Astana presses the chase
Astana presses the chase
Astana presses the chase
Valverde enjoys another golden moment
Attack, attack and attack again. Martinez just kept trying.
After a lengthy sorting out, the break was composed of 13 acceptable escapees...
A win and a jersey in each of the grand tours... and Disco' leads the team standings, too.
and then it was whittled down to three...
... and then there was one.
And it stayed that way to the finish.
Heading into Burgos - The peloton made an easy day of it as the escapees fought it out for the stage win.
Michael Barry
Golden boy Valverde
A weary Paulinho enjoys his first grant-tour win
The peloton passes by Buckingham Palace in this year's Tour of Britain.
Valverde has the jersey. Vino and Kashechkin want to see him back in the white jersey fo the ProTour leader
The Ti sprung RXS UL Team Carbon Ti pedal...
The big break that made it... for a while
...and matching UL Team shoes
The beauty of Asturias
Fi’zi:k Arione k:1
The Cricket never sleeps
Fi’zi:k Free:k clothing
Cuesta takes up the chase
Bling Bling: Selle Italia’s $64,000 saddle
George in the red, white and blue
All three styles of Prologo’s top-end Choice Pro Ti, winter, gel and regular, keep in mind colors are abound
Soloing across the line
Castelli’s Superleggera jersey only weighs 74 grams
Kintner v. Miller
Christian Spolik and his latest project bike
Prokop v. Lopes
There are brakes tucked in behind the crankset
Buy you a drink?
They are slightly easier to see on the fork
Leipheimer leads
One fast Felt
Hincapie climbs
The brake is tucked behind the bottom bracket
Hincapie corners
Miriam Bengoetxea and her new baby.
Vinokourov does it again
Winning in front of the home crowd can't be beat
Orbea’s badge/cable stop combo
Vinokourov triggered the attack and Kashechkin followed suit
EuroBike: That's a wrap
You will be seeing a lot from this guy in the future
Time’s new frames, the Pro Team in front and the UL in the rear
Valverde takes the helm
Vino' steals a march on the bunch
And where did you ride today?
Brajkovic will need to keep that tank topped off going into Sunday's queen stage
Jufre crashed and abandoned with a slashed arm
The peloton let the break get nearly 12 minutes before picking up the chase.
The new GP4000 tubular
Liquigas drove the peloton toward the catch... and the big climb.
EuroBike Day 2: Germany's Haus Brands
But Di Luca was unable to keep his grip on the lead.
Schwalbe’s ProTour ready Ultremo, its performance can only be described by combining the words ultimate and extreme.
Loosli was the last of the break to be swept up
Racing Ralph is now a triple compound tire and available in a 700x35c ‘cross version.
With Danielson fading fast, Discovery still had Beltran (here followed by Valverde) and Brajkovic in reserve
Gore’s Matthias Zaggle in the award winning Xenon jacket
Valverde takes the win
Merida’s FLX
Zabriskie en route to victory
Storck's CD0.9...
Baldwin saw his hopes vanish in a tight turn
... and the CD1.0 for the sprinters
Not a bad first stab at a major tour, eh?
Zabriskie has been the center of attention all week
Zabriskie tops the podium
It's good to be the king
McCartney rides to a strong third-place finish
The Vuelta has a new leader... and it looks like Discovery does, too.
Friedman surprised many with his ride
Vino' on the attack
Vanulden rounds out the top five
Brajkovic is having an impressive grand tour debut
Not really a Continental
Bodrogi leads a doomed effort
Really a Continental: The new Speed King cyclo-cross