Andrew Hood

Quick Step's Ilan Van Wilder: 'No need to panic. Remco didn't lose 15 minutes.'

Ecuadorian climber wins on perfectly timed winning attack at La Pandera.

Report: Spanish cycling federation considering sanctioning riders who refuse to race worlds or not even sending a team to Wollongong.

Vuelta race leader says he's not reading the Belgian papers as he heads into decisive GC weekend.

USA Cycling qualified six starting spots for Australia for the elite men's road race.

Froome lost the 2016 Vuelta after a raid to Formigal, but delivered a stunning reversal to win the 2018 Giro d'Italia.

Back-to-back climbing stages present opportunity and danger for Vuelta GC favorites.

After a rough spring, a victory would have come in handy for the 28-year-old.

Dane comes through for win after three second places: 'It was up to me to deliver it in the end.'

Evenepoel says Juan Ayuso's presence in the Vuelta is 'risky' and vows to keep distance from Spanish rider who is infected with COVID-19.

Two-time champ says Vuelta is Evenepoel's to lose going into decisive weekend.

Primož Roglič on staying close: 'Hopefully I can improve a bit.'

Racing with a bloodied knee and a torn jersey, the Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl rider brushed off a potentially dangerous spill to defend red.

Ecuadorian attacks to victory to heal GC disappointment in Vuelta a España.

Retiring star vows to help Enric Mas push for the final podium.

It appeared the Vuelta race leader was not seriously injured and he chased back to the main GC group.

Evenepoel hit a pre-Vuelta training camp in Calpe to get used to Spain's summer heat and humidity.

World champion's exit leaves Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl down to six riders to defend red.

Evenepoel is in pole position to become Belgium's first grand tour winner since Johan De Muynck won the Giro d'Italia in 1978.

Race leader Remco Evenepoel loses a key helper after world champion transported away in an ambulance.

McNulty on bad luck: 'It's been a really good season. it's hard now, but I hope to get back to winning soon.'

Yates climbs into fifth overall while Craddock hits his second top-10 of the 2022 Vuelta.

With his first career grand tour stage win in the bag, Evenepoel and Quick-Step turn their attention to finishing off the 2022 Vuelta.

Three-time defending champion moves up, but cedes 48 seconds and drops to 2:41 back.

Colombian climber struggling to meet expectations: 'I feel like I let the team down.'

Vuelta a Hoody: Putting Evenepoel’s stunning performance into context.

Movistar climber vows to go down swinging: 'We don't know if Remco will blow up or not.'

Movistar climber defends second but it proves costly: 'I went too deep trying to follow Remco.'

Evenepoel tightens grip on red jersey: 'I had the legs to go full throttle.'

DS Niermann on Roglič: 'He is not 100 percent but he is close and still in the fight.'

Young Spanish national champion is impressing so far in his Vuelta debut.

Spanish manager speaks about his role in the 'Operación Puerto' doping scandal and why he never came back to the peloton.

Spanish grand tour rookie Carlos Rodríguez is leading the powerful Ineos Grenadiers lineup after a week of racing.

Evenepoel: 'We showed today what a real GC team is all about.'

Evenepoel's stock is rising among his direct rivals as Ineos Grenadiers loses two of its GC options Saturday.

For every winner, there are plenty of regrets and frustration across the peloton.

Matteo Tosatto says 'the legs will decide' who will be the GC leader at British squad.

Evenepoel says he hopes to carry red into next week's individual time trial.

American climber plays down losses to Remco Evenepoel in decisive GC salvo.

AG2R-Citroën loses two riders after Jaakko Hanninen and Andrea Vendrame test positive for COVID-19.

Tour de France stage-winner Hugo Houle will also start as Canadian races are back on calendar after two-year stop.

Froome impressed with Valverde's consistency: 'He can sustain a high level all season long.'

Vine on first pro win: 'It was a dream come true, even more so because I've been so close so often.'

Evenepoel compares the red jersey to his victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège: 'My first leader's jersey is an amazing feeling.'

The 19-year-old Ayuso dropped the favorites Thursday in stage 6 to climb into the top-5 overall.

The three-time Vuelta winner couldn't match Evenepoel, Mas or Ayuso on the late attacks on Pico Jano.

Evenepoel accelerates away from direct GC rivals on Pico Jano: 'I’ve been focusing on this the past two or three months.'

Norwegian climber continued in the race in what's his first grand tour since a devastating spill in 2021 that nearly ended his career.

Australian relishing chance to test form on final climb.

The riders will tackle the first major mountain stage of this year's race with two more to come at the weekend.

Craddock on racing through a sea of Basque fans: 'I will remember that for a long time.'

The victory is Spain's first stage in any grand tour since Ion Izagirre in the 2020 Vuelta.

Jumbo-Visma DS: 'We are in the right place right now.'

Basque-backed team racing with pride and ambition on 'home roads' in quest in return to glory.

Craddock talks Yates, time bonuses, and the team's chase for UCI points in this exclusive interview.

Belgian star says it was 'mission accomplished' in first major GC tussle at the Spanish grand tour.

O'Connor takes long view on Vuelta GC battle: 'You don't want to burn your matches early.'

Movistar's Alejandro Valverde is backing Mas: 'To finish third here today is a sign that he’s feeling strong.'

Roglič cautions despite early warning flare: 'It's just the beginning of the Vuelta.'

Froome on ambitions: 'I hope to target one or two stages in the back end of the Vuelta.'

A winner in 2010, Nibali hoping to go out with a Vuelta bang: 'The road will tell me quickly where I am at.'

Week 1 preview: After three nervous days in the Netherlands, the peloton faces a challenging week littered with climbs and possibly heavy rain.

Spanish riders relieved to leave behind narrow Dutch roads packed with traffic furniture as Vuelta returns to Spain.

The modern era of the 'super teams' is dominating grand tour racing — will this Vuelta reshuffle the deck?

Former US champion pens one-year extension with French outfit that he joined in 2019.

Vuelta a Hoody: There's a sense of anarchy this month that will only reconfirm La Vuelta as the season's most entertaining race.

Though it's a thinner number compared to the Tour de France, the North Americans will be at the sharp end of the action.

Burgos-BH starts first and Jumbo-Visma is last off the ramp to open the 2022 Vuelta.

Enric Mas taking it 'day by day' as Valverde fires the 'last bullet' in Vuelta farewell.

The Colombian star will not start the Vuelta to fight tramadol charges even though he is allowed to race under UCI rules.

The Dutch sprinter ace was one of the leading recruits when Jumbo-Visma created its development squad in 2020.

Colombian star vows to take legal fight to CAS after UCI strips him of his 2022 Tour de France sixth place.

After a knee injury took Yates out of the Giro d'Italia, he returns to the Vuelta for the first time since winning in 2018 with every intention of winning again.

US rider wins for the third time in 2022, and slots into the overall leader's jersey.

The return of ex-champions Nibali, Froome, Valverde, Yates, Quintana, and Roglič marks a record for the Spanish grand tour.

The recently crowned yellow jersey has never raced the pro worlds before, and he won't be going to Wollongong next month.

Dumoulin lived with his emotions on his sleeve, and there was no hiding the agony and ecstasy that came with every dramatic turn of his career.

Andy Hood reports on Alberto Contador's 2012 Vuelta a España triumph, a race featuring then-emerging talents Chris Froome and Andrew Talansky.

The Spanish grand tour is often the proving ground for future grand tour champions. Here's a look at who will be in the running for the red jersey.

Despite attacking in the final, a freak incident in Wednesday's decisive climbing stage cost Bennett a chance to win the overall.