2013 Vuelta a Espana

Cam Wurf’s Vuelta Wrap-up: why Horner deserved the win

As you all would have seen Cameron Wurf provided a daily diary for us during the Vuelta a Espana. Cam’s updates gave us a glimpse into the ups and downs of racing a Grand Tour. In Cam’s final piece he talks about why Chris Horner is a deserving winner and gives us some insight into […]

The Vuelta a España through the lens of Kei Tsuji

The 68th edition of the Vuelta a España concluded on Sunday and spent the past three weeks traversing Spain in an anti-clockwise direction. The riders covered more than 3,300km and history was made with 41 year old Chris Horner emerging as the oldest winner of a Grand Tour ever.

Horner wins the Vuelta … but what should we believe?

Yesterday Chris Horner rolled into Madrid to win the Vuelta a Espana, and in doing so became the oldest rider ever to win a Grand Tour. In fact, at nearly 42 years old, he’s more than five years older than the next oldest, Firmin Lambot, who won the Tour de France way back in 1922. […]

Cam Wurf’s Vuelta Diary - Next stop, Madrid!

Stage 20 of the Vuelta was considered to be the final real stage before tomorrow’s parade into Madrid. Everyone who arrives at the finish today, barring mishap, tomorrow should finish this year’s Vuelta a Espana. They certainly designed a hum-dinger of a stage and everyone in the bunch knew there would be no free kilometers […]

Cam Wurf’s Vuelta Diary - New buddy in the bunch

Today our team manager had one simple demand of us: don’t miss the breakaway! Miss it and your chasing it!! So with that, we all knew it was easier for us to be in everything that went up the road than have to chase it all back. The team shared the load of following all […]

Cam Wurf’s Vuelta Diary - a ticking time bomb

Today was a ticking time bomb after our day of leisure yesterday. The peloton was full of beans and the wind was blowing just hard enough that if a team wanted to blow the race to bits, the opportunity was there for the taking. However, there is always hesitation to be the team who turns […]

La Vuelta backstage by Saxo Bank - stage 15: Racing The Plan

Team Saxo-Tinkoff wanted revenge at stage 15. Therefore a master plan was made.

Cam Wurf’s Vuelta Diary - a short but tough stage

Today is the final stage before the rest day. It was nearly 100km shorter than yesterday with only three climbs on the menu - none which were overly steep, but just steep enough for a strong team to absolutely decimate a peloton with some ferocious pace-setting. The only thing missing was a team with the […]

Stage 16 report: Vuelta tipping competition presented by CyclingExpress.com

Stage 16 of the Vuelta a España has been run and won and the results are now in for our Vuelta tipping competition. Byron Davy from Velotipper.com gives us the latest.

Cam Wurf’s Vuelta Diary - Survival mode

The queen stage of any grand tour is always meant to present the greatest challenge to the peloton. For me, that was certainly the case. From the first kilometer I was suffering and with the 224km stage culminating atop the Col de Peyresourde, the suffering didn’t end until I crossed the finish line. I would […]