2015 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 Results (Reuters)
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin mounted a late surge that doubled his slender Vuelta a Espana advantage over closest rival Fabio Aru of Italy to six seconds after the 19th stage
Dutchman Tom Dumoulin mounted a late surge that doubled his slender Vuelta a Espana advantage over closest rival Fabio Aru of Italy to six seconds after the 19th stage
Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez closed to within one second of 2015 Vuelta a Espana leader Fabio Aru when he stormed clear on the punishing summit finish to win the 15th stage on Sunday.
Fabio Aru held off a strong challenge from Joaquim Rodriguez to protect his overall lead in the Vuelta as BMC Racing’s Italian Alessandro De Marchi won the 14th stage on Saturday.
Dutchman Danny van Poppel won the 12th stage of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana on Thursday despite suffering a puncture about 10-km from the finish line.
Italian Kristian Sbaragli gave the South African MTN-Qhubeka team their second grand tour victory when he won the 10th stage of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana on Monday.
Jasper Stuyven of Belgium claimed the biggest victory of his career when the Trek Factory Racing rider won a crash-marred eighth stage of the Vuelta on Saturday.
Caleb Ewan surprised some of the more seasoned sprinters when he surged to victory in the fifth stage of the 2015 Vuelta a Espana
Colombian Esteban Chaves retained the leader’s red jersey and Briton Chris Froome made smooth progress as Peter Sagan of Slovakia surged to victory in a sprint finish to the Tour of Spain’s third stage on Monday.
Esteban Chaves snatched the lead at the 2015 Vuelta a Espana when the Colombian surged clear to win the mountainous second stage into Caminito del Rey on Sunday as Vincenzo Nibali was disqualified for getting a tow from a car.
Chris Froome grimly hung on against a flying final attack Saturday from his 2015 Tour de France rival Nairo Quintana on the last Alpine climb of this year’s race