If you like to witness cyclists struggling on mountain stages, you'll need to check in early with the 2007 Vuelta a Espana.
Instead of opening with a week for the sprinters, the three-week-long Tour of Spain — September 1-23 — boasts a mountaintop finish on the difficult Lagos de Covadonga on the fourth day.
In all, the Vuelta route announced today boasts seven mountain stages, four mountaintop finishes, and two time trials as it spins for 2,009 miles clockwise …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2006/12/13/2007-vuelta-a-espana-route-announced/
Imagine this scene, cycling fans.
A laboratory full of people — technicians in white lab coats, bicycle team sponsors, maybe a cyclist or two, and at least one lawyer and a few other suits standing around.
On a table in front of them sits, what, a test tube (?) filled with a yellowish liquid.
The vial holds the final results of this year's Vuelta …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/11/21/cyclist-roberto-heras-day-in-the-lab-tyler-hamilton-case-slated/
You probably wouldn't leave either of these bicycles tethered with a cheap lock and cable outside the neighborhood Starbucks.
Bicycles associated with 7-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong and 4-time Vuelta a Espana winner Roberto Heras are being auctioned this month to raise money for charity. …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/10/14/two-bikes-that-might-never-leave-the-driveway/
Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras took home a record fourth championship from the Vuelta a Espana in 2005.
The mountain specialist had shared three wins with Swiss cyclist Tony Rominger, but gained the fourth victory with a decisive mountain stage where he finally shook Russian Denis Menchov from his back wheel.
Heras, riding for Liberty Seguros, didn't fare so well in …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/20/heras-sets-vuelta-record/
Spanish cyclist Roberto Heras finished more than 15 minutes behind the winner of Friday's stage in the Vuelta a Espana, but still sat comfortably in the lead.
The 88-mile bicycle race to Alcobendas ended in a three-way sprint to the finish won by 21-year-old Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner). He was a part of an early breakaway of low-ranked riders that survived the …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/16/young-cyclist-wins-vuelta-stage-heras-leads-overall/
Danish cyclist Nicki Sorenson won the last mountainous stage in the Vuelta a Espana bicycle race, barely out-sprinting a three-man contest for the finish line in Avila on Thursday.
Sorenson, cycling for CSC, Javier Rodriguez (Comunidad Valenciana) and Jose Acosta (Illes Balears) were the remnants of a 17-man breakaway early in the 122-mile race …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/15/danish-cyclist-wins-last-mountainous-vuelta-stage/
Spanish cyclist Carlos Garcia Quesada the 102-mile 17th stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday.
The rider from Comunidad Valenciana jumped onto the last breakaway of the day and attacked on a solo run for the last 13 miles to the finish in La Granja de San Ildefonso.
Francisco Mancebo, sitting in 4th place overall, finished less than a …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/14/quesada-wins-vuelta-stage-heras-holds-overall-lead/
Even with the best team tactics, it all comes down to the sprinter at the finish line.
Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi, looking for his 5th win at the Vuelta a Espana, couldn't quite pass fellow countryman Paolo Bettini in a 20-man sprint in Valladoid.
Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo team set up a five-man train to the finish, but crafty Bettini …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/13/bettini-takes-petacchi-in-the-sprint-at-vuelta/
Spaniard cyclist Roberto Heras used the last serious mountain stage in the Vuelta a Espana to knock off Russian Denis Menchov, who had led the Grand Tour for the past 6 stages.
The 3-time winner of the 3-week Spanish bicycle road race attacked on a steep climb about 27 miles from the end, and with the help from Liberty Seguros teammates …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/11/heras-drops-menchov-and-takes-vuelta-lead/
Spanish cyclist Eladio Jimenez joined a breakaway of 12 other bicyclists some 16 miles into Saturday's Vuelta a Espana stage.
He clung to the lead all the way to the finish of the 107-mile race, keeping up his pace as the others dropped off the 9-mile climb up the average 6.5% grade — tilting to 13% in places — to …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/10/breakaway-cyclist-wins-vuelta-stage-menchov-leads-overall/
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