MADRID (AFP) -- The course for the 2024 Vuelta a Espana was announced on Tuesday, Dec. 19, the 79th edition of the race will start in Portugal on August 17 and end September 8 in Madrid. The riders will get underway with a 12 km time trial in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, which in 1997 was the...
BARCELONA (AFP) -- American rider Sepp Kuss claimed his first Grand Tour victory in the Vuelta a España on Sunday, Sept. 17, in Madrid, which he described as "life-changing", as his team Jumbo-Visma completed an unprecedented treble. Overall leader Team Jumbo-Visma's US rider Sepp Kuss...
BARCELONA (AFP) -- Sepp Kuss virtually clinched Vuelta a España victory on Saturday, Sept. 16, as he maintained his overall lead before the ceremonial finale, while Wout Poels won stage 20 in a sprint finish ahead of Remco Evenepoel. Team Jumbo-Visma's US rider Sepp Kuss celebrates after...
ISCAR (AFP) -- Italian Alberto Dainese edged out compatriot Filippo Ganna in a bunch sprint to win stage 19 of the Vuelta a España on Friday, Sept. 15, as Sepp Kuss maintained his overall lead. Team Dsm's Italian rider Alberto Dainese celebrates winning the stage 19 of the 2023 La Vuelta cycling...
Team Jumbo's Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic holds his bike up as he celebrates with teammates after winning the 21st and final stage of the 2021 La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain, a 33.8 km time-trial race from Padron to Santiago de Compostela, on September 5, 2021. (Photo by MIGUEL RIOPA / AFP)...
Team Jumbo rider Slovenia's Primoz Roglic wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey rides during the 19th stage of the 107th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 160 km between Bourg-en-Bresse and Champagnole, on September 18, 2020. (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) Cycling's final 21-day...
Team Jumbo's Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic celebrates on the podium after winning the 2020 La Vuelta cycling tour of Spain at the end of the 18th and final stage, a 124,2-km race from the Zarzuela racecourse to central Madrid, on November 8, 2020. (Photo by OSCAR DEL POZO / AFP) Slovenia's...
