The 2007 Vuelta al Pais Vasco/Tour of the Basque Country will feature a star-studded line-up of Spanish climbers and a parcours to match, with 35 categorised climbs spread over 863km of racing. Among ...

He did it again! The Illes Baleares sprinter who climbs, who does just about anything, including playing super domestique to the race leader all day. Alejandro Valverde, came from nowhere, yet again, ...

The second Hors Categorie Tour of the year commences in Bergara, Guipuzkoa, with confirmation that Joseba Beloki would be riding and seeking to do something special for his home town of Lazkao, the ...

Thomas Voeckler (R) beats Jens Voigt to win the fifth stage. Gutsy French rider Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) has scored his first victory of 2006 by beating German hard man Jens Voigt (CSC) in a ...

Alejandro Valverde came out on top in a nail biting finish to win the third stage of the Itzulia in the Basque capital of Vitoria-Gasteiz this afternoon. Valverde just beat CSC's Giovanni Lombardi to ...

Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) has scored his second stage victory in a row in the Vuelta a Pais Vasco, beating Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros) in a small group ...

While all eyes were elsewhere, Danilo Di Luca of Liquigas benefited from the good work of his team and a great lead out by teammate Franco Pellizotti to take a fast and competitive first stage of the ...

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) has won the fourth stage of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in a bunch sprint, beating Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner). Sanchez maintained the ...

In the last few years Spanish bike maker Orbea has grown from a small regional manufacturer to a challenger on the world stage. Under the Euskaltel-Euskadi team Orbea bikes have been ridden to Tour ...

A couple of months ago, James Huang reported on the progress of a Cyclingnews project to get to the bottom of the wheel size debate in mountain biking. Advocates of the newer '29-inch' size (based on ...

A large French-based chain of sports stores, Décathlon isn't the sort of brand you immediately associate in the same company as Colnago and Look. But since the start of its association with the AG2r ...

Alberto Contador of Team Astana put forth his best effort to take back what he lost earlier, but in the end the day belonged to two other Spaniards. Antonio Colom of Katusha outsprinted Contador for ...