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De Marchi wins stage seven as Valverde stays ahead (Reuters)August 29, 2014 (18:45) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] By Tim Hanlon BARCELONA, (Reuters) - Italian Alessandro De Marchi broke clear with 12-km to go to win stage seven of the Tour of Spain on Friday while home rider Alejandro Valverde kept the overall lead. De Marchi finished one minute 35 seconds ahead of Canadian Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp). Frenchman Hubert Dupont was third in the same time. "It is great to be in a break with such strong riders and this was a fantastic result." Sky's Chris Froome, one of the favorites to win the race, fell before the first climb but suffered nothing more than a few cuts and was able to return to the peloton. More...
Valverde wins sixth stage to take lead in Tour of Spain (Reuters)August 28, 2014 (19:00) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] (Reuters) - Alejandro Valverde sprinted away from an exhausted peloton to win the sixth stage and take the overall lead in the Tour of Spain, with Chris Froome and Alberto Contador following the Spaniard across the line. Dutchman Pim Ligthart and Lluis Mas Bonet of Spain staged a breakaway for the vast majority of the 167.1 km stage from the Mediterranean coast into the mountains, but they were caught with the finish almost in sight. The peloton was whittled down to about a dozen riders on the final category-one climb to La Zubia as Valverde and Nairo Quintana, both of Movistar, took control at the front. Colombia's Quintana finished fifth behind two former Tour de France champions - Britain's Froome (Team Sky), in second, and Spaniard Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo), in third. More...
Bouhanni wins 2nd stage of Vuelta, Valverde leads (The Associated Press)August 25, 2014 (08:15) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] Nacer Bouhanni of France sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, while Alejandro Valverde claimed the red leader's jersey after a ride that didn't produce any changes among the race favorites. Valverde took the leader's jersey from Movistar teammate Jonathan Castroviejo after they won the opening team time trial on Saturday. Giro winner Nairo Quintana is second on the same time as his teammate Valverde. Two-time winner Alberto Contador stayed 19 seconds behind the Movistar cyclists. More...
Bouhanni wins 2nd stage of Vuelta, Valverde leads (The Associated Press)August 24, 2014 (19:45) [ Indexed from Yahoo! Sports ] Nacer Bouhanni of France sprinted to victory in the second stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday, while Alejandro Valverde claimed the red leader's jersey after a ride that didn't produce any changes among the race favorites. Valverde took the leader's jersey from Movistar teammate Jonathan Castroviejo after they won the opening team time trial on Saturday. Giro winner Nairo Quintana is second on the same time as his teammate Valverde. Two-time winner Alberto Contador stayed 19 seconds behind the Movistar cyclists. More...
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