Vincenzo Nibali

Barring disaster, Horner will become the oldest rider in history to win a grand tour. And he's not about to retire to that rocking chair just yet.

The American puts out some impressive numbers on the race's steep climbs

The pair is penciled in as key support riders for Vincenzo Nibali's Tour de France bid next summer

A few remaining spots on the roster will be filled in the coming days

Chris Horner continued to shock and awe his rivals at the Vuelta a España, and all but staked his claim for victory in the Spanish tour

American attacks again, but Nibali defends the overall lead in the first of three mountain showdowns

Starting Thursday, a final, brutish push through the mountains of northern Spain will determine the winner of the 2013 Vuelta a España

The Astana captain said he's riding with 20 less watts than he had at the Giro d'Italia

Doubt of the American’s resilience becomes a factor as the race hits the homestretch

The FDJ rider times his break perfectly as the GC men mark each other on another tough day in the mountains

The 41-year-old American may be the last man standing between Nibali and the final victory in Madrid

A weary, reduced peloton braces for more of the same on Sunday's queen stage

Cold, rainy conditions see crashes and abandons as the list of GC contenders shrinks

Chris Horner and the GC hopefuls will chase race leader Vincenzo Nibali through the Pyrénées this weekend

With Vincenzo Nibali in prime position to win the Vuelta, he’s got a bigger goal in mind: next year’s Tour de France

Almost a year after earning the rainbow jersey, Philippe Gilbert is finally able to put a check mark in the win column

Sicilian takes the GC lead, but three men still hold hope of upsetting the Giro d'Italia champion in Madrid

The race through Spain resumes after Tuesday's rest day with the 38.8-kilometer test against the clock

Vuelta GC battle takes form after selective first half, but it's only now getting good

Moreno takes the stage win and a crucial time bonus that put him in the red jersey by a single second ahead of overnight leader Roche

The 41-year-old is three seconds from the red jersey and says he’s ready for the first weekend in the mountains

Astana's sport director confirms that Nibali, who is currently leading the Vuelta a Espana, will try to win next year's Tour

Chris Horner says he isn't fazed by losing the Vuelta jersey after the jury calls a split at the finish

A number of riders expected to contend for the GC have fallen behind in the first three days of racing

Vincenzo Nibali lands an early blow in Spanish tour

Rodríguez and Valverde may be nearing the end of their grand tour runs, but they start the Vuelta carrying the weight of the Spanish tour

Italian is after his second grand tour victory of 2013 and his second Vuelta

The Italian finished third overall at the five-day race, with the year’s final grand tour less than two weeks away

Sky's roster decimated as Dombrowski, Boswell crash heavily with Knees in Spain

Astana team manager Giuseppe Martinelli says his star rider "let up too much" following his Giro d'Italia victory

Nibali, Basso, and others head to northern Spain for the five-day race ahead of the year's final grand tour

The Italian missed the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France this year

Dane takes confidence from Tour top 10 and will support Nibali in the Vuelta and 2014 Tour de France

The 28-year-old's Tour victory, combined with the top performances of other 20-somethings, confirmed there is a new breed of racers

Sky rider has not raced since withdrawing from the Giro d'Italia in May

Nibali won the Giro d’Italia last month but the captain for Italy’s national team at worlds has not yet been chosen

Giro d'Italia champion signs a contract extension that will keep him on the Kazakhstan-based squad for another three seasons

The Giro d'Italia champion says the route for this year's world championships road race is the "hardest in recent years"

Italian will skip the Tour de France and prepare for the second half of his season

In today's peloton, admirable performances invite suspicion and Andrew Hood reviews the evidence surrounding Vincenzo Nibali

With a clean record and history of speaking out against doping, Vincenzo Nibali's Giro win welcomed after Di Luca's positive EPO test

Nibali passed several pitfalls to bring the maglia rosa to the final podium in Brescia's Piazza della Loggia

The Manx speedster adds another stage to his palmares, plus the red jersey, as Nibali crosses safely with the bunch to confirm his title

Riders with chattering teeth, exposed skin turning mottled pink and white from the cold, finished in a maelstrom of fans, press and officials

The race leader bides his time before attacking to claim victory in the final mountain stage in the 2013 Giro

Bad weather on the re-routed course in the mountains forces race organizers to make the decision Friday morning

Vincenzo Nibali is nearly certain to carry the maglia rosa into Brescia, but the race for the podium is on in the Dolomites

Sicilian lands the stage win he wanted to complement the maglia rosa he's worn for more than a week

Dutchman lost valuable time in stage 14 but sits 10th entering Thursday's mountain time trial

With foul weather potentially cutting more climbs from the 96th Giro, the uphill TT takes on increased importance for Nibali and rivals

Cold and snow may force organizers to alter Friday's and Saturday's routes

Estonian grew up racing with Rein Taaramae and is finding his legs as a top domestique for Vincenzo Nibali at the Giro d'Italia

"The Shark" is ready to strike again when the road tilts up in northern Italy

Facing a tough final week, the only thing standing between Nibali and victory at the Giro may be his attacking nature

Italian attacked with Vincenzo Nibali on the finishing climb of stage 14, where Santambrogio was victorious

Astana rider's attack with 2km left in stage 14 allowed him to pad his GC advantage

The Astana rider attacks late in Saturday's stage 14, eventually finishing second while extending his overall advantage

Snow forced organizers to alter this weekend’s stages at the Giro. The GC will most likely be sorted out in the final week

Giro d'Italia leader hopes for the weekend's mountain stages to be unaffected, but doesn't want to risk snow at the Giro

We examine the top riders in the Giro field after the first nine days of racing

Nibali and his manager are content with the way the race is shaking out so far

Caley Fretz has a peek at the maglia rosa's bike (and no, it's not pink).

The 54.8km race against the clock is undulating, with a finishing ramp of over 13 percent gradient

Astana leader is 14 seconds behind main GC rival Bradley Wiggins entering Tuesday's stage 4

Italian favorite is calm before his Giro opens in Naples

Our editors make their cases for the men they expect to battle for the maglia rosa at the 2013 Giro d'Italia

The Kazakhstan squad says Bradley Wiggins, Michele Scarponi, and others will challenge for the title

Sky's Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome contradicted each other Monday, but one thing is clear: Wiggins is ready to win the Giro

Bradley Wiggins' top priority for 2013 is to win the Giro d'Italia after he won the Tour de France and an Olympic title last year

After steamrolling through the first part of 2013, Chris Froome appears to be the man to beat at the Tour

Wearing the No. 1 bib for Sunday's race, the Astana rider seems to be just another starter

The new Côte de Colonster is wider, longer, and more moderate than the Roche aux Faucons, but there isn't a lot of agreement on what that means

Nibali will try to one-up his runner-up finish in Liège on Sunday, just two days after winning the Giro del Trentino with a solo attack

"The Shark" strikes at Sega Di Ala to take his second stage-race overall of 2013

On Sunday, 200 men will start the final classic of the spring, but these 11 favorites will be the riders to watch at "La Doyenne"

Maxime Bouet remains the GC leader with one day of racing left

Maxime Bouet reclaims race lead, with Bradley Wiggins and Vincenzo Nibali lurking with the same overall time

Tour champ suffers in build-up to final Giro d'Italia dress rehearsal

Sicilian will parachute into the finale of the Ardennes classics after Giro del Trentino

Astana rider crashed out of Paris-Roubaix and will miss the Ardennes classics with the injury