Vuelta al País Vasco

Enric Mas took his first professional victory on Saturday with an emphatic solo win on the final day of the 2018 Vuelta al País Vasco.

Spanish rider Omar Fraile wins Friday's stage 5 of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco as Primoz Roglic keeps overall lead.

Slovenia's Primoz Roglic grabs hold of the leader's yellow jersey at the Vuelta al Pais Vasco with a victory in the 19.4km time trial.

Jay McCarthy gets the better of a select group of fast finishers in stage 3 at Vuelta al Pais Vasco.

France's Julian Alaphilippe secured his second consecutive stage win at the Tour of the Basque Country on Tuesday.

Julian Alaphilippe wins stage 1 of Vuelta al Pais Vasco the day after his teammate Niki Terpstra won Tour of Flanders.

Alejandro Valverde won the Tour of the Basque Country for the first time after coming in second to winner Primož Roglič on Saturday.

Michael Woods finds fine form at Vuelta al Pais Vasco ahead of the hilly Ardennes classics and an expected Giro d'Italia start.

Drawing on years of experience, Alejandro Valverde leads out sprint early and wins Pais Vasco's summit finish in Eibar, taking the GC lead.

Primoz Roglic launches a late attack to win stage 4 of Pais Vasco. David de la Cruz keeps overall lead by just one second.

Quick-Step gets a double-delight Wednesday as David de la Cruz wins Pais Vasco stage 3 after Marcel Kittel's Scheldeprijs victory.

Orica-Scott's Michael Albasini wins a tricky sprint finish in Vuelta al Pais Vasco stage 2.

Michael Matthews wins stage 1 of Vuelta al Pais Vasco, his first victory of the season, as Australians sweep the podium.

Alejandro Valverde heads to the toughest week-long race on the calendar, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, hoping to add an overall win to his palmares.

Off to hot start so far this season, Alberto Contador says he's putting his retirement plans on hold

Alberto Contador wins the TT finale and takes a fourth career overall title at the Vuelta al País Vasco

This weekend is all about Paris-Roubaix, but don't forget, there's exciting stage racing in Spain, and women's racing in the Netherlands.

GC lead changes hands again as Diego Rosa's long-range solo breakaway wins the queen stage in Spain.

Diego Rosa's long-range attack succeeds in Pais Vasco, as Sky's Sergio Henao takes GC lead with one day remaining.

Samuel Sánchez unleashes a perfectly timed counter-attack around Alberto Contador to win Vuelta al País Vasco stage 4.

Samuel Sanchez sneaks away on a late-race hill to win the day as Mikel Landa tumbles out of overall lead in Spain.

Stephen Cummings delivers a surprise at the end of Pais Vasco's longest day as the GC standings remain unchanged.

Stephen Cummings sneaks off the front in the final kilometer of racing to claim victory ahead of a charging peloton.

Team Sky launches Mikel Landa and Sergio Henao into top-three overall after tough, steep, uphill finish.

Mikel Landa climbs to his first victory of 2016 on the steep pitches of Amurrio Barandio, out-kicking Wilco Kelderman in the end.

Luis Leon Sanchez escapes with Dani Navarro in Pais Vasco stage 1 finale to narrowly claim the race's GC lead.

Luis Leon Sanchez rides clear on a twisting final descent and holds off the peloton with Dani Navarro to win Vuelta al Pais Vasco stage 1.

Many of the peloton's top uphill specialists are headed to northern Spain to take on the Vuelta al País Vasco

Results from the sixth and final stage of the 2015 Vuelta a Pais Vasco

Katusha’s amazing April run continues as Joaquim Rodriguez takes the title at the Vuelta al País Vasco

Injured in a crash at the Tour of the Basque Country, Peter Stetina faces months of rehabilitation and training before he returns to racing

Henao and Rodriguez again go head-to-head on the climbs, but remain locked on same time as Landa wins Friday's difficult stage

The peloton faces brutally steep climbs in the penultimate day of Pais Vasco, and Henao holds onto the yellow jersey by the thinnest margin

Astana's Landa proves to be the most sprightly climber on the brutally steep climbs of Vuelta al Pais Vasco's penultimate stage

More action in Spain's Basque mountains, as a small group of GC favorites gets away and a familiar face sprints to another win

Henao holds onto overall lead as Rodriguez racks up another win in Spain after a brutal final climb and a treacherous descent to the end

Joaquim Rodriguez doubles up, winning his second day in a row at Vuelta al Pais Vasco on a fast, technical run-in to stage 4's finish

An explosive finale in Vuelta al Pais Vasco leads to an exciting three-up sprint for the win and a new overall leader

The general classification picture begins to come into focus as Rodriguez sprints to a win and Henao takes the overall lead in Spain

Joaquim Rodriguez sprints to win from a trio of GC contenders, and Sergio Henao assumes the overall race lead on another day of hilly racing

Stage 2 offered six categorized climbs and a surprise winner from a sprint finish

Fabio Felline claims the sprint in Pais Vasco's second stage as Matthews holds onto overall lead, finishing second on the day

Fabio Felline freelances his way to a stage win in Spain, as Michael Matthews keeps the overall lead and places second in the sprint

Riders sat in protest on the start line of Pais Vasco's second stage for five minutes in protest over Monday's crash

American Peter Stetina breaks right tibia, patella, and four ribs in the finish of Vuelta al Pais Vasco in Spain

Michael Matthews ends the day in the yellow jersey after sprinting to victory in the first stage of Vuelta al Pais Vasco

Aussie Michael Matthews sprints his way into the first leader's jersey at the weeklong race in Spain's Basque region

Aussie speedster Michael Matthews survives climbs and sprints to victory and overall lead in first stage of Vuelta al Pais Vasco

Hot off victory at Tirreno-Adriatico, Nairo Quintana will line up for the Basque Country start with every intention of winning his second title

Simon Gerrans says he'll still aim for the Ardennes classics after he returns to training and racing in the beginning of April

Results from stage 6 of the 2014 Vuelta al País Vasco

Contador finishes second in the final time trial behind world champion Martin as Valverde plummets off the podium

Full results from Friday's penultimate stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco

Sky rider survives five categorized climbs to take a surprise stage win in the Basque Country over Alejandro Valverde

Helmet hair doesn't just happen to amateurs, and Wout Poels wears a spiky do during his stage-win celebration

Results from stage 4 of the Tour of the Basque Country

Dutchman attacks over the top of the final climb to win a crafty stage in the Basque Country

Results from stage 3 of the Tour of the Basque Country

Australian jumps to victory in the Basque Country

Tony Martin and Jan Bakelants team up to nail the stage win for Omega Pharma

Results from stage 2 of the 2014 Vuelta al País Vasco

German world time trial champion goes solo late and holds off the chasing peloton for a stage win in the Basque Country

Alberto Contador attacks his way to a stage win and the overall lead on day 1 of the Tour of the Basque Country

1. Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO, Tinkoff-Saxo, in 4:05:07 2. Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE, Movistar, at :14

Spaniard outdoes countryman Alejandro Valverde on day 1 of the Basque tour

Global Cycling Network checks in on the week's goings on at Paris-Roubaix and Vuelta al País Vasco

Nairo Quintana's País Vasco win is the most recent, and most resounding, mark of a new generation of Colombian escarabajos

1. Richie PORTE, Sky, in 4:40:43 2. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at :04 3. Sergio Luis HENAO MONTOYA, Sky, at :04 4. Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS, Movistar, at :04 5. Pieter WEENING, Orica-GreenEdge, at :04

Sky tandem takes stage, defends overall lead with one day to go in the Basque Country

1. Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS, Movistar, in 3:58:52 2. Sergio Luis HENAO MONTOYA, Sky, at :02 3. Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO, Saxo-Tinkoff, at :02 4. Carlos Alberto BETANCUR GOMEZ, Ag2r La Mondiale, at :02 5. Simon SPILAK, Katusha, at :02

Movistar rider trails Sky's Sergio Henao by six seconds in the overall race standings

Simon Gerrans' victory in the opening stage at the Basque Country tour buoys his confidence ahead of the spring classics

Contador is looking for his first GC win of 2013 while Porte is enjoying the form of his career

Talansky, van Garderen, Horner head for a wild, mountainous showdown in northern Spain

Joaquím Rodríguez won his second straight stage to carry the race leader’s jersey into Saturday’s individual time trial; Horner, Martin cede more time

1. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Katusha in 20:29:18 2. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Euskaltel-Euskadi +9 3. Robert KISERLOVSKI, Astana +26

"Purito" wins stage 4 of the Tour of the Basque Country

Horner goes on the attack at Pais Vasco

GreenEdge goes 1-2 as Rojas retains his lead