Aug. 29, 2009 - Sep. 20, 2009
La Vuelta a España
2009 Vuelta a Espana Stages
Saturday, Aug 29 - stage 1: 4.5km around Assen (Netherlands), individual
time trial
Sunday, Aug 30 - stage 2: 202km from Assen to Emmen (Netherlands)
Monday, Aug 31 - stage 3: 185km from Zutphen (Netherlands) to Venlo
(Netherlands)
Tuesday, Sept 1 - stage 4: 224km Venlo to Liege (Belgium)
Wednesday Sept 2 - rest day
Thursday, Sept 3 - stage 5: 174km Tarragona (Spain) to Vinaroz
Friday, Sept 4 - stage 6: 186km Xativa to Xativa
Saturday, Sept 5 - stage 7: 30km around Valencia, individual time-trial
Sunday, Sept 6 - stage 8: 206km Alzira to col d'Aitana
Monday, Sept 7 - stage 9: 186km Alcoy to Xorret del Cati
Tuesday, Sept 8 - stage 10: 162km Alicante to Murcia
Wednesday, Sept 9 - stage 11: 174km Murcia to Caravaca de la Cruz
Thursday, Sept 10 - rest day
Friday, Sept 11 - stage 12: 174km Almeria to col de Velefique
Saturday, Sept 12 - stage 13: 175km Berja to Sierra Nevada
Sunday, Sept 13 - stage 14: 157km Grenada to La Pandera
Monday, Sept 14 - stage 15: 168km Jaen to Cordoba
Tuesday, Sept 15 - stage 16: 170km Cordoba to Puertollano
Wednesday, Sept 16 - stage 17: 175km Ciudad Real to Talavera de la Reina
Thursday, Sept 17 - stage 18: 187km Talavera de la Reina to Avila
Friday, Sept 18 - stage 19: 174km Avila to La Granja
Saturday, Sept 19 - stage 20: 26km around Toledo, individual time-trial
Sunday, Sept 20 - stage 21: 110km Rivas-Vacaimadrid to Madrid
Total distance: 3,266.50 km
- Sep. 23, 2009
García Acosta completes 25th grand tour
No one can ever accuse Spanish veteran José Vicente "Chente" García Acosta of being a slacker.
The Caisse d’Epargne rider completed his 25th ...
- Sep. 20, 2009
Stage 21: Alejandro Valverde wins his first grand tour, as Greipel wins the final stage in Madrid
There were no surprises in Sunday’s finale at the 64th Vuelta a España: André Greipel kicked to his fourth stage victory to dominate the sprints ...
- Sep. 19, 2009
Stage 20: Miller blazes to TT win, Valverde secures lead. Evans gets back on the Vuelta podium.
Saturday’s 27.5km time trial at the Vuelta a España was several races within one.
In the battle for the stage, David Millar had enough in the ...
- Sep. 19, 2009Start Times - Stage 20 Time Trial
Start Times – Stage 20 Time Trial1. Damien Gaudin Bbox Bouygues Telecom - starts at ...
- Sep. 18, 2009
Stage 19: Cobo wins, Gesink fades, Valverde consolidates
Another cold, rainy day seemed to take the spark out of the Vuelta a España in the last mountain stage going into this weekend’s finale.
Juanjo ...
- Sep. 17, 2009
Garmin down to four
Garmin-Slipstream lost three riders in Thursday’s 18th stage at the Vuelta a España, leaving the squad with just four going into the final weekend ...
- Sep. 17, 2009
Deignan scores win at Vuelta; Valverde keeps lead
It’s been a long time since an Irishman won a stage at a grand tour.
You have to go all the way back to the glory days of the Roche-Kelly ...
- Sep. 16, 2009
Stage 17: Roux wins a close one, as Valverde maintains grip on the lead
What started off as a snoozer ended up as a fairytale, at least for 22-year-old French rider Anthony Roux.
With the chasing peloton breathing ...
- Sep. 15, 2009La Vuelta a España: Race leader will see red in 2010
The leader of next year's Vuelta a España will wear a red jersey instead of the current gold to mark the 75th anniversary of the event, organizers ...
- Sep. 15, 2009
Greipel takes another; Valverde keeps lead
Everyone knew Tuesday’s long, tedious 16th stage at the Vuelta a España was going to end up in a bunch sprint.
Despite some of the top ...
- Sep. 14, 2009
Stage 15: Evans: Puncture 'probably cost me the win of the Vuelta'
Cadel Evans vows to keep fighting in this Vuelta a España, but he will probably lose sleep when he thinks about his ill-timed puncture in ...
- Sep. 14, 2009
Stage 15: Boom blasts to stage-15 win
Race leader Alejandro Valverde and his Caisse d’Epargne team declared an unofficial rest day as Lars Boom (Rabobank) won stage 15 out of a 13-rider ...
- Sep. 13, 2009
Stage 14: Vuelta Notebook: Cunego primed for worlds
Damiano Cunego’s second stage victory at this year’s Vuelta a España shows he’ll be one of the riders to beat at the world championships later ...
- Sep. 13, 2009
Stage 14: Cunego takes a second stage as Valverde fends off his rivals for the Vuelta lead
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) collected his second win of the 2009 Vuelta a España on Sunday atop the Alto Sierra de la Pandera.
Cunego jumped away ...
- Sep. 12, 2009
Puncture deflates Evans as leaders race on without him
Cadel Evans just can’t seem to catch a break this season.
The Australian’s chances of overall victory were torpedoed Saturday with an ...
- Sep. 12, 2009
Stage 13: Moncoutie conquers the Sierra Nevada, Valverde leads
David Moncoutie (Cofidis) padded his lead in the mountains competition by winning stage 13 of the 2009 Vuelta a Espana on Saturday.
The ...
- Sep. 11, 2009
Stage 5: Michael Barry's diary: An ending looms, along with a new beginning
Laughter resounds through the camper as Mark’s joke carries from the back to the front where George, who is at the brunt of it, sits. On the puffy ...
- Sep. 11, 2009
Stage 12: Danielson hopes to climb higher in mountains
Tom Danielson is licking his lips ahead of Saturday’s decisive climbing stage to Sierra Nevada in the 13th stage at the Vuelta a España.
The ...
- Sep. 11, 2009
Stage 12: Q&A with Ryder Hesjedal: 'I never doubted that it was possible'
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Slipstream) made history Friday when he became the first Canadian to win a stage at the Vuelta a España.
Hesjedal also ...
- Sep. 11, 2009
Stage 12: Hesjedal hammers to stage-12 win
Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Slipstream) launched a desperate, last-ditch attack in the final meters to win the 12th stage of the 2009 Vuelta a España ...
- Sep. 10, 2009
Rest day: Mr. September: Ryder Hesjedal
Throughout his long career on the road and mountain bike circuits, some of the Canadian’s best performances have come in September.
Part of ...
- Sep. 9, 2009
Farrar: ‘It finally came together’
Tyler Farrar got the monkey off Garmin-Slipstream’s back.
After a string of close calls, with no less than nine second places in grand tours in ...
- Sep. 9, 2009
Stage 11: Farrar wins stage 11; Valverde leads
Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) finally got his stage win on Wednesday at the 2009 Vuelta a Espana.
It was a desperately long sprint for the ...
- Sep. 8, 2009Stage 10: Vuelta Notebook: Stage 10
Garmin-Slipstream is still waiting for that elusive individual grand tour stage victory, but no one can criticize the U.S.-registered team for a lack ...
- Sep. 8, 2009
Stage 10: Gerrans grabs stage 10; Valverde leads
Simon Gerrans (Cervélo TestTeam) wasn’t included in this year’s Tour de France, but he proved to his team that he can be counted on to win in ...
- Sep. 7, 2009
Stage 9: Valverde seizes lead in Vuelta
A heavy Spanish accent was back on the Vuelta a España in Monday’s wild and unpredictable seven-climb stage from Alcoy to Xorret de Catí.
...
- Sep. 6, 2009
Stage 8: Cunego conquers Alto de Aitana, Evans leads
Damiano Cunego (Lampre) won stage 8 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday, a mountainous, six-hour slog that ended atop the fog-shrouded categoría ...
- Sep. 5, 2009
Stage 7: Cancellara regains Vuelta lead after blasting through 30km TT.
Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) proved he’s on track to add another gold medal to his growing collection with another superb time trial victory ...
- Sep. 4, 2009Vuelta Notebook: Beloki’s comeback, Schleck dreamin’ rainbows
Beloki plots his own comeback
Joseba Beloki is plotting a return to the professional peloton, but he won’t be trying to regain his ...
- Sep. 4, 2009
Stage 6: Bozic wins Vuelta's stage 6
They wanted the win on home roads, but Dutch-backed Vacansoleil are still tickled pink to have a stage victory at the Vuelta a España from Slovenian ...
- Sep. 3, 2009Andrew Hood's Vuelta Notebook
Reigning Olympic champion Samuel Sánchez says he doesn’t expect to, but still believes he can win the Vuelta a España.
That’s how Sánchez ...
- Sep. 3, 2009
Stage 5: Columbia-HTC's Andre Greipel wins his second consecutive stage at the Vuelta.
André Greipel (Columbia-HTC) made it look easy in Thursday’s 174km fifth stage at the Vuelta a España, winning his second consecutive stage and ...
- Sep. 3, 2009
John Wilcockson: North Americans still in the hunt at the Vuelta, even with Horner gone
In terms of roadside spectators, the opening four stages of the 64th Vuelta a España through The Netherlands and Belgium were a huge success.. ...
- Sep. 1, 2009
Large crash marks end of Vuelta stage
Chris Horner was among the major victims of a horrible high-speed crash Tuesday as scores of riders crashed near the end of the rainy fourth stage at ...
- Sep. 1, 2009Andrew Hood's Vuelta Notebook: Greipel is the ‘German Flyer’
André Greipel doesn’t think there should be an asterisk next to his victory in Tuesday’s stage at the crash-marred finale at the Vuelta a ...
- Sep. 1, 2009
Stage 4: Columbia's Andre Greipel scores a rainy stage win at the Vuelta, as Astana's Chris Horner takes a fall
Columbia HTC's Andre Greipel scored a stage win Tuesday at the Vuelta a Espana, on long, rainy stage — 225.5km from Venlo, in the Netherlands, to ...
- Aug. 31, 2009Stage 3: Vuelta notebook: Henderson's happy, Barredo's bummed
Perhaps it’s no mistake that Greg Henderson’s biggest road win of his career comes in the Vuelta a España.
Monday’s stage-3 sprint victory ...
- Aug. 31, 2009
Stage 3: Henderson hurtles to Vuelta victory
New Zealander Greg Henderson (Columbia-HTC) sprinted to his first grand-tour victory on Monday in stage 3 of the 2009 Vuelta a España.
The former ...
- Aug. 30, 2009
Stage 2: Vuelta notebook: Horner can't wait for sunny Spain
Chris Horner cannot wait to get to the warmer climes of Spain.
It’s not that the Astana captain doesn’t like bumping shoulders on the narrow, ...
- Aug. 30, 2009
Stage 2: Ciolek wins stage 2 at Vuelta
Gerald Ciolek (Milram) has been lurking on the edge of greatness ever since he came out of nowhere to beat Erik Zabel and claim the 2005 German ...
- Aug. 29, 2009
Prologue: Andrew Hood's Vuelta Notebook
If Saturday’s rowdy and enthusiastic welcome for the Vuelta a España is any indication, next year’s Giro and Tour starts should be off the ...
- Aug. 29, 2009
Prologue: Cancellara rainbow dreamin’
When the stage has a clock sitting at the finish line and riders start one at a time, you can almost bet the house that Fabian Cancellara is going to ...
- Aug. 29, 2009Vuelta a España - Start times prologue
Start Times – Prologue, Vuelta a España, 2009 1. Alberto FernÁndez Sainz Xacobeo ...
- Aug. 28, 2009
Who can win the 2009 Vuelta a España?
The 64th Vuelta a España clicks into gear Saturday on the Assen race track with one of its deepest and most competitive fields ever.
Not only ...
- Aug. 28, 2009
Yates: ‘Horner will get his chance at Vuelta’
Chris Horner will finally get a crack at the GC in a grand tour when the Vuelta a España clicks into gear on Saturday in Holland.
That’s ...
- Aug. 28, 2009Vuelta a España - Preliminary Start List
Preliminary Start List – Vuelta a España 2009Euskaltel-Euskadi1. Samuel ...
- Aug. 27, 2009Garmin-Slipstream will bring Farrar, Danielson and Hesjedal to the Vuelta.
Garmin-Slipstream's sprinter Tyler Farrar will be looking for stage wins at the Vuelta a Espana starting Saturday, and the team is sending a squad of ...
- Aug. 27, 2009
Vino' only looking ahead
As if the last two years hadn’t happened at all, Alexander Vinokourov is back at the Vuelta a España and back on the Astana team.
Ignore that ...
- Aug. 25, 2009Davis, Boonen lead Quick Step to Vuelta
Australian Allan Davis will have the chance to make amends for missing the Tour de France in July after he was named in Quick Step's squad for the ...
- Aug. 25, 2009
Basso eyes Vuelta title
Ivan Basso is taking aim at nothing short of overall victory for the 64th Vuelta a España, which clicks into gear Saturday in Holland.
The ...
- Aug. 24, 2009PRE: Columbia has full quiver for Vuelta
Team Columbia-HTC believes powerful German sprinter André Greipel can help continue its impressive 2009 season once the Vuelta a España clicks into ...
- Aug. 24, 2009PRE: Vinokourov named to Astana's Vuelta squad
Alexander Vinokourov is now officially part of the Astana team and is set to ride the Vuelta a España.
The back-room wrangling over the return ...
- Aug. 24, 2009
PRE: Rasmussen sees no chance of racing Vuelta
There won’t be a late-hour bid to include Michael Rasmussen in the 64th Vuelta a España.
At least Rasmussen isn’t expecting one.
“All I ...
- Aug. 24, 2009PRE: Valverde leads Caisse d'Epargne for Vuelta
Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will lead Caisse d'Epargne at this year's Vuelta a España, the team announced on Monday.
The 29-year-old, who ...
- Aug. 24, 2009PRE: Evans seeks redemption at Vuelta
Cadel Evans will lead Silence-Lotto at the 64th Vuelta a España with hopes of reaching the podium in the season’s final grand tour.
Evans ...
- Aug. 23, 2009Garate adds punch to Rabobank's Vuelta team
Tour de France stage-winner Juan Manuel Garate will be part of Rabobank’s starting nine for the upcoming Vuelta a España.
Garate, who won atop ...
- Aug. 22, 2009Basso, Bennati to lead Liquigas at Vuelta
Liquigas-Doimo heads to the 64th Vuelta a España with a strong team and even stronger ambitions.
Led by GC threats Ivan Basso and Roman ...
- Aug. 21, 2009FdJ's Offredo injuries force him to skip Vuelta
Française des Jeux’s Yoann Offredo has been ruled out of next week’s Vuelta a España, after suffering injuries in the Eneco Tour.
The ...
- Aug. 20, 2009
Yellow light for Vinokourov in Vuelta, red light for Rasmussen
There only thing certain about Alexander Vinokourov’s immediate future and whether or not he’ll race the Vuelta a España is that it is all far ...
- Aug. 19, 2009Cobo in doubt for Vuelta
Recent injuries have put GC-threat Juanjo Cobo's Vuelta a España in doubt.
The 28-year-old Fuji-Servetto leader crashed during training last week ...
- Aug. 13, 2009
A conversation with Tom Danielson: Back on track
Tom Danielson was back in the winner’s column last weekend with victory in the individual time trial at the five-day Vuelta a Burgos in ...
- Aug. 13, 2009
PRE: Sánchez No. 1 on prelim Vuelta start list
Reigning Olympic road race champion Samuel Sánchez will wear the No. 1 bib for the upcoming Vuelta a España in the season’s third and final grand ...
- Aug. 13, 2009Preliminary Start List – Vuelta a España 2009
Preliminary Start List – Vuelta a España 2009EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI ...
- Aug. 10, 2009Vuelta a España: Valverde, si; Pereiro, no
Following his victory this weekend at the Vuelta a Burgos, Alejandro Valverde now has his eyes set on the overall title at the Vuelta a España.
...
- Aug. 6, 2009
PRE: Boonen skips Ain, confirms Vuelta
Quick Step’s Tom Boonen is skipping this weekend’s Tour de l’Ain, but has confirmed he will start the Vuelta a España later this month.
...
- Aug. 4, 2009Gesink, Boom lead Rabobank for Vuelta
Teams are already releasing preliminary start lists for the upcoming Vuelta a España (August 29-September 20) and Rabobank will bring a strong team ...
- Jul. 31, 2009Fignon: Herrera bought '87 Vuelta
Laurent Fignon — the two-time French winner of the Tour de France — has alleged in his new autobiography that his team was paid off by the ...
- Jul. 29, 2009
Andy Schleck, Basso headline strong Vuelta field
None of last year’s top three are expected to be back, but the 2009 Vuelta a España will see a strong field for the season’s final grand ...
- Jun. 12, 2009
Vuelta leaves Katusha, Fuji and LPR on sidelines
Twenty-one teams are heading to the Vuelta a España in late August, but not everyone is going to be happy.
Among the major teams left on the ...
- Jun. 5, 2009
Di Luca wants Vuelta invitation
Just days after finishing second in the Giro d’Italia, Danilo Di Luca is making his case about racing the Vuelta a España later this ...
