Tag: Alejandro Valverde
Vuelta a Espana 2016 preview
The Vuelta a Espana 2016 (La Vuelta) starts this weekend and it's shaping up as a battle between the same three riders who took to the start of the Tour de France as favourites...
Vincenzo Nibali wins the 2016 Giro d’Italia
Vincenzo Nibali rode the race of his life in the final two mountain stages to win the 2016 Giro d'Italia and cement his place among cycling's great riders with four grand tour victories.
Nibali battled...
2016 Liege-Bastogne-Liege Preview
The 2016 Liege-Bastogne-Liege wraps up the Ardennes classics this Sunday and we are set for an action packed race with four former winners lined up and several other podium finishers. Liege-Bastogne-Liege or La Doyenne...
Alejandro Valverde wins fourth La Fleche Wallonne
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) executed the pre-race script to perfection powering away from the field on the Mur de Huy to complete a hat trick of wins and a historic fourth La Fleche Wallonne...
2016 La Fleche Wallonne Preview
The Ardennes classics continue with La Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday, it’s the first of the two Belgian Ardennes classics.
The race whose name is French for “The Walloon Arrow” has a rich history having been...
Simon Gerrans wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2014
Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEDGE) became the first Australian to win the historic Liege-Bastogne-Liege with a perfectly timed sprint after Daniel Martin (Garmin-Sharp) fell in the final corner.
Simon Gerrans has chalked up some amazing results in...
Results: 2014 Fleche Wallonne
Alejandro Valverde times Mur de Huy attack to perfection
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) has won his second La Flèche Wallonne title after beating Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) and Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) in a decisive attack...
Preview: 2014 La Flèche Wallonne
The Ardennes classics continue with La Flèche Wallonne on Wednesday, it’s the first of the two Belgian Ardennes classics. This year the race will start in Bastogne to mark the 70th anniversary of the...
Vuelta a Espana 2013 Cycling Betting Odds
La Vuelta is scheduled to start in the western Galicia region with a team time trial on Saturday August 24, and ending three weeks later with the final mountain stages in the Asturias. With...