Category: Vuelta a Espana
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Favourites for the 2022 Vuelta a Espana
Preview Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Week 3 recap Grand Tour contenders often target the Vuelta a Espana as a second-choice after primarily aiming for the Giro d’Italia or Tour de France earlier in the year. A weird by-product of this is that it can often end up with the strongest field of the…
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Primoz Roglic finishes as he started | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2021 Vuelta a Espana
The favourites Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Primoz Roglic has won the Vuelta again – again again, you might say, because this was his third win on the bounce. The Slovenian won by just 24 seconds in 2020, but this time the winning margin was measured in minutes. He never really seemed too troubled…
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An Odd week with Roglic impervious to all his crashes | a recap of Stages 10-15 of the 2021 Vuelta a Espana
The favourites Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Week 3 recap The week began with Primoz Roglic leading Enric Mas by 28 seconds. By the end of the week, the Slovenian had added an almighty seven seconds to that margin. He was however no longer in the lead. A day of contradictions Okay, this is…
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Roglic leads – but who’s the Fastest Ineos Grenadier? | a recap of Stages 1-9 of the 2021 Vuelta a Espana
The favourites Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Week 3 recap Habitual Vuelta winner Primoz Roglic is leading again. Just four riders are within two minutes of him. The time trial Primoz Roglic is not a man who messes about. He is the best time trialist in this race, so he won the opening time…
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Who are the favourites for the 2021 Vuelta a Espana
The favourites Week 1 recap Week 2 recap Week 3 recap The Vuelta a Espana starts on Saturday. I know. It took me by surprise as well. Who’s going to win it? Primoz Roglic Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic (Jumbo Visma) won the Vuelta last year and the year before. While he crashed out of this…
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Primoz Roglic has done something no-one else has done in a while | A recap of stages 13-18 of the 2020 Vuelta a Espana
Pressed for time? Here’s a very quick summary: Primoz Roglic won the first stage of the Vuelta a Espana, lost the lead for a short period in the middle, but then won overall. How did this happen? Well here’s the recap of stages 1-12… And now here’s what happened in the final week… The time…
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Richard Carapaz, Primoz Roglic and… Hugh Carthy? | A recap of stages 1-12 of the 2020 Vuelta a Espana
Let me tell you a story about two Grand Tour winners and a lad from Preston who sometimes stays up too late because he wants to watch the darts. There’ll be a slight whistle-stop quality to much of this recap because I’ve got two weeks of racing to get through. I’ll slow down when we…
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Primoz Roglic says nothing but does everything – a recap of stages 11-21 of the 2019 Vuelta a Espana
Favourites for the 2019 Vuelta a Espana A recap of stages 1-10 A recap of stages 11-21 After the first half of this year’s Vuelta, Primoz Roglic was in the lead. He was in the lead after the second half too. How did that happen? Let’s pick up with, ooh, let’s go with Stage 13.…
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Primoz Roglic takes a turn to be favourite – a recap of stages 1-10 of the 2019 Vuelta a Espana
Favourites for the 2019 Vuelta a Espana A recap of stages 1-10 When you’re reporting on the first 10 stages of a 21-stage race, there’s only one logical place to start. Let’s talk about Stage 7. Some things never change Stage 7 was the archetypal Vuelta stage. It finished with 20% gradients and Alejandro Valverde…
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Who’s going to win the 2019 Vuelta a Espana?
Favourites for the 2019 Vuelta a Espana A recap of stages 1-10 Simon Yates won the Vuelta last year. Simon Yates isn’t riding the Vuelta this year. So who’s going to win? Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) The former ski jumper is the most interesting rider at this year’s race because he’s the only one who’s an…