Vuelta a Burgos

Dani Moreno takes the lead on a tie on time with Nairo Quintana as Lloyd Mondory wins stage 5 in a sprint

Nairo Quintana shows his form, winning on the final climb and taking the GC lead

The Colombian earns the stage win atop Lagunas de Neila to take command of the five-day race

Despite not racing since April, a defiant but overweight Carlos Betancur still has big ambitions for the Vuelta a España

An early category 2 climb doesn't prevent the sprinters from having their day

The Italian holds off two Giant-Shimano riders to earn the victory

Lobato wins first stage on a punchy one-kilometer climb through Burgos' city streets

Movistar's Lobato sprints to a stage victory and into the Burgos leader's jersey

The Colombian climber starts Wednesday’s Vuelta a Burgos as the man to beat

The pint-size Colombian wins the finale and the overall, and will head home to a hero's welcome

Jury hands stage to Roux after Ratto allegedly barged the race leader into the barriers

Jens Keukeleire (Orica-GreenEdge) made it two wins in a row after a wild six-climb stage 3 at the five-day Vuelta a Burgos in northern Spain

After abandoning Burgos tour Wednesday with injuries, there's no stopping American neo-pros from racing on home roads

Roux takes the race lead after two days in Spain

The young Colombian became a national hero with his Tour de France performance

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

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

Stage 5

• 1. Mikel Landa Meana (Esp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, 4:00:20
• 2. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp), Geox-TMC, at 0:03
• 3. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Esp), Team Katusha, at 0:12
• 4. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp), Team Katusha, at 0:17
• 5. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:33

Final GC

• 1. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Esp), Team Katusha, 15:12:34
• 2. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp), Team Katusha, at 0:36
• 3. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp), Geox-TMC, at 0:45
• 4. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Esp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 1:23
• 5. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra), Saur-Sojasun, at 1:52

Joaquim "Purito" Rodríguez (Katusha) hung on in Sunday's mountaintop finish to secure a morale-boosting victory at the Vuelta a Burgos just two weeks ahead of the start of the Vuelta a España.

Stage 4

• 1. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp), Team Katusha, 168km in 3:44:28
• 2. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Esp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:01
• 3. Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp), Movistar, at 0:01
• 4. Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Esp), Orbea, at 0:01
• 5. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp), Geox-TMC, at 0:01

GC

• 1. Movistar Team, in 9:54
• 2. Katusha Team at 10
• 3. Acqua & Sapone at 13
• 4. Saur - Sojasun at 17
• 5. Caja Rural at 19

Iñigo Cuesta, the veteran Spanish rider on Caja Rural, is likely racing his final event in this week's Vuelta a Burgos.

Stage

• 1. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, (ESP) Team Katusha, in 3:26:22
• 2. Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ, (ESP) Team Katusha, at 3
• 3. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 7
• 4. Julien SIMON, (FRA) Saur-Sojasun, at 9
• 5. Juan Jose COBO ACEBO, (ESP) Geox-Tmc, at 10

GC

• 1. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, (Spain) Team Katusha, in 7:17:29
• 2. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, (Spain) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 7
• 3. David LOPEZ GARCIA, (Spain) Movistar, at 17
• 4. Sergio PARDILLA BELLON, (Spain) Movistar, at 17
• 5. Juan Jose COBO ACEBO, (Spain) Geox-Tmc, at 18

• 1. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi, in 3:51:07
• 2. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, (ESP) Team Katusha, at 0
• 3. Sergio PARDILLA BELLON, (ESP) Movistar, at 4
• 4. Denis MENCHOV, (RUS) Geox-Tmc, at 4
• 5. David LOPEZ GARCIA, (ESP) Movistar, at 4

In a battle of the cycling nicknames, "Samu" edged "Purito" to win the 175km opening stage at the Vuelta a Burgos in northern Spain on Wednesday.

Fresh off winning the Vuelta a Burgos, Samuel Sánchez has penned a two-year extension that will keep him in an Euskaltel-Euskadi jersey through 2012.

The pro road scene clicks back into gear this week with the Tour of Poland and Taylor Phinney's ProTour debut at the Tour of Denmark

Tom Danielson was back in the winner’s column last weekend with victory in the individual time trial at the five-day Vuelta a Burgos in Spain. It marked Danielson’s first European victory since 2006 and the end of a long comeback from the injuries that nearly derailed his career. The Garmin-Slipstream rider ended up third overall at Burgos, a promising result that indicates the worst is behind Danielson as he turns his attention next to the Vuelta a España, a race in which he’s already twice finished in the top 10.

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) won the Tour of Burgos on Sunday. Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo Galicia) won the fifth and final stage, raced over 155km between Vilviestre del Pinar and Laguna de Neila. Valverde went into the finale in third overall, one second behind Danny Pate (Garmin-Slipstream) and five behind Pate’s teammate Tom Danielson, winner of the stage-4 individual time trial. But the Spaniard leapfrogged both men to take the final overall. Danielson fell to third at 12 seconds back, while Pate plummeted to 45th at 9:27.

Tom Danielson (Garmin-Slipstream) has moved into the overall lead in Spain’s Tour de Burgos, after winning the 15km fourth stage time trial on Saturday. Danielson covered the 15km course in 17:09, edging out teammate Danny Pate by 10 seconds. Pate is now in second place in the overall standings, trailing Danielson by four seconds and one second ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne). Stage 4[nid:96487] 1. Tom Danielson (USA), Garmin-Slipstream, 15km in 17:09 2. Danny Pate (USA), Garmin-Slipstream, at 0:10 3. Alexei Markov (RUS), Katusha, at 0:16

Spanish puncheur Joaquín Rodríguez (Caisse d’Epargne) knew he had a good shot at stage victory when he saw the short but steep third-category finish-line approach in Thursday’s second stage at the Vuelta a Burgos in northern Spain. Known for explosive ability that’s helped him win, among other victories, the hilltop stage at Tirreno-Adriatico to Monte Lupone two years in a row, Rodríguez turned on the gas Thursday to win the 153km second stage and take the leader’s jersey at the five-day Burgos tour.

What a week it’s been for Euskaltel-Euskadi. First, its captain and Tour de France stage-winner, Mikel Astrarloza, pops positive for EPO in a pre-Tour doping control, some nasty business that raises questions about the team’s future, not to mention its ethical integrity. Then Igor Antón wins Sunday’s Urkiola climbing race in the heart of Basque Country to remind everyone that the “orange tide” isn’t going down without a fight.