A Colombian cyclist celebrated too soon in Friday's stage of the Vuelta a Espana when he confused the King of the Mountains marker for the finish line.
Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Davitamon) raised his arms in victory about 200 yards from the finish, but Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) raced past and won the stage. “Sanchez just looked back and laughed,” according to …
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Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi continued to rack up wins at the Vuelta a Espana on Thursday, posting stage victory #4 this year and the 16th in his career.
The overall standings remain unchanged, with Denis Menchov (Rabobank) in 1st, followed by Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) 47 seconds behind and Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) in 3rd, trailing 1-minute and …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/08/petacchi-wins-again-at-vuelta-bike-race/
Except for the lone Russian in the leader's golden jersey (Denis Menchov, left), the Spaniards controlled the Vuelta a Espana bicycle race Tuesday in the Pyrenees.
Roberto Laiseka of Euskaltel-Euskadi won the 119-mile stage from Andorra to Cerler, but he had five riders with him …
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The top 3 cyclists in the Vuelta a Espana battled for the stage win at the mountaintop finish at Ordino Arcalis on Monday with Spaniard Francisco Mancebo beating his rivals.
Mancebo (Illes Balears) outsprinted overall race leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and 3-time Vuelta champ Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) to the finish of the 128-mile bicycle course that crested two Category-1 and one …
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Russian Denis Menchov won the individual time trial in the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday, beating Spaniard Roberto Heras to take back the overall lead.
Meanwhile, American rider Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) climbed up to 5th place overall, taking a seat 3-minutes 7-seconds behind Menchov.
Menchov, riding for Rabobank, had won the leader's gold jersey last Saturday in …
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In a carbon copy of two earlier stages in the Vuelta a Espana bicycle race, Alessandro Petacchi is led out by his Fassa Bortolo teammates and wins Stage 8.
The only difference in Saturday's finish at Lloret de Mar was that sprinter Thod Hushovd actually had the wheel of the last Fassa Bortolo leadout man and Petacchi had to pass him to …
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Dutch cyclist Max Van Heeswijk, left, won the 7th stage of the Vuelta a Espana, beating the likes of Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) and Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto).
The 131-mile race from Teruel to Vinaros covered rolling terrain, nothing like the mountains the past two days. It ended in a mass sprint led out by Fassa Bortolo, although its chief sprinter Alessandro …
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Three-time Vuelta a Espana winner Roberto Heras, left, won the mountaintop finish on Thursday and gained the leader's gold jersey in Spain's Grand Tour bicycle race.
A couple of steep climbs on the 134-mile course from Cuenca to Valdelinares completely rearranged the general classification standings for the cyclists as the climbers took over from the sprinters.
Danish cyclist Jakob Piil …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/09/01/heras-wins-stage-and-leaders-jersey-in-vuelta-a-espana/
It was a case of timing in the town of Cuenca on Wednesday, and Norway's Thor Hushovd timed his sprint to the finish exactly right to win the fifth stage of the Vuelta a Espana.
The Credit Agricole cyclist, who has been among the top finishers the previous two days, hung back as the other top sprinters battled for position …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/08/31/hushovd-sprint-win-at-vuelta-danielson-in-top-10/
Tuesday's 143-mile stage of the Vuelta a Espana bicyce race boiled down to this:
The Fassa Bortolo team delivers cyclist Alessandro Petacchi to the vicinity of the finish line. Petacchi outlasts rival sprinters Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) to win the stage.
Four stages into the three-week bicycle race across Spain, and Petacchi already has two stage wins. The …
Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2005/08/30/petacchi-cycles-to-second-win-at-vuelta/
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