks again, Stage 15 (00:20 Ambient) — LaVuelta
20 km to go: A. Yates first over 2nd cat 1, Stage 15 (00:24 Ambient) — LaVuelta
26 km to go: Contador and Lopez attack, Stage 15 (00:30 Ambient) — LaVuelta
27 km to go: Armée is caught by Yates, Stage 15 (00:20 Ambient) — LaVuelta
53 to go - Sander ARMEE crests the cat 1 climb first, Stage 15 (00:28 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Stage 15 preview: Alcalá la Real → Sierra Nevada, 129 km (Mountain)
September 2 update:
Stage 15 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Photos from the Sierra Nevada finish in 2011 — sirotti
Photos from the Sierra Nevada finish in 2009 — sirotti
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 15 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 15 start time: Sunday 13:49 CEST (11:49:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Alcalá la Real, Spain
Earliest live video: 13:49 CEST (11:49:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:30 CEST (3:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Sierra Nevada, Spain
Stage 14 Post-Race Coverage
59 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 14 — flockton/aso/smith/sirotti
Stage 14 Results 1 MAJKA, Rafal (BOH) 4:42:10 2 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 27 3 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 31 4 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 5 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 6 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 7 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 37 8 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 46 9 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 57 10 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 1:03 11 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:13 12 BILBAO, Pello (AST) + 1:19 13 BARDET, Romain (ALM) 14 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) 15 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 16 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 17 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 1:43 18 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 1:49 19 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 2:15 20 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 3:01 21 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 22 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 4:07 23 DE CLERCQ, Bart (LTS) + 4:12 24 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 5:20 25 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) + 5:33 26 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias (FDJ) + 6:09 27 PELLIZOTTI, Franco (TBM) + 6:44 28 CLEMENT, Stef (TLJ) + 6:50 29 PANTANO GOMEZ, Jarlinson (TFS) + 8:16 30 JUNGELS, Bob (QST) 31 EIKING, Odd Christian (FDJ) + 8:20 32 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) + 8:41 33 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 9:31 34 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TLJ) + 9:41 35 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 11:36 36 MOHORIC, Matej (UAD) + 11:48 37 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) 38 YATES, Simon (ORS) + 12:29 39 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) + 13:05 40 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) General Classification after Stage 14 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 58:30:47 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 55 3 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:17 4 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:25 5 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 2:39 6 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 3:09 7 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 3:11 8 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:19 9 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 3:23 10 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 3:48 11 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 5:16 12 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 5:44 13 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 6:09 14 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 6:38 15 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 8:56 16 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 12:46 17 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 15:49Full Official Stage 14 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Majka claims stage 14 at La Pandera — cyclingnews
Rafal Majka: I went full gas like a time trial — cyclingpub
Alberto Contador: I paid the price in the last kilometre — cyclingpub
Chris Froome fends off attacks as Rafal Majka wins stage 14 summit finish — cyclingweekly
Esteban Chaves - post-race interview - Stage 14 (00:06 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Miguel Angel Lopez - entrevista en la meta - 14a etapa (01:10 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Vincenzo Nibali - intervista post-gara - Tappa 14 (00:53 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 14a etapa (1:53 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Nibali: When Froome is isolated, 'it gets much more difficult for him' — cyclingnews
Five talking points from stage 14 of the Vuelta a España — cyclingweekly
Last Km of Stage 14 (01:31 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 14 (01:39 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 14 (4:19 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Last Km of Stage 14 (01:42 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last 6 Km of Stage 14 (22:27 English) — eurosport
Last 7 Km of Stage 14 (26:56 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Official Stage 14 Highlights (04:19 English) — LaVuelta
Stage 14 Highlights (02:31 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Resumen - Etapa 14 (04:19 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Résumé - Étape 14 (04:19 French) — LaVuelta
Winner's Interview from Stage 14 (01:18 English) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 14 (01:25 English) — CyclingProNet
Stage 14 White, Polka Dot jersey presentations (00:28 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Backstage Pass - Stage 14 (07:34 English) — ORICAScott
The winner's toast at his team's dinner celebration (01:57 Ambient)
59 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 14 — flockton/aso/smith/sirotti
Podcast: Stage 14 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (36:21 English) — cyclingpodcast
GoPro Highlights - Stage 14 (01:17 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Bob Roll Stage 14 Recap (06:08 English) — BobkeTV
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 14 (2:30:22 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Timelapse paintings of stage 14 with artist insights (14:02 English) — SamSmith
3.5 km to go: GC group, Stage 14 (00:35 Ambient) — LaVuelta
4 km to go: Maka at the front, Stage 14 (00:26 Ambient) — LaVuelta
14 km to go: steep climb thru Jaen, Stage 14 (00:28 Ambient) — LaVuelta
57 km to go: Team Sky leads the peloton, Stage 14 (00:39 Ambient) — LaVuelta
87 km to go: popsicles and nutty buddies for the team cars, Stage 14 (00:40 Ambient) — LaVuelta
93 km to go: the break up by 7 mins, Stage 14 (00:20 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Joe Dombrowski explains what's in his Vuelta suitcase (01:30 English) — CyclingJournos
Stage 14 preview: Écija → Sierra de la Pandera, 175 km (Mountain)
September 1 update:
Photos from Sierra de la Pandera summit finish in 2009 — siroitti
Froome not afraid of another Formigal-style ambush in Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
Morton's lonely Vuelta debut: Dimension Data down to three riders — velonews
Stage 14 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Vuelta a Espana heads back to the mountains at La Pandera — cyclingnews
Stage 14 Recon: Flecha: All about the suffering (03:01 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 14 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 14 start time: Saturday 12:57 CEST (10:57:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Écija, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:50 CEST (3:50:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Sierra de la Pandera, Spain
Stage 13 Post-Race Coverage
40 Big Photos from Stage 13 — sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 13 Results 1 TRENTIN, Matteo (QST) 4:25:13 2 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) 3 KRAGH ANDERSEN, Søren (SUN) 4 SCHWARZMANN, Michael (BOH) 5 VAN ASBROECK, Tom (CDT) 6 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 7 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 8 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 9 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) 10 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 11 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 12 ARU, Fabio (AST) 13 WOODS, Michael (CDT) 14 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) 15 KONRAD, Patrick (BOH) 16 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 7 17 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 18 MAS BONET, Luis Guillermo (CJR) 19 VLIEGEN, Loïc (BMC) 20 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) 21 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) 22 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) 23 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 24 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 25 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 26 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 27 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 12 28 ROUX, Anthony (FDJ) 29 CLEMENT, Stef (TLJ) + 15 30 MOHORIC, Matej (UAD) 31 GATE, Aaron (ABS) 32 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) + 26 33 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QST) General Classification after Stage 13 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 53:48:06 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 59 3 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 2:13 4 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:17 5 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 2:23 6 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:25 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 2:37 8 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 2:41 9 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:13 10 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 3:58 11 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 4:25 12 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 4:32 13 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 4:48 14 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 5:01 15 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 5:50Full Official Stage 13 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Trentin makes it five for Quick-Step in Tomares — cyclingnews
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 13a etapa (01:57 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Esteban Chaves - entrevista en la meta - 13a etapa (00:44 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Miguel Angel Lopez - entrevista en la meta - 13a etapa (01:01 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Five talking points from stage 13 — cyclingweekly
Chris Froome: I wanted to avoid time splits — cyclingpub
Last Km of Stage 13 (01:23 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 13 (04:06 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last Km of Stage 13 (02:27 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 13 (7:15 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Last Km of Stage 13 (00:39 Dutch, restricted to Belgium) — sporza
Last Km of Stage 13 (01:43 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last 12 Km of Stage 13 (17:41 English) — eurosport
Résumé - Étape 13 (04:12 French) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 13 (04:12 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Official Stage 13 Highlights (04:12 English) — LaVuelta
Stage 13 One-Minute Highlights (01:01 Ambient Noise) — eitb
Stage 13 Highlights (01:54 Ambient, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from Stage 13 (01:13 English) — CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview from Stage 13 (01:06 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Winner's Interview from Stage 13 (01:22 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 13 (02:23 English) — CyclingProNet
Stage 13 jersey presentations (01:39 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
40 Big Photos from Stage 13 — sirotti/aso/smith
Backstage Pass - Stage 13 (04:47 English) — ORICAScott
Podcast: Stage 13 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (40:42 English) — cyclingpodcast
Extended Highlights from Stage 13 (39:27 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
GoPro Highlights from Stage 13 (01:26 Ambient Noise) — VelonCC
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 13 (2:15:07 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Timelapse paintings of stage 13 with artist insights (14:48 English/Music) — SamSmith
31 km to go: Bunch work in the peloton - Stage 13 (00:30 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
66 km to go: Para bailar la bamba! - Stage 13 (00:47 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
99 km to go: 4 men breakaway - Stage 13 (00:35 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Stage 13 preview: Coín → Tomares, 198 km (lumpy)
August 31 update: Stage 13 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Cannondale's Woods on future: ‘I cannot afford to wait’ — velonews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 13 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 13 start time: Friday 12:43 CEST (10:43:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Coín, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:25 CEST (3:25:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Tomares, Spain
Stage 12 Post-Race Coverage
49 Big Photos/Paintings from Stage 12 — sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 12 Results 1 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz (LTS) 3:56:45 2 FRAILE MATARRANZ, Omar (DDD) + 52 3 ROJAS, Jose (MOV) 4 POLJANSKI, Pawel (BOH) 5 CLEMENT, Stef (TLJ) 6 CANTY, Brendan (CDT) + 1:42 7 PEREZ, Anthony (COF) + 2:50 8 POLANC, Jan (UAD) 9 SCHILLINGER, Andreas (BOH) 10 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) + 3:00 11 KONING, Peter (ABS) + 5:03 12 DUVAL, Julien (ALM) + 6:49 13 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 7:25 14 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 7:47 15 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 16 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 17 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 18 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) 19 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 20 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 21 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) 22 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 23 ARU, Fabio (AST) 24 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 25 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) 26 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) 27 WOODS, Michael (CDT) 28 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 29 STETINA, Peter (TFS) 30 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) 31 BILBAO, Pello (AST) + 7:54 32 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) + 8:07 33 POELS, Wout (SKY) 34 THEUNS, Edward (TFS) + 8:14 35 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) 36 PELLIZOTTI, Franco (TBM) + 9:20 37 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 10:48 38 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) 39 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias (FDJ) 40 SUAZA ARANGO, Bernardo (MZN) 41 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) 42 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) 43 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) 44 LOPEZ GARCIA, David (SKY) 45 PEDRERO LOPEZ, Antonio (MOV) 46 MAJKA, Rafal (BOH) + 10:54 47 ROSSETTO, Stéphane (COF) + 12:36 48 FERRARI BARCELO, Fabricio (CJR) 49 VERONA, Carlos (ORS) 50 DOMBROWSKI, Joseph Lloyd (CDT) General Classification after Stage 12 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 49:22:53 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 59 3 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 2:13 4 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 2:16 5 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:17 6 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:18 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 2:37 8 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 2:41 9 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:13 10 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 3:51 11 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 4:25 12 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 13 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 4:41 14 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 4:54 15 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 5:50 16 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 6:19 17 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 7:54 18 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 10:04 19 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 12:31Full Official Stage 12 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Marczynski wins stage 12 — cyclingnews
Froome loses ground after mechanical and crash — cyclingnews
Chris Froome loses time to rivals after stage 12 crash — cyclingweekly
Neutral service motorbike crashes after spectator dives across road — cyclingweekly
Alberto Contador: Today was a better day than what we were expecting — cyclingpub
Stage 12 finish line quotes — cyclingnews
Chris Froome: I'm grateful that I'm not injured — cyclingpub
Tomasz Marczynski: I always dreamed of a solo victory — cyclingpub
Vincenzo Nibali - intervista post-gara - Tappa 12 (02:49 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Omar Fraile - entrevista en la meta - 12a etapa (00:36 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 12a etapa (02:12 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Five talking points from stage 12 — cyclingweekly
Banged-up Froome hangs despite Contador's raid — velonews
Contador snatches back 42 seconds on Froome in fraught finale — cyclingnews
Nieve: Froome isn't too bad after crashes (01:24 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Nibali: no waiting for Froome after Vuelta a Espana crash — cyclingnews
Banged-up Froome hangs despite Contador's raid — velonews
Aqua Blue Sport bus target of arson attack — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 12 (01:36 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 12 (01:05 Spanish, restricted to Latin America) — espn
Last Km of Stage 12 (02:44 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last Km of Stage 12 (01:33 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last 6.5 Km of Stage 12 (16:20 English) — eurosport
Official Stage 12 Highlights (03:52 English) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 12 (04:01 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 12 (02:56 Spanish, restricted to Latin America) — espn
Résumé - Étape 12 (04:01 French) — LaVuelta
Winner's Interview from Stage 12 (01:27 English) — CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview from Stage 12 (01:14 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 12 (01:59 English) — CyclingProNet
Rider pushed off his bike by disruptive fan on Stage 12 (00:30 Ambient)
Podcast: Stage 12 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (35:22 English) — cyclingpodcast
49 Big Photos/Paintings from Stage 12 — sirotti/aso/smith
Extended Highlights from Stage 12 (47:21 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Fan falls in front of motorbike during Stage 12 (01:22 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Backstage Pass - Stage 12 (07:25 English) — ORICAScott
Fan pushed in front of Moto by Policeman causing it to crash, Stage 12 (00:47 Ambient Noise) — BobkeTV
Spectator Pushes over Maxim Belkov on Stage 12 (02:17 Ambient Noise) — BobkeTV
GoPro Highlights - Stage 12 (01:24 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 12 (2:21:54 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Bob Roll Recaps Stage 12 (09:11 English) — BobkeTV
Timelapse paintings of Stage 12 with artist insights (16:45 English) — SamSmith
7 km to go - Chris Froome crashes, switches bikes, crashes again - Stage 12 (00:35 Ambient) — LaVuelta
7 km to go - Chris Froome crashes, switches bikes, crashes again - Stage 12 (01:05 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
20 km to go: Contador attacks from gc group - Stage 12 (00:30 Ambient) — LaVuelta
21 km to go: Marczynski attacks from break, 4 men chasing - Stage 12 (00:31 Ambient) — LaVuelta
26 km to go: Last climb of the day - Stage 12 (00:30 Ambient) — LaVuelta
58 km to go: The breakaway at the top of the Puerto del León - Stage 12 (00:30 Ambient) — LaVuelta
58 km to go: Stage 12 mountain climb (03:18 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
70 km to go: Team Sky is leading the peloton in the first climb - Stage 12 (00:30 Ambient) — LaVuelta
83 km to go: 14 men at the front of the race - Stage 12 (00:23 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Aqua Blue Bus destroyed by fire after arson attack (01:40 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Stage 12 preview: Motril → Antequera, 160 km (Mountain)
August 30 update: Stage 12 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Aqua Blue Sport team bus completely damaged by arson attack — @AquaBlueSport
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 12 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 12 start time: Thursday 13:28 CEST (11:28:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Motril, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (3:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Antequera, Spain
Stage 11 Post-Race Coverage
54 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 11 — sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 11 Results 1 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 5:05:09 2 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) + 14 3 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 4 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 5 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 31 6 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) 7 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 8 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) 9 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) + 1:02 10 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 1:14 11 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:17 12 POELS, Wout (SKY) 13 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) + 1:22 14 BILBAO, Pello (AST) + 1:32 15 ARU, Fabio (AST) 16 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 17 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 2:05 18 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) 19 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) 20 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 21 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 3:26 22 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 3:47 23 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) 24 HAIG, Jack (ORS) 25 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) 26 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 4:04 27 AGUIRRE CAIPA, Hernan Ricardo (MZN) 28 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 4:17 29 PELLIZOTTI, Franco (TBM) + 5:19 30 SOLER GIMENEZ, Marc (MOV) + 5:30 31 DENIFL, Stefan (ABS) + 6:27 32 VISCONTI, Giovanni (TBM) + 7:52 33 SAEZ BENITO, Hector (CJR) + 7:54 General Classification after Stage 11 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 45:18:01 2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 1:19 3 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 2:33 4 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 2:36 5 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:37 6 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:38 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 2:57 8 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 3:01 9 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:55 10 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 4:11 11 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 4:45 12 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 13 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 4:54 14 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 5:01 15 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 6:10 16 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 6:39 17 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 7:47 18 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 9:50Full Official Stage 11 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Miguel Angel Lopez nabs stage 11 — cyclingnews
Stage 11 finish line quotes — cyclingnews
Chaves bemoans difficult (and cold) day (01:06 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Nieve: It's been a really good day for Team Sky (00:30 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Esteban Chaves - Post-race Interview - Stage 11 (00:50 English) — CyclingProNet
Chris Froome: This is a huge step towards securing victory — cyclingweekly
Froome slowly smothering Vuelta — velonews
Nibali aims to animate Vuelta — velonews
Vuelta roundtable: Nibali vs. Froome — velonews
Vincenzo Nibali: Someone has to try to beat Froome — cyclingweekly
Roche: 'My legs were like two blocks of cement' — cyclingnews
Análisis: Miguel A. López ganó la undécima etapa con Mario Sabato (02:20 Spanish) — espn
Contador moves into Vuelta a Espana top-ten overall — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 11 (02:05 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 11 (5:25 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Last 2 Km of Stage 11 (08:00 Dutch) — sporza
Last Km of Stage 11 (01:02 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last Km of Stage 11 (02:15 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 11 (03:04 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last Km of Stage 11 (01:10 Spanish, restricted to Latin America) — espn
Last 9 Km of Stage 11 (20:08 English) — eurosport
Official Stage 11 Highlights (03:52 English) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 11 (03:52 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Résumé - Étape 11 (03:52 French) — LaVuelta
Winner's Interview from Stage 11 (01:12 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 11 (02:19 English) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 11 (01:10 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Stage 11 red jersey presentation (02:30 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Podcast: Stage 11 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (43:57 English) — cyclingpodcast
Stage 11 One-Minute Report (1:12 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
54 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 11 — sirotti/aso/smith
Backstage Pass - Stage 11 (06:49 English) — ORICAScott
Extended Highlights from Stage 11 (47:24 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
GoPro Highlights - Stage 11 (01:28 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 11 (2:03:41 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Timelapse paintings from Stage 11 with artist insights (08:02 English) — SamSmith
1 km to go: Miguel Angel Lopez attacks - Stage 11 (00:24 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
2 km to go: Nibali attacks - Stage 11 (00:31 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
5 km to go: front of the race - Stage 11 (00:32 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
11 km to go: Contador and Nibali attacks - Stage 11 (00:35 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
14 km to go: Last of the break, Atapuma and Bardet - Stage 11 (00:33 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
39 km to go: Sky climbing in front of the bunch - Stage 11 (00:18 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Stage 11 preview: Lorca → Calar Alto, 188 km (Mountain)
August 29 update:
Stage 11 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Chris Froome braced for Alberto Contador attack on stage 11 summit finish — cyclingweekly
Podcast: What will happen to Cannondale-Drapac? (54:55 English) — velonews
The GCN Show: Has Pro Cycling Screwed Itself? (29:56 English) — gcn
Artist recap of Vuelta Stages 1-9 in paintings and new song (03:23 English/Music) — SamSmith
Go[Pro] behind the scenes on rest day 1 (04:13 English) — VelonCC
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 11 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 11 start time: Wednesday 12:28 CEST (10:28:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Lorca, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (3:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Calar Alto, Spain
Stage 10 Post-Race Coverage
38 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 10 — sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 10 Results 1 TRENTIN, Matteo (QST) 3:34:56 2 ROJAS, Jose (MOV) + 1 3 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) + 19 4 JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Jacques (DDD) + 21 5 GENIEZ, Alexandre (ALM) + 56 6 SOLER GIMENEZ, Marc (MOV) + 59 7 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) + 2:22 8 DE MARCHI, Alessandro (BMC) 9 COURTEILLE, Arnaud (FDJ) + 2:40 10 REIS, Rafael (CJR) + 3:05 11 LINDEMAN, Bert-Jan (TLJ) + 3:59 12 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 4:03 13 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 4:32 14 BERNARD, Julien (TFS) 15 REYES ORTEGA, Aldemar (MZN) 16 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) 17 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) 18 POELS, Wout (SKY) 19 YATES, Adam (ORS) 20 TERPSTRA, Niki (QST) 21 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) 22 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 23 AGNOLI, Valerio (TBM) 24 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 25 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 26 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) 27 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 28 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 29 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) 30 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) 31 ARU, Fabio (AST) 32 WOODS, Michael (CDT) 33 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 34 CLEMENT, Stef (TLJ) 35 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 36 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) 37 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 38 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 39 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) 40 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (TLJ) + 5:00 41 SAEZ BENITO, Hector (CJR) + 5:49 42 DENZ, Nico (ALM) 43 NOVAK, Domen (TBM) 44 BILBAO, Pello (AST) 45 PANTANO GOMEZ, Jarlinson (TFS) 46 OLIVIER, Daan (TLJ) 47 PELLIZOTTI, Franco (TBM) 48 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) 49 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TLJ) + 5:59 50 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) 51 STETINA, Peter (TFS) + 7:08 General Classification after Stage 10 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 40:12:44 2 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 36 3 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 4 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 1:17 5 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 1:27 6 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 1:30 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 1:33 8 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:52 9 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 1:55 10 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:15 11 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:31 12 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 3:04 13 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:32 14 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 3:45 15 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 4:09 16 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 4:42 17 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 4:46 18 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 5:54Full Official Stage 10 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Trentin wins stage 10 — cyclingnews
Nicolas Roche: I didn't plan to go on the descent — cyclingpub
Roche sticks 'unplanned' downhill attack to gain time — cyclingnews
Adam Yates: I’m still aiming for GC at Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
Chris Froome: I wasn't prepared to take any risks today — cyclingpub
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 10a etapa (01:57 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
José Joaquin Rojas - entrevista en la meta - 10a etapa (01:46 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Nicolas Roche - post-race interview - Stage 10 (01:12 English) — CyclingProNet
Matteo Trentin - Intervista post-gara - Tappa 10 (01:47 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Froome unfazed by attacks on tricky Vuelta a Espana stage 10 descent — cyclingnews
Roche and van Garderen are BMC’s quiet double-threat — velonews
Nicolas Roche: 'The move wasn't planned, I was just improvising and seeing how it went' — cw
Last Km of Stage 10 (01:31 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 10 (00:43 Spanish, restricted to Latin America) — espn
Last Km of Stage 10 (01:13 Dutch) — nos
Last Km of Stage 10 (02:33 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 10 (01:42 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last Km of Stage 10 (01:03 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last 14 Km of Stage 10 (19:26 English) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from Stage 10 (01:12 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Winner's Interview from Stage 10 (01:46 English) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 10 (01:26 English) — CyclingProNet
Official Stage 10 Highlights (04:09 English) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 10 (04:09 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Résumé - Étape 10 (04:09 French) — LaVuelta
Stage 10 jersey presentations (02:27 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
38 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 10 — sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 10 Report (1:01 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Podcast: Stage 10 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (39:54 English) — cyclingpodcast
Backstage Pass - Stage 10 (06:54 English) — ORICAScott
Extended Highlights from Stage 10 (42:37 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
GoPro Highlights - Stage 10 (01:17 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 10 (1:48:57 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Timelapse paintings of Stage 10 with artist insights (12:44 English) — SamSmith
18 km to go: tricky descent - Stage 10 (00:25 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
25 km to go: the break - Stage 10 (00:21 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Where are Froomey's glasses? - Stage 10 (00:22 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Stage 10 preview: Caravaca de la Cruz → El Pozo Alimentación, 164 km (hilly finish)
August 28 update: Stage 10 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 10 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 10 start time: Tuesday 13:20 CEST (11:20:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Caravaca de la Cruz, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:05 CEST (3:05:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for El Pozo Alimentación, Spain
Monday is the first rest day
August 28 update:Contador: It's been a Vuelta of two halves already — cyclingnews
Alberto Contador - Rest Day 1 Press Conference (19:39 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Alberto Contador: It's turning into an incredible Vuelta for me — cyclingpub
Recon Ride Podcast: Vuelta a España, Rest Day Round-up (28:00 English) — cyclingnews
Chaves: Second week of Vuelta a Espana a voyage into unknown — cyclingnews
Froome says Sky doesn’t have unfair financial advantage — velonews
Valverde rides with Movistar on Vuelta a Espana rest day — cyclingnews
Esteban Chaves: Orica-Scott saved my life — cyclingpub
Chris Froome thrilled with first week at Vuelta a España — cyclingpub
Froome: Budget caps for teams like Sky not the answer to Cannondale-Drapac issues (01:20 English) — CyclingJournos
Froome in command at Vuelta as Contador weighs between GC fight and stage win — cyclingtips
Estaban Chaves Press Conference Interview (00:53 Spanish) — espn
Nibali: Froome has been the strongest and most explosive so far — cyclingnews
Go[Pro] behind the scenes on rest day 1 (04:13 English) — VelonCC
Stage 9 Post-Race Coverage
73 Big Photos from Stage 9 — flockton/aso/smith/sirotti
Stage 9 Results 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 4:07:13 2 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 4 3 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 5 4 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 8 5 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 6 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 12 7 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 8 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) 9 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 14 10 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 11 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 17 12 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 19 13 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 14 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 23 15 PEDRERO LOPEZ, Antonio (MOV) + 27 16 YATES, Adam (ORS) 17 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 29 18 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 55 19 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (ALM) + 1:09 20 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 21 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 1:13 22 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 1:15 23 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TLJ) + 1:17 24 BARDET, Romain (ALM) 25 PELLIZOTTI, Franco (TBM) 26 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) + 1:22 27 BILBAO, Pello (AST) + 1:24 28 POLANC, Jan (UAD) + 1:28 29 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) 30 PANTANO GOMEZ, Jarlinson (TFS) + 1:34 31 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 1:36 32 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) + 1:50 33 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 1:52 34 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) + 1:54 35 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 1:58 36 FERRARI BARCELO, Fabricio (CJR) + 2:01 37 STETINA, Peter (TFS) 38 AGUIRRE CAIPA, Hernan Ricardo (MZN) + 2:18 39 BOL, Jetse (MZN) + 2:31 40 DENIFL, Stefan (ABS) + 2:32 41 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 2:37 42 HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ, Jesus (TFS) 43 SAEZ BENITO, Hector (CJR) + 2:54 General Classification after Stage 9 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 36:33:16 2 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 36 3 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 1:05 4 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 1:17 5 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 1:27 6 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 1:30 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 1:33 8 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:52 9 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 1:55 10 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 2:15 11 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:31 12 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 3:04 13 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:32 14 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 3:45 15 POLANC, Jan (UAD) + 4:07 16 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 4:09 17 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 4:42 18 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 4:46Full Official Stage 9 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Chris Froome wins stage 9 — cyclingnews
Chris Froome asserts his dominance with stage nine victory — cyclingweekly
Michael Woods - post-race interview - Stage 9 (01:05 English) — CyclingProNet
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 9a etapa (01:42 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Esteban Chaves - post-race interview - Stage 9 (02:00 English) — CyclingProNet
Five talking points from stage nine of the Vuelta a España — cyclingweekly
Froome strengthens lead in Vuelta a España with first stage win in a year — cyclingnews
Contador: Repeating 2012 Vuelta a Espana ambush is virtually impossible — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 9 (03:16 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 9 (01:58 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 9 (02:49 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last Km of Stage 9 (02:05 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last 7 Km of Stage 9 (18:32 English) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from Stage 9 (02:03 English) — CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview from Stage 9 (00:59 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Official Stage 9 Highlights (04:09 English) — LaVuelta
Résumé - Étape 9 (04:09 French) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 9 (04:10 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Stage 9 jersey presentations (04:13 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
73 Big Photos from Stage 9 — flockton/aso/smith/sirotti
Stage 9 Report (1:16 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Podcast: Stage 9 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (53:19 English) — cyclingpodcast
Extended Highlights from Stage 9 (25:22 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Backstage Pass - Stage 9 (06:33 English) — ORICAScott
GoPro Highlights - Stage 9 (01:26 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 9 (2:30:51 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Timelapse Paintings from Stage 9 with artist insights + a new song (12:22 English) — SamSmith
500m to go: Froome attacks - Stage 9 (00:32 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
2 km to go: Movistar's Soler attacks on the finishing climb - Stage 9 (00:23 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
6 km to go: break is caught - Stage 9 (00:28 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
16 km to go: two riders at the front - Stage 9 (00:26 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
43 km to go: the break, - Stage 9 (00:30 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
51 km to go: the break - Stage 9 (00:32 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Ludvigsson showboats while catching air (00:10 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
86 km to go - Cannondale-Drapac leading the chase, Stage 9 (00:21 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
91 km to go - Shoe off in the break - Stage 9 (00:46 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Vuelta rider holds shoe in his mouth to switch socks (00:46 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Stage 9 preview: Orihuela → Cumbres del Sol, 174 km (Mountain)
August 26 update:
Stage 9 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Photos from the Cumbre del Sol summit finish in 2015 — sirotti/aso/flocktion
Cannondale-Drapac riders entertaining other offers as team faces uncertain future — cyclingtips
Cannondale-Drapac riders freed from contracts with team's future under threat — cyclingweekly
Vuelta is the final round of Contador vs. Froome — velonews
Julian Alaphilippe's training routine (00:30 Ambient) — @Nicogeay
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 9 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 9 start time: Sunday 13:36 CEST (11:36:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Orihuela, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (3:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Cumbres del Sol, Spain
Stage 8 Post-Race Coverage
83 Big Photos from Stage 8 — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith
Stage 8 Results 1 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QST) 4:37:55 2 POLANC, Jan (UAD) + 2 3 MAJKA, Rafal (BOH) 4 PAUWELS, Serge (DDD) + 26 5 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 28 6 KREDER, Michel (ABS) + 32 7 MONFORT, Maxime (LTS) 8 DE CLERCQ, Bart (LTS) + 34 9 LOSADA ALGUACIL, Alberto (KAT) + 37 10 BUCHMANN, Emanuel (BOH) + 1:04 11 OLIVIER, Daan (TLJ) + 1:06 12 VLIEGEN, Loïc (BMC) + 1:17 13 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 1:27 14 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 15 HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ, Jesus (TFS) 16 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 1:44 17 ARU, Fabio (AST) 18 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 19 POELS, Wout (SKY) 20 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) 21 CHERNETSKI, Sergei (AST) + 1:52 22 CHEVRIER, Clement (ALM) + 1:55 23 YATES, Adam (ORS) 24 WOODS, Michael (CDT) 25 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 26 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 27 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 28 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) 29 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 30 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 31 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 32 CANTY, Brendan (CDT) + 2:12 33 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 2:35 34 YATES, Simon (ORS) 35 BONNAFOND, Guillaume (COF) 36 NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw (UAD) + 2:39 37 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) + 2:48 38 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (ALM) 39 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) 40 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) 41 BARDET, Romain (ALM) 42 SOLER GIMENEZ, Marc (MOV) 43 NOVAK, Domen (TBM) + 3:05 44 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 3:30 45 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TLJ) 46 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) 47 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) 48 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) 49 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 3:42 50 BOL, Jetse (MZN) + 3:53 General Classification after Stage 8 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 32:26:13 2 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 28 3 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 41 4 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 53 5 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 58 6 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 1:06 7 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 1:08 8 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 1:18 9 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:41 10 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 1:57 11 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 2:03 12 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 2:13 13 POLANC, Jan (UAD) + 2:29 14 YATES, Simon (ORS) + 2:34 15 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 2:40 16 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 2:42 17 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:10 18 BOL, Jetse (MZN) + 3:12 19 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 3:23 20 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 3:40 21 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 4:07 22 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 4:29 23 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) + 4:55Full Official Stage 8 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Alaphilippe wins stage 8 — cyclingnews
Alberto Contador Post Stage 8 (00:30 Spanish) — @lavuelta
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 8a etapa (02:17 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Rafal Majka - post-race interview - Stage 8 (00:55 English) — CyclingProNet
Bob Jungels - post-race interview - Stage 8 (00:46 English) — CyclingProNet
David De La Cruz - post-race interview - Stage 8 (00:32 English) — CyclingProNet
Chris Froome extends lead after attacking rivals on stage eight — cyclingweekly
Alaphilippe delivers Quick-Step's third stage win in seven days — cyclingnews
Contador only rider to match Froome — cyclingnews
Froome calls for possible alliance with Contador — cyclingnews
Contador: We are trying to contain Froome (01:55 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Five talking points from stage eight of the Vuelta a España — cyclingweekly
Nibali recognises difficulty of challenging Froome — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 8 (01:34 English) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 8 (02:59 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last Km of Stage 8 (02:45 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 8 (01:56 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last 6 Km Highlights from Stage 8 (02:32 Dutch) — nos
Official Stage 8 Highlights (04:29 English) — LaVuelta
Résumé - Étape 8 (04:29 French) — LaVuelta
Resumen de la etapa 8 (01:36 Basque) — eitb
Resumen - Etapa 8 (04:29 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Winner's Interview from Stage 8 (02:32 French) — CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview from Stage 8 (01:06 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Race Leader's Interview from Stage 8 (01:37 English) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview from Stage 8 (01:10 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Red jersey presentation after Stage 8 (01:45 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Extended Highlights from Stage 8 (31:07 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Podcast: Stage 8 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (39:08 English) — cyclingpodcast
83 Big Photos from Stage 8 — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith
GoPro Highlights - Stage 8 (01:27 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Backstage Pass - Stage 8 (05:29 English) — ORICAScott
Stage 8 Report (00:56 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Timelapse Paintings of Stage 8 with artist insights (07:22 English) — SamSmith
Froome and Contador's epic battle lights up Stage 8 finale (01:57 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
3.5 km to go: Froome attack, Stage 8 (00:30 Ambient) — @lavuelta
5 km to go: Contador attack, Stage 8 (00:25 Ambient) — @lavuelta
5 km to go: the break hits the final climb, Stage 8 (00:33 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
73 km to go: break at a KOM, Stage 8 (00:30 Ambient) — @lavuelta
Stage 8 preview: Hellín → Xorret de Catí, 200 km (Mountain)
August 26 update:
Stage 8 preview: Race returns to brutal climb of Xorret de Cati — cyclingnews
Vuelta Stage 8: --it’s About to Get Real — podiumcafe
Photos from Xorret de Catí finish 2009, Valvarde takes the leader's jersey — sirotti
Photos from Xorret de Catí finish 2010 (good climb photos) — sirotti/reuters
Froome predicts fireworks on weekend's summit finishes — cyclingnews
Chris Froome happy to concede lead to a non-GC contender to lessen team workload — cw
Don’t expect Froome to wait for the Vuelta time trial — velonews
Stage 7 Recon: Eurosport expert tackles the cobbles (02:12 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Stage 8 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Alberto Contador: My last Vuelta is a gift (00:56 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Alberto Contador: Retirement is the right decision (01:41 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Sunweb send Barguil home from Vuelta after disagreements over tactics — cyclingnews
Michael Woods: 'I'm pinching myself sitting on Froome's wheel' — cyclingweekly
Nibali knows patience will pay off in hunt for Vuelta red — velonews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 8 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 8 start time: Saturday 12:34 CEST (10:34:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Hellín, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:15 CEST (3:15:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Xorret de Catí, Spain
Stage 7 Post-Race Coverage
44 Big Photos from Stage 7 — sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 7 Results 1 MOHORIC, Matej (UAD) 4:43:35 2 POLJANSKI, Pawel (BOH) + 16 3 ROJAS, Jose (MOV) 4 DE GENDT, Thomas (LTS) 5 DE MARCHI, Alessandro (BMC) + 27 6 DE TIER, Floris (TLJ) 7 BOL, Jetse (MZN) + 29 8 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 1:21 9 PEREZ, Anthony (COF) + 1:32 10 COURTEILLE, Arnaud (FDJ) 11 REYES ORTEGA, Aldemar (MZN) + 1:35 12 CARAPAZ MONTENEGRO, Richard (MOV) 13 GOUGEARD, Alexis (ALM) + 2:20 14 REIS, Rafael (CJR) + 2:40 15 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 8:38 16 POELS, Wout (SKY) 17 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) 18 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 19 YATES, Simon (ORS) 20 HAIG, Jack (ORS) 21 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) 22 YATES, Adam (ORS) 23 JUNGELS, Bob (QST) 24 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 25 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) 26 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 27 AGNOLI, Valerio (TBM) 28 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) 29 STETINA, Peter (TFS) 30 TOLHOEK, Antwan (TLJ) 31 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) 32 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) 33 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 34 POLANC, Jan (UAD) 35 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 36 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) 37 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 38 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) 39 WOODS, Michael (CDT) 40 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) 41 ARU, Fabio (AST) 42 CLEMENT, Stef (TLJ) 43 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 44 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (ALM) 45 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 46 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 47 VILELA, Ricardo (MZN) 48 BARDET, Romain (ALM) 49 PELLIZOTTI, Franco (TBM) 50 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) General Classification after Stage 7 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 27:46:51 2 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 11 3 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 13 4 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 30 5 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 36 6 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 40 7 BOL, Jetse (MZN) + 46 8 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 49 9 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 50 10 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:13 11 YATES, Simon (ORS) + 1:26 12 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 1:40 13 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) + 1:43 14 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 1:45 15 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 2:14 16 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 2:19 17 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 2:23 18 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 2:26 19 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) + 2:52 20 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 2:55 21 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 2:59 22 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 3:02 23 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) + 3:06 24 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:10 25 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 3:12Full Official Stage 7 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Mohoric wins in Cuenca — cyclingnews
Stage 7 finish line quotes — cyclingnews
Five talking points from stage seven — cyclingweekly
US champion Warbasse out of Vuelta a Espana with fractured hand — cyclingnews
Former U23 world champion Mohoric nets first WorldTour win — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 7 (01:36 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 7 (01:18 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last Km of Stage 7 (02:30 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 7 (03:06 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last 12 Km of Stage 7 (15:33 English) — eurosport
Official Stage 7 Highlights (03:44 English) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 7 (03:44 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Résumé - Étape 7 (03:44 French) — LaVuelta
Winner's Interview from Stage 7 (01:43 English) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 7 (01:12 English) — CyclingProNet
GoPro Highlights - Stage 7 (01:17 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
44 Big Photos from Stage 7 — sirotti/aso/smith
Podcast: Stage 7 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (41:03 English) — cyclingpodcast
Backstage Pass - Stage 7 (05:36 English) — ORICAScott
Extended Highlights from Stage 7 (47:11 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Timelapse Paintings of Stage 7 with artist insights (08:08 English) — SamSmith
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8 km to go: The break, Stage 7 (00:24 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
14 km to go: The break, Stage 7 (00:29 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
94 km to go: Crash as Team Sky drives the pace on Stage 7 (01:06 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Merhawi Kudus goes down on Stage 7 and abandons (01:08 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Stage 7 preview: Lliria → Cuenca, 207 km (lumpy)
August 24 update:Vuelta Stage 7: Mountains [Again] Soon, I Swear — podiumcafe
Stage 7 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Stage 7 preview: Lliria to Cuenca (00:52 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Roche: It’s important for me to prove I can still ride for GC — cyclingnews
Froome refuses to rule Contador out of GC battle — cyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 7 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 7 start time: Friday 12:30 CEST (10:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Lliria, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (3:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Cuenca, Spain
Stage 6 Post-Race Coverage
40 Big Photos and Painting from Stage 6 — sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 6 Results 1 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz (LTS) 4:47:02 2 POLJANSKI, Pawel (BOH) 3 MAS NICOLAU, Enric (QST) 4 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) + 8 5 POLANC, Jan (UAD) 6 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) + 26 7 VISCONTI, Giovanni (TBM) 8 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 9 ARU, Fabio (AST) 10 HAIG, Jack (ORS) 11 ROJAS, Jose (MOV) 12 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 13 YATES, Adam (ORS) 14 POELS, Wout (SKY) 15 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) 16 VILELA, Ricardo (MZN) 17 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 18 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 19 NAVARRO GARCIA, Daniel (COF) 20 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 21 WOODS, Michael (CDT) 22 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) 23 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) 24 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 30 25 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 43 26 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 27 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) 28 YATES, Simon (ORS) 29 KÄMNA, Lennard (SUN) 30 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 31 SKUJINS, Toms (CDT) 32 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) 33 ROSA, Diego (SKY) 34 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) 35 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) 36 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) 37 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) 38 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) 39 BENEDETTI, Cesare (BOH) 40 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 46 41 MAJKA, Rafal (BOH) 42 ARROYO DURAN, David (CJR) 43 PELLIZOTTI, Franco (TBM) 44 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 45 TRENTIN, Matteo (QST) + 48 46 PANTANO GOMEZ, Jarlinson (TFS) + 52 47 OLIVIER, Daan (TLJ) + 4:49 48 PEDRERO LOPEZ, Antonio (MOV) + 5:11 49 EIKING, Odd Christian (FDJ) + 6:52 50 BOL, Jetse (MZN) General Classification after Stage 6 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 22:54:38 2 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 11 3 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 13 4 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 30 5 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 36 6 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 40 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 49 8 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 50 9 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:13 10 YATES, Simon (ORS) + 1:26 11 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 1:28 12 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 1:40 13 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) + 1:43 14 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 1:57 15 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 2:19 16 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 2:23 17 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 2:26 18 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) + 2:52 19 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 2:55 20 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 2:59 21 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 3:02 22 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) + 3:06 23 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:10 24 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 3:12 25 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) + 3:40Full Official Stage 6 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Marczynski wins stage 6 in Sagunto — cyclingnews
Stage 6 finish line quotes — cyclingnews
Chris Froome: 'I didn't need to drop the other guys with Contador' — cyclingweekly
Albert Contador post stage 6 interview (9:19 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Alberto Contador: Maybe later some will regret not taking this chance — cyclingpub
Adam Yates - post-race interview - stage 6 (01:07 English) — CyclingProNet
Five talking points from stage six — cyclingweekly
Alberto Contador puts Chris Froome under pressure on stage 6 — cweekly
Van Garderen slips in Vuelta overall after crashes — velonews
Tejay van Garderen: The injuries are minor and the legs are good — cyclingpub
Contador rattles race favorites in brutal Vuelta a Espana stage — cyclingnews
Jarlinson Pantano - entrevista en la meta - 6a etapa (01:27 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Roundtable: Did Tejay's crash ruin Contador's raid? — velonews
Alberto Contador: I need more help from other teams (02:25 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Alberto Contador 'not mad' at Chris Froome for refusing to help distance rivals — cyclingweekly
Enric Mas - entrevista en la meta - 6a etapa (00:34 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Bardet's Vuelta a Espana hopes evaporate in Valencia — cyclingnews
Froome refuses to rule Contador out of GC battle — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 6 (01:26 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 6 (3:15 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Last Km of Stage 6 (02:20 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Last Km of Stage 6 (00:48 Spanish, restricted to Latin America) — espn
Last Km of Stage 6 (01:57 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last Km of Stage 6 (02:20 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Resumen - Etapa 6 (03:54 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Stage 6 podium ceremony (00:59 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Winner's Interview after Stage 6 (01:33 English) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 6 (01:34 English) — CyclingProNet
Stage 6 red jersey ceremony (01:36 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Official Stage 6 Highlights (03:54 English) — LaVuelta
40 Big Photos and Painting from Stage 6 — sirotti/aso/smith
Podcast: Stage 6 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (36:57 English) — cyclingpodcast
GoPro Highlights - Stage 6 (01:21 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Extended Stage 6 Highlights (46:26 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Backstage Pass - Stage 6 (08:24 English) — ORICAScott
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 6 (11:25 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Time-lapse Painting of Stage 6 with artist insights (10:16 English) — SamSmith
10 km to go: Red Jersey group Stage 6 (00:21 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Tejay van Garderen Crash, Stage 6 (00:14 English) — eurosport
40 km to go: Contador attacks - Stage 6 (00:21 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
41 km to go: Trek-Segafredo accelerates - Stage 6 (00:22 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Stage 6 preview: Vila Real → Sagunto, 204 km (hilly)
August 23 update: Stage 6 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Time-lapse Paintings from Stage 4 with artist insights (11:23 English) — SamSmith
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 6 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 6 start time: Thursday 12:26 CEST (10:26:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Vila Real, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (3:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Sagunto, Spain
Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage
62 Big Photos from Stage 5 — sirotti/aso/smith
Stage 5 Results 1 LUTSENKO, Alexey (AST) 4:24:58 2 KUDUS, Merhawi (DDD) + 42 3 SOLER GIMENEZ, Marc (MOV) + 56 4 MOHORIC, Matej (UAD) + 1:11 5 GOUGEARD, Alexis (ALM) + 1:24 6 HALLER, Marco (KAT) + 1:37 7 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QST) + 1:40 8 BOL, Jetse (MZN) + 2:04 9 MAMYKIN, Matvey (KAT) + 2:18 10 MAISON, Jérémy (FDJ) + 2:31 11 KREDER, Michel (ABS) + 3:20 12 VILLELLA, Davide (CDT) + 4:00 13 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 4:31 14 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 15 WOODS, Michael (CDT) 16 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) 17 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 4:39 18 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 4:42 19 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 20 ARU, Fabio (AST) 21 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 22 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 23 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 4:52 24 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) 25 HAIG, Jack (ORS) 26 YATES, Simon (ORS) 27 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos (MOV) 28 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) 29 AGNOLI, Valerio (TBM) + 4:57 30 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 31 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) + 5:04 32 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 5:05 33 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) + 5:08 34 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 5:10 35 POELS, Wout (SKY) 36 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) + 5:17 37 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 38 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (ALM) + 5:20 39 BARDET, Romain (ALM) 40 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 5:22 41 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) + 5:24 42 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 5:26 43 EIKING, Odd Christian (FDJ) 44 MAS BONET, Luis Guillermo (CJR) 45 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 46 STETINA, Peter (TFS) + 5:33 47 POLANC, Jan (UAD) + 5:39 48 REYES ORTEGA, Aldemar (MZN) + 5:40 49 VILELA, Ricardo (MZN) 50 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COF) + 5:43 General Classification after Stage 5 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 18:07:10 2 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 10 3 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 11 4 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) + 13 5 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 23 6 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 36 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 49 8 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 50 9 YATES, Simon (ORS) + 1:09 10 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:13 11 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 1:28 12 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 1:37 13 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 1:40 14 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) + 1:43 15 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 1:53 16 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos (MOV) + 1:56 17 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) + 2:09 18 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 2:19 19 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 2:23 20 BOL, Jetse (MZN) + 2:29 21 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) + 2:35 22 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 2:38 23 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 2:42 24 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 2:45 25 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 2:52 26 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) + 3:10Full Official Stage 5 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Lutsenko wins on stage 5 — cyclingnews
Alexey Lutsenko takes stage victory, Chris Froome keeps Red — cyclingpub
Alberto Contador - entrevista en la meta - 5a etapa (02:01 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Merhawi Kudus - post-race interview - stage 5 (01:29 English) — CyclingProNet
Adam Yates - post-race interview - Stage 5 (01:18 English) — CyclingProNet
Esteban Chaves - post-race interview - Stage 5 (02:20 English) — CyclingProNet
Froome turns up the power on Vuelta a Espana’s first summit finish — cyclingnews
'We were always in control': Chris Froome comfortable in first mountain defence — cyclingweekly
Van Garderen upbeat after climbing to second overall — cyclingnews
'This is more like it': Alberto Contador happy to show form on summit finish — cyclingweekly
Woods raises his game on Vuelta a Espana's first summit finish — cyclingnews
Chaves rides into podium spot on Ermita Santa Lucía — cyclingnews
Esteban Chaves se metió en el podio de la Vuelta (02:44 Spanish) — espn
We knew Vincenzo Nibali would lose time on 'short and violent' summit finish, says Bahrain director — cw
Last Km of Stage 5 (02:48 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 5 for the GC favorites (00:45 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 5 (7:08 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Last Km of Stage 5 (08:29 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last Km of Stage 5 (01:29 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Last Km of Stage 5 (01:08 Spanish) — espn
Stage 5 Highlights (02:36 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Resumen - Etapa 5 (04:15 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Résumé - Étape 5 (04:15 French) — LaVuelta
Winner's Interview from Stage 5 (01:47 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 5 (01:29 English) — CyclingProNet
Verslag: Stage 5 Highlights (01:00 Dutch) — sporza
62 Big Photos from Stage 5 — sirotti/aso/smith
Podcast: Stage 5 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (41:17 English) — cyclingpodcast
Backstage Pass - Stage 5 (06:39 English) — ORICAScott
Bikecam GoPro Highlights - Stage 5 (01:20 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Official Stage 5 Highlights (04:15 English) — LaVuelta
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 5 (2:39:08 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Time-lapse Paintings of Stage 5 with artist insights (12:41 English) — SamSmith
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30 km to go - The break - Stage 5 (00:21&end=16 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Stage 5 off to a hot start (01:35 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Stage 5 preview: Benicassim → Ermita Santa Lucia, 176 km (Mountain)
August 22 update: Stage 5 Preview: Steep ramps are meat and drink for this race — podiumcafe
Inside The Team Sky Race Hub at the Vuelta (05:39 English) — gcn
Froome: Stage 5 will be tough, but I’m confident (01:05 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Stage 5 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
360 view: Ermita Santa Lucia Alcossebre, Stage 5 finish (02:07 Music) — friedrichhucke
Stetina: Contador’s last Vuelta a Espana is like Michael Jordan’s last game — cyclingnews
'Sprinters are being forced into extinction': Riders and directors have their say on lack of Vuelta sprint stages — cyclingweekly
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 5 start time: Wednesday 13:17 CEST (11:17:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Benicassim, Spain
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:55 CEST (3:55:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Ermita Santa Lucia, Spain
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage
44 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 4 — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith
Stage 4 Results 1 TRENTIN, Matteo (QST) 4:43:57 2 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (TLJ) 3 VAN ASBROECK, Tom (CDT) 4 THEUNS, Edward (TFS) 5 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens (LTS) 6 MODOLO, Sacha (UAD) 7 MANZIN, Lorrenzo (FDJ) 8 KRAGH ANDERSEN, Søren (SUN) 9 REGUIGUI, Youcef (DDD) 10 BOL, Jetse (MZN) 11 VAN GENECHTEN, Jonas (COF) 12 SCHWARZMANN, Michael (BOH) 13 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias (FDJ) 14 OSS, Daniel (BMC) 15 BLYTHE, Adam (ABS) 16 HALLER, Marco (KAT) 17 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 18 ARU, Fabio (AST) 19 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) 20 MAS BONET, Luis Guillermo (CJR) General Classification after Stage 4 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 13:37:41 2 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 2 3 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 4 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 5 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 10 6 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 11 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 38 8 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 39 9 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 48 10 YATES, Simon (ORS) 11 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:13 12 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 1:17 13 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) + 1:22 14 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 1:29 15 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 1:32 16 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos (MOV) + 1:35 17 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) 18 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 1:43 19 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 1:44 20 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) + 1:52Full Official Stage 4 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Trentin wins stage 4 — cyclingnews
Stage 4 finish line quotes — cyclingnews
Five talking points from stage four — cyclingweekly
Trentin completes Grand Tour set of stage wins — cyclingnews
Contador battles on against stomach trouble at Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 4 (01:27 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 4 (5:24 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Last Km of Stage 4 (01:26 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Winning team celebration, Stage 4 (01:10 Ambient) — @lavuelta
Winner's Interview after Stage 4 (01:33 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Winner's Interview after Stage 4 (01:30 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 4 (04:28 English) — CyclingProNet
Résumé - Étape 4 (04:11 French) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 4 (04:11 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Stage 4 Highlights (02:45 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Official Stage 4 Highlights (04:11 English) — LaVuelta
Podcast: Stage 4 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (40:18 English) — cyclingpodcast
44 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 4 — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith
Backstage Pass - Stage 4 (05:53 English) — ORICAScott
Bikecam GoPro Highlights - Stage 4 (01:17 English) — LaVuelta
Extended Stage 4 Highlights (30:45 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 4 (2:18:53 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Time-lapse Paintings of Stage 4 with artist insights (11:23 English) — SamSmith
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20 km to go: Only two riders left from the Stage 4 break (00:26 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
76 km to go: The peloton in the countryside - Stage 4 (00:28 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
110 km to go: 5 riders in the breakaway - Stage 4 (00:21 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Stage 4 preview: Escaldes → Tarragona, 198 km (uphill sprint)
August 21 update:
Stage 4 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Big Photos from the Tarragona stage in 2013 — sirotti
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 4 start time: Tuesday 12:57 CEST (10:57:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Escaldes, AD
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:45 CEST (3:45:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Tarragona, Spain
Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage
51 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 3 — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith
Stage 3 Results 1 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 4:01:22 2 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 3 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 4 BARDET, Romain (ALM) 5 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) 6 ARU, Fabio (AST) 7 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 8 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 9 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (ALM) 10 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 25 11 YATES, Adam (ORS) 12 NIEVE ITURRALDE, Mikel (SKY) 13 YATES, Simon (ORS) + 29 14 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 54 15 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) 16 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 17 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) 18 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) + 1:14 19 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) 20 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) 21 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos (MOV) 22 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 23 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) 24 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (CJR) 25 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) 26 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 1:24 27 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 1:28 28 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 1:39 29 ARMEE, Sander (LTS) 30 ATAPUMA HURTADO, Jhon Darwin (UAD) 31 MORTON, Lachlan (DDD) 32 POELS, Wout (SKY) 33 ROSON GARCIA, Jaime (CJR) 34 POLANC, Jan (UAD) + 2:21 35 AGUIRRE CAIPA, Hernan Ricardo (MZN) + 2:33 36 STETINA, Peter (TFS) 37 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TFS) 38 MAJKA, Rafal (BOH) + 2:35 39 BUCHMANN, Emanuel (BOH) + 2:43 40 DE CLERCQ, Bart (LTS) + 3:36 General Classification after Stage 3 1 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 8:53:44 2 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 2 3 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 4 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 5 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 10 6 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 11 7 ARU, Fabio (AST) + 38 8 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 39 9 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (ALM) + 43 10 BARDET, Romain (ALM) + 48 11 YATES, Simon (ORS) 12 WOODS, Michael (CDT) + 1:13 13 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) + 1:17 14 MORENO, Daniel (MOV) + 1:20 15 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) + 1:22 16 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) + 1:29 17 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) + 1:32 18 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos (MOV) + 1:35 19 ANTON HERNANDEZ, Igor (DDD) 20 MEINTJES, Louis (UAD) + 1:43 21 POELS, Wout (SKY) + 1:45 22 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) + 1:52 23 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) + 1:54 24 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) + 1:56 25 LOPEZ MORENO, Miguel Angel (AST) + 1:57 26 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) + 1:58 27 HAIG, Jack (ORS)Full Official Stage 3 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Vuelta a Espana: Nibali wins stage 3 in Andorra — cyclingnews
Chris Froome delighted to be back in Red — cyclingpub
Las palabras de Esteban Chaves despues de la 3ª etapa (01:26 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Esteban Chaves - Interview after the stage - Stage 3 (01:08 English) — CyclingProNet
Froome new Vuelta leader after coming third in first mountain stage — reuters
Stage 3 finish line quotes — cyclingnews
Vuelta a España: Chris Froome takes lead as Nibali wins stage two — theguardian
Contador: 'I could tell it was going to be a bad one' — cyclingnews
Romain Bardet - interview d'arrivée - 3e étape (00:47 French) — CyclingProNet
Nibali: 'I didn't expect to be this good' on Vuelta's first mountain stage — cyclingnews
Nibali vows to fight for Vuelta overall — velonews
Van Garderen up for Vuelta GC fight — cyclingnews
Andorra stage all but ends Majka's GC aspirations — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 3 (01:42 Ambient) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 3 (5:57 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Last Km of Stage 3 (01:46 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last Km of Stage 3 (03:54 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Winner's Interview from stage 3 (01:51 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 3 (02:36 English) — CyclingProNet
Resumen - Etapa 3 (04:04 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 3 (02:13 Spanish, restricted to Latin America) — espn
Résumé - Étape 3 (04:04 French) — LaVuelta
Official Stage 3 Highlights (04:04 English) — LaVuelta
Stage 3 red jersey winner (00:14 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
51 Big Photos and Paintings from Stage 3 — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith
Bikecam GoPro Highlights - Stage 3 (01:17 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Podcast: Stage 3 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (48:19 English) — cyclingpodcast
Backstage Pass - Stage 3 (04:34 English/Music) — ORICAScott
Extended Stage 3 Highlights (34:01 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
On-Demand Broadcast from Stage 3 (2:24:30 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
One-Minute Tappa 3 Highlights (01:02 Italian) — gazzetta
Time-lapse of the Stage 3 paintings with artist insights (12:59 English) — SamSmith
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8 km to go: Chris Froome attack - Stage 3 (00:25 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
136 km to go: The riders in the break - Stage 3 (00:32 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Riders begin first climb in Vuelta Stage 3 (01:16 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Stage 3 preview: Prades → Andorra, 159 km (Mountain)
August 20 update:
Stage 3 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Aqua Blue Sport feature (11:31 English) — sbs
Insights behind the paintings from the Stage 1 TTT (10:52 English) — SamSmith
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 3 start time: Monday 13:16 CEST (11:16:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Prades, FR
Earliest live video: 13:16 CEST (11:16:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:30 CEST (3:30:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Andorra, AD
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage
29 Big Photos from Stage 2 — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith
Stage 2 Results 1 LAMPAERT, Yves (QST) 4:36:13 2 TRENTIN, Matteo (QST) 3 BLYTHE, Adam (ABS) 4 THEUNS, Edward (TFS) 5 MODOLO, Sacha (UAD) 6 SCHWARZMANN, Michael (BOH) 7 VAN ASBROECK, Tom (CDT) 8 OSS, Daniel (BMC) 9 KONRAD, Patrick (BOH) 10 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) 11 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 5 12 CLARKE, Simon (CDT) 13 MOLANO BENAVIDES, Juan (MZN) 14 HALLER, Marco (KAT) + 8 15 REGUIGUI, Youcef (DDD) 16 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) 17 HOELGAARD, Daniel (FDJ) 18 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QST) 19 ARU, Fabio (AST) 20 FARIA DA COSTA, Rui Alberto (UAD) 21 SANCHEZ, Luis León (AST) 22 DE VREESE, Laurens (AST) 23 MAJKA, Rafal (BOH) 24 BYSTRØM, Sven Erik (KAT) 25 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos (MOV) 26 POELS, Wout (SKY) 27 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz (LTS) 28 WALLAYS, Jelle (LTS) 29 YATES, Adam (ORS) 30 MANZIN, Lorrenzo (FDJ) 31 SKUJINS, Toms (CDT) 32 MAS BONET, Luis Guillermo (CJR) 33 POZZOVIVO, Domenico (ALM) 34 FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR, Ruben (MOV) 35 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 36 VAN GENECHTEN, Jonas (COF) + 13 37 SOLER GIMENEZ, Marc (MOV) 38 ROSA, Diego (SKY) 39 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose (TLJ) 40 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) 41 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) 42 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 43 DE KORT, Koen (TFS) 44 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) 45 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens (LTS) 46 OLIVEIRA, Nelson (MOV) 47 ROJAS, Jose (MOV) 48 BARDET, Romain (ALM) 49 ZAKARIN, Ilnur (KAT) 50 KRUIJSWIJK, Steven (TLJ) General Classification after Stage 2 1 LAMPAERT, Yves (QST) 4:52:07 2 TRENTIN, Matteo (QST) + 1 3 OSS, Daniel (BMC) + 3 4 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay (BMC) + 17 5 ROCHE, Nicolas (BMC) 6 DENNIS, Rohan (BMC) 7 ALAPHILIPPE, Julian (QST) + 18 8 KELDERMAN, Wilco (SUN) 9 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) + 21 10 POELS, Wout (SKY) 11 DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO, David (QST) + 23 12 BARGUIL, Warren (SUN) 13 JUNGELS, Bob (QST) 14 OOMEN, Sam (SUN) 15 KRAGH ANDERSEN, Søren (SUN) 16 KONRAD, Patrick (BOH) + 25 17 CHAVES RUBIO, Jhoan Esteban (ORS) + 26 18 MOSCON, Gianni (SKY) 19 YATES, Adam (ORS) + 29 20 MAJKA, Rafal (BOH) + 33 21 HAIG, Jack (ORS) + 34 22 YATES, Simon (ORS) 23 NIELSEN, Magnus Cort (ORS) 24 NIBALI, Vincenzo (TBM) + 35 25 BETANCUR GOMEZ, Carlos (MOV) + 36 26 MARCZYNSKI, Tomasz (LTS) 27 WALLAYS, Jelle (LTS) 28 FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR, Ruben (MOV) 29 POLJANSKI, Pawel (BOH) + 38 30 BLYTHE, Adam (ABS) + 39Full Official Stage 2 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Lampaert wins stage 2 — cyclingnews
Yves Lampaert in disbelief after stage 2 victory — cyclingpub
Julian Alaphilippe - interview d'arrivée - 2e étape (01:26 French) — CyclingProNet
Adam Blythe Post Stage 2 Interview (01:23 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Lampaert zips away for stage win and overall lead — cyclingnews
Contador says high speed of Vuelta’s first road stage foiled breakaways — cyclingnews
Aqua Blue Sport optimistic about stage win chances after Blythe's near-miss — cw
Chaves impresses on challenging Vuelta a Espana stage into Gruissan — cyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 2 (01:10 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Last Km of Stage 2 (3:22 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Last Km of Stage 2 (01:36 Spanish, restricted to Latin America) — espn
Last Km of Stage 2 (03:03 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Last 2 Km of Stage 2 (02:27 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Winner's Interview from Stage 2 (00:54 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Winner's Interview from Stage 2 (01:14 French) — CyclingProNet
29 Big Photos from Stage 2 — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith
Stage 2 red jersey presentation (00:36 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Stage 2 Finish Line Clip and Podium Ceremony (00:58 Ambient Noise) — eitb
Official Stage 2 Highlights (04:18 English) — LaVuelta
Résumé - Étape 2 (04:18 French) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 2 (04:18 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Bikecam GoPro Highlights - Stage 2 (01:15 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Podcast: Stage 2 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (46:43 English) — cyclingpodcast
Backstage Pass - Stage 2 (05:37 English) — ORICAScott
Extended Stage 2 Highlights (36:47 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Full On-Demand Stage 2 Broadcast (24:56 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
Watch the painting of Stage 2 with artist insights (08:48 English) — SamSmith
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31 km to go: Katusha splits the field - Stage 2 (00:33 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
50 km to go: Train crossing halts the peloton - Stage 2 (00:31 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
75 km to go: Peloton battles the crosswinds - Stage 2 (00:26 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
Dennis delighted to be in red at Vuelta, Pre-Stage 2 (01:57 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Dave Brailsford gives tour of Team Sky's revolutionary race hub (04:27 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Stage 2 preview: Nîmes → Gruissan, 203 km (flat)
August 19 update: Stage 2 Preview w/ Favorites: Sprinters Thrown a Bone — podiumcafe
Stage 2 Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
What it means to ride La Vuelta a España 2017 (02:14 Music/English) — AquaBlueSport
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 2 start time: Sunday 12:43 CEST (10:43:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Nîmes, FR
Earliest live video: 15:00 CEST (1:00:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (3:40:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Gruissan, FR
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage
35 Big Photos from the Stage 1 TTT — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith
BMC win opening team time trial — cyclingnews
Froome off to positive start in Vuelta as BMC win team time trial — reuters
Five talking points from stage one of the Vuelta a España — cyclingweekly
Contador sees good and bad in opening time trial result — cyclingnews
Alberto Contador - intervista en la meta - 1a etapa (01:54 Spanish) — CyclingProNet
Julian Alaphilippe - Interview d'arrivée - 1e étape (01:18 French) — CyclingProNet
Warren Barguil -- Interview d'arrivée - 1e étape (00:47 French) — CyclingProNet
Romain Bardet - Interview d'arrivée - 1e étape (00:37 French) — CyclingProNet
Chris Froome upbeat after putting time into Vuelta rivals in opening team time trial — cw
Rafal Majka: I don’t think five or ten seconds will decide the race — cyclingpub
BMC booms, Froome zooms: Vuelta begins by stating the obvious — velonews
Team Sunweb, Barguil surprised by top team time trial result — cyclingnews
Last Km of the Winning Team from Stage 1 TTT (01:15 Ambient) — @lavuelta
Last Km of the Winning Team from Stage 1 TTT (01:53 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Highlights and Podium Ceremony of the Winning Team from Stage 1 TTT (01:07 Basque) — eitb
35 Big Photos from the Stage 1 TTT — sirotti/flockton/aso/smith
Race Leader's Interview after Stage 1 (02:14 English) — CyclingProNet
Stage 1 Podium Ceremony (01:29 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Stage 1 red jersey presentation (01:12 English, restricted to U.S.) — nbcsports
Resumen - Etapa 1 (04:04 Spanish) — LaVuelta
Resumen - Etapa 1 (04:29 Spanish, restricted to Latin America) — espn
Résumé - Étape 1 (04:04 French) — LaVuelta
Crash: Antwan Tolhoek tumbles after hitting a pothole, Stage 1 TTT (00:10 No Sound) — @raykerckhoffs
Crash: Antwan Tolhoek tumbles after hitting a pothole, Stage 1 TTT (00:44 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Crash! UAE Team Emirates caught out on TTT (00:27 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Official Stage 1 Highlights (04:04 English) — LaVuelta
Backstage Pass - Stage 1 TTT (05:35 Music/English) — ORICAScott
Podcast: Stage 1 Analysis w/ R Moore, L Birnie, D Friebe (46:55 English) — cyclingpodcast
Bikecam GoPro Highlights - Stage 1 (01:19 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
One-Minute Highlights from Stage 1 (1:13 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Full On-Demand Broadcast: Stage 1 (1:46:00 English, restricted to Australia) — sbs
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Vueltas moment of silence for Barcelona victims before Stage 1 (00:47 English, U.S. only) — nbcsports
Quick-Step warming up for the short but technical stage 1 TTT (00:23 Ambient) — @quickstepteam
ORICA-SCOTT warming up for the Stage 1 TTT (00:10 Ambient) — @OricaScott
BMC Racing warming up for the Stage 1 TTT (00:30 Ambient) — @BMCProTeam
Team Dimension Data Stage 1 start down the ramp (00:11 Ambient) — @TeamDiData
Movistar Stage 1 start down the ramp (00:26 Ambient Noise) — LaVuelta
BORA – hansgrohe from the team car, Stage 1 TTT (00:25 Ambient) — @BORAhansgrohe
Lotto Soudal TTT ride through the Nimes arena, Stage 1 (00:10 Ambient) — @cycling_podcast
Cannondale Drapac finishing the Stage 1 TTT (00:25 Ambient) — @lavuelta
Alberto Contador: El Pistolero's last shot (01:32 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Stage 1 preview: Nîmes, 13.7 km (TTT)
August 19 update: Stage 1 Preview | Nîmes Team Time Trial (04:28 English) — gcn
Stage 1 TTT Start Order and Times (CET) — lavuelta
Stage 1 Preview with Favorites — podiumcafe
Arranca una vuelta con grandes nombres (1:01 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.
Stage 1 start time: Saturday 17:25 CEST (3:25:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Nîmes, FR
Earliest live video: 17:25 CEST (3:25:00 PM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 19:08 CEST (5:08:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Nîmes, Spain
2017 Vuelta a España Teams Presentation
August 18 update:
60 Big Photos from Pre-Race and the Teams Presentation — flockton/aso
A minute of respect at the opening ceremony of lavuelta for the lives lost in Barcelona (00:30 Ambient) — @CajaRural_RGA
Team Sky during the teams presentation (00:30 Ambient) — @TeamSky
Alberto Contador was honored at the teams presentation - career highlights (01:10 Ambient) — @lavuelta
60 Big Photos from Pre-Race and the Teams Presentation — flockton/aso
On-Demand Teams Presentation (1:00:26 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Highlights: Presentacion de La Vuelta a España 2017 (35:41 Spanish) — rtve
2017 Vuelta a España Preview
August 18 update:
How to Legitimately Watch Live or DVR the Vuelta a Espana from the United States — steephill.tv
Contador: I’m at the Vuelta to fight for it and to enjoy it — cyclingnews
Contador’s promises one more fight — velonews
Team Sky to use giant expandable trailer — velonews
The running man heads to the Vuelta a Espana - Q&A with Michael Woods — cyclingnews
Froome reflects on racing with Contador (01:27 English) — velonews
Chris Froome pre-race interview (04:29 English) — CyclingProNet
Chris Froome pre-race interview (00:45 English) — cyclismactu
Warren Barguil - interview avant la course (02:15 French) — CyclingProNet
Romain Bardet - interview avant la course (02:43 French) — CyclingProNet
Vincenzo Nibali pre-race interview (01:55 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Fabio Aru pre-race interview (02:31 Italian) — CyclingProNet
Who will win the Vuelta? A look at the contenders — velonews
Chris Froome: There are no quiet days for the GC hopefuls at the Vuelta — cyclingnews
The contenders – who can stop Chris Froome? (01:37 English, restricted to Europe) — eurosport
Alberto Contador: Chris Froome and Vincenzo Nibali are the favourites — cyclingweekly
Bardet: The Vuelta is a voyage into the unknown — cyclingnews
Alberto Contador pre-race press conference (01:20 Spanish) — cyclismactu
60 Big Photos from Pre-Race and the Teams Presentation — flockton/aso
Vuelta a España Preview — inrng
Alberto Contador pre-race press conference (07:41 Spanish) — CiclismoaTope
Arranca una vuelta con grandes nombres (1:01 Spanish, restricted to Spain) — rtve
Nibali and Aru: Finally rivals at the Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
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August 17 update:
Samuel Sanchez positive for hGH-stimulating peptide — velonews
GCN's Vuelta a España Preview Show 2017 (12:49 English) — gcn
Official Startlist w/ Bib Numbers — steephill.tv
Why isn't Tom Dumoulin racing the Vuelta? Team Sunweb prioritise long-term Tour success — cw
'It was a total surprise': Samuel Sanchez insists he has a 'clear conscience' after positive test — cw
Barguil aiming to continue Tour success at the Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
Commentary: This Vuelta is Froome's to lose — velonews
August 16 update:
Vuelta a España'17: The PEZ Preview! — pezcyclingnews
Where the Vuelta will be won: Spanish grand tour on a slow boil — velonews
Chris Froome: 'Vincenzo Nibali is my biggest rival for the Vuelta title' — cyclingweekly
Recon Ride Podcast: Vuelta a España Preview (45:54 English) — cyclingnews
Podcast: Vuelta a Espana Preview (1:10:37 English) — horsdelai
Vuelta a Espana set to define Aru's season and future — cyclingnews
Seven things to look out for at the Vuelta a España 2017 — cyclingweekly
Podcast: This year's best grand tour; Colorado Classic wrap (51:01 English) — velonews
Overall Preview with Favorites — ciclismointernacional
Dombrowski to lead Cannondale-Drapac at the Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
August 15 update:
Podcast: Contador prepares to hang up the wheels (28:57 English) — cyclingnews
Froome has "unfinished business" at the Vuelta — velonews
10 riders to watch: Vuelta a Espana 2017 (05:51 English) — cyclingnewstv
Christopher Froome interview before Vuelta a España (06:30 English) — CyclingProNet
Zakarin leads Katusha-Alpecin at Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
Stage wins the focus for Vuelta debutants Aqua Blue Sport — cyclingnews
August 14 update:
Vuelta a Espana: Poels, Rosa and Nieve to back Chris Froome — cyclingnews
Team Sky announce their Vuelta team (00:50 No Sound) — @TeamSky
Froome: The Vuelta is a race I love but it's relentless — cyclingnews
Trek-Segafredo name starting nine for Alberto Contador's final Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
Chaves and Yates brothers headline Orica-Scott team at Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
Movistar name Soler and Betancur in youthful Vuelta a Espana line-up — cyclingnews
Movistar announce their Vuelta team (00:27 Music) — @Movistar_Team
BMC going into Vuelta a Espana without a clear GC leader — cyclingnews
Tejay van Garderen and Rohan Dennis to ride free roles at Vuelta a España 2017 — cyclingweekly
Betancur: It's still within me to be a contender — cyclingnews
August 11 update:
Barguil and Kelderman lead young Sunweb team into Vuelta — cyclingnews
Majka to lead Bora-Hansgrohe as Konig's woes continue — cyclingnews
Hansen added to Lotto Soudal roster as Vuelta a Espana replacement — cyclingnews
August 10 update:
Vuelta a Espana call up for neo-pro Chris Hamilton — cyclingnews
Vincenzo Nibali hitting form ahead of Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
August 9 update:
Vuelta-bound Nibali promises to fight for victory — velonews
August 7 update:
Alberto Contador retirement announcement (02:00 Spanish/English)
Alberto Contador to retire after Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
August 4 update:
Provisional Startlist w/ alternates — steephill.tv
Hansen's run of successive Grand Tours to come to an end at 18 — sbs.au
August 3 update:
Bardet to race Vuelta a Espana — cyclingnews
August 1 update:
Fabio Aru confirmed as Astana leader for upcoming Vuelta a España — cyclingweekly
July 28 update:
Changes made to key Vuelta a Espana stages — cyclingnews
 
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Froome confirms Vuelta bid, chasing rare grand tour double — velonews
Chris Froome to ride La Vuelta a España — cyclingpub
Contador eyes Vuelta a Espana after Tour disappointment — cyclingnews
July 18 update:
Vuelta phasing out podium girls for ‘elegant’ option — velonews
July 11 update:
Vuelta unlikely for Sagan, all eyes on worlds three-peat — velonews
June 28 update:
Organisation: Several Grand Tour winners to start Vuelta — cyclingpub
January 12 update:
Vuelta a Espana 2017 set to introduce more high-mountain summit finishes — cyclingnews
Analysis: Vuelta's easier first week could heavily influence overall race — cyclingnews
Vuelta a Espana 2017 route presentation - Gallery — cyclingnews
Valverde on 2017 route: 'It's a climber's course, no doubts about that' — cyclingnews
August 14 update:
Valverde: 2017 Vuelta 'no place for TT specialists who climb just well' — velonews
Video highlights/archived coverage from previous years
Race History with Past Winners — wikipedia
Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage
August 14 update: A work in progress for 2017 Vuelta a España live and delayed coverage. Most live feeds will be country restricted, but unrestricted links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for more links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Steve
Women's Madrid Challenge 2017: race info and startlist — madridchallengebylavuelta
Live video for Women's Madrid Challenge starts Sunday at 5:30 AM ET
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2017 Vuelta a España Route Map
Stage maps are posted in the race summary table.