6 h. ago How the Vuelta a Espana transformed Tom Pidcock into a grand tour contender

The Briton has come of age as a grand tour rider and sits third going into the all-important final weekend in Spain

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7 h. ago Tom Pidcock moves step closer to securing Vuelta podium finish as Filippo Ganna wins stage 18

The Briton moved three seconds ahead of closest challenger Jai Hindley as Jonas Vingegaard kept the overall lead

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55 h. ago Former Tour de France champion Egan Bernal wins shortened Vuelta stage 16 after protests

The Colombian took his first stage victory since 2022 as the finish line was brought forward by 8km due to disruption

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4 d. ago Vuelta a España: Pederson sprints to stage 15 victory as Vingegaard retains lead

Belgian wins in photo finish to keep sprint leader’s jerseyVingegaard retains 48-second lead over AlmeidaThe Belgian cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday as Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo finish at Monforte de Lemos. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Pederson sprints to Vuelta stage 15 victory as Vingegaard retains overall lead

Belgian wins in photo finish to keep sprint leader’s jerseyVingegaard retains 48-second lead over AlmeidaThe Belgian cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday as Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo-finish at Monforte de Lemos. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Pedersen sprints to Vuelta stage 15 victory as Vingegaard retains overall lead

Lidl-Trek rider wins to keep sprint leader’s jerseyVingegaard retains 48-second lead over AlmeidaThe Danish cyclist Mads Pedersen sprinted to victory in stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday as his compatriot Jonas Vingegaard retained the overall lead in the 167.8km ride from Vegadeo.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), the points classification leader, attacked in the last two kilometres, beating Orluis Aular (Movistar) and Marco Frigo (Israel Premier Tech) in a photo-finish at Monforte de Lemos.This article was amended on 7 September 2025. An earlier version described Mads Pedersen as Belgian; he is Danish. A misspelling of his surname in the headline was also corrected. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago João Almeida trumps Jonas Vingegaard on Angliru for Vuelta stage victory

Portuguese rider wins stage 13 after brutal climbBritain’s Tom Pidcock holds on to third spot overallPortugal’s João Almeida held off race leader Jonas Vingegaardat the top of the brutal summit finish of Angliru to win stage 13 of the Vuelta a España on Friday.The top two in the general classification battled it out for the stage win, leaving the rest behind in the final 5km. Almeida (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) did all the work on the climb and stayed ahead of Visma-Lease a Bike’s Vingegaard in the sprint to the line. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Joao Almeida wins Vuelta stage 13 atop mythical Angliru as Jonas Vingegaard keeps overall lead

The Portuguese rider conquered one of the Vuelta’s most fearsome climbs, with the battle for the red jersey increasingly looking like a two-horse race

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6 d. ago Tom Holland is unrecognizable with aging prosthetics as he transforms into multiple characters in LEGO short film

Tom Holland looked unrecognizable as he transformed into multiple different characters in a new short film for LEGO . 

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6 d. ago The fatal flaw that could spell the end for Tadej Pogacar’s team

Pogacar’s dominance hides a squad seemingly seething with resentment and competing ambitions, with potentially disastrous consequences

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7 d. ago Vuelta a España: Ayuso outsprints compatriot Romo to grab glory on stage 12

Stage passes without incident after abandonment Jonas Vingegaard retains overall race leadJuan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) outsprinted his Spanish compatriot Javier Romo (Movistar) to win stage 12 of the Vuelta a España, his second stage win of this year’s race, with Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) retaining the overall lead.Palestine flags were in evidence again after protests had brought Wednesday’s stage to a premature end but the race passed without serious incident, while the Israel-Premier Tech team have said pulling out of this year’s Vuelta would “set a dangerous precedent in the sport of cycling” in reaction to the incidents on stage 11. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘It is a bit scary sometimes’: Tom Pidcock moves onto Vuelta podium but no stage 11 winner as pro

There was no winner on stage 11 as protests forced the final 3km to be neutralised and riders diverted

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8 d. ago ‘It is a bit scary sometimes’: Tom Pidcock moves onto Vuelta podium as pro

There was no winner on stage 11 as protests forced the final 3km to be neutralised and riders diverted

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8 d. ago ‘We just want to race’: Riders demand tighter security after protesters halt Vuelta

Bilbao stage disruption latest in series of incidentsCPA says ‘unacceptable’ to put race competitors at riskThe Professional Cyclists’ Association (CPA) has demanded better security at the Vuelta a España after protesters disrupted stages in recent days, with one rider crashing when demonstrators ran on to the road.The CPA expressed concern about rider safety after incidents on Tuesday’s stage 10 and Wednesday’s stage 11, as well as last week’s team time trial when protesters holding Palestinian flags stopped the Israel-Premier Tech team. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Jonas Vingegaard reclaims Vuelta a Espana lead as Jay Vine wins second stage

The Australian doubled up after winning stage six on an otherwise complicated day for his UAE Team Emirates-XRG squad

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1 week ago Tour of Britain 2025 dates, times, route, stage guide and contenders for Geraint Thomas swansong

Everything you need to know about Geraint Thomas’ final race

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1 week ago Jonas Vingegaard powers to Vuelta stage nine win with Valdezcaray climb

Dane cuts nearly two minutes off gap to leader TræenTom Pidcock and João Almeida finish second and thirdThe twice Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard won stage nine of the Vuelta a España with a solo attack on the climactic climb to Valdezcaray on Sunday, shaving nearly two minutes off the gap to the overall leader Torstein Træen, who is ahead by 37 seconds.Visma-Lease a Bike’s Vingegaard dominated the 13.2km category one climb at the end of the 195.5km ride from Alfaro to the Valdezcaray ski resort and although Tom Pidcock and João Almeida tried to chase, they finished 24sec off the pace. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Vuelta a España: Philipsen sprints to stage win again as Træen stays in red

Jasper Philipsen pips Viviani and Vernon in photo-finishTorstein Træen retains overall lead from VingegaardBelgium’s Jasper Philipsen sprinted to victory in stage eight of the Vuelta a España, edging Elia Viviani and Ethan Vernon in a photo-finish as Torstein Træen retained the red jersey.Viviani’s Lotto teammates tried to lead him out in the last 1,000m of the 163km flat ride from Monzón to Zaragoza, but Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Philipsen, who had also won the first stage, pushed in the final moments to steal the victory. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Juan Ayuso bounces back to claim first Vuelta stage win as Træen stays in red

Spaniard triumphs after Thursday collapse in PyreneesTorstein Træen retains overall lead from VingegaardThe Spaniard Juan Ayuso showed a remarkable recovery after his collapse in the Pyrenees only 24 hours previously to go it alone on the climb to the finish and triumph in stage seven of the Vuelta a España.Torstein Træen retains the red jersey, holding a 2min 33sec lead over Jonas Vingegaard, who moved from fifth to second in the standings but without closing the gap to the Norwegian. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Juan Ayuso bounces back from poor performance to win Vuelta stage seven

Ayuso endured a poor performance in stage six but bounced back on Friday

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