Alessandro De Marchi

Cort completes grand tour stage sweep, Thomas comes through first stage in pink unscathed, Vlasov abandons, Vine loses time.

Pedersen completes sweep of victories in all three grand tours after Simon Clarke, Alessandro De Marchi caught 200m from the line.

Italian veteran thrown a life raft after late-season contract hunt.

Here's what's making headlines on Tuesday, October 5.

Shifting dynamics in the GC pack is leaving breakaways the room to move – and handing unlikely winners big opportunities.

Routing stages into packed European city centers means the peloton faces more traffic islands, barriers, and dangers, writes Andrew Hood.

Alessandro De Marchi holds onto the overall lead on pan-flat parcours marred by several crashes.

Joe Dombrowski completes circle dating back to 2012 'Baby Giro' with solo stage victory under the rain.

The American racing for UAE-Team Emirates scored the most significant win of his career.

The squad will fold at the end of the season, which has given its riders at the Vuelta a España more motivation to ride hard.

Samuel Sánchez joins Tejay van Garderen on the list of Vuelta abandons, but Alessandro De Marchi delivers for BMC with a stage victory

Alessandro De Marchi takes his first victory since last year's Vuelta atop Alto Campoo, while Fabio Aru retains his overall race lead

Alberto Contador defends his red leader's jersey with panache, winning stage 16 of the Vuelta ahead of Chris Froome

The peloton suffers through a hot day of aggressive, crash-filled racing. De Marchi prevails, and Froome battles back from fall to gain time

De Marchi rides alone to win in Alcaudete, while a cagey Chris Froome gains a little more time on GC rivals

De Marchi, who earned the combativity award during the 2014 Tour de France, will be working in a support role for the U.S.-registered team

De Marchi holds off a powerhouse chase from Froome and Porte as Talansky scores a podium finish