BehindThePeloton

We got a Basque winner in the Basque Country today, it just wasn't the one we were expecting. Our predicted winner Aranburu was in the breakaway of the day and seemed to be the favorite for the win, but he…

The Queen stage certainly did not disappoint, what a race! He has been riding amazing all Vuelta, but yesterday we saw the definitive confirmation that Tadej Pogacar is destined for greatness. Next to his amazing win, the gravel section caused…

Today we saw the GC men taking it easy. It was the fast man Arndt who managed to outsprint a seemingly strong Aranburu -who might have wasted just a little too much energy in the final by chasing down every…

Awesome mur finish today! The breakaway didn't make it, but the four strongest man in the race made it quite a battle. It was the old dog Valverde who managed to take a Vuelta stage-win in his world-champion jersey. The…

For one moment we were affraid that today would be a GC day given the fierce pace on the first two climbs, but eventually a group of 11 man broke free and managed to finish in front of the peloton.…

Some nice racing today! After a seemingly weak breakaway was allowed a huge advantage, it was the mountain jersey wear Madrazo who suprised everyone after seemingly dropping, taking a h-u-g-e victory for the pro-continental Burgos team. In the GC fight…

Interesting sprint today, awesome lead-out by Richeze, who turned to be the main reason the fastest sprinter did not win today. It was Jakobsen who was delivered well ahead of all the other riders and managed to just defend it…

We saw another interesting stage today! In our last preview we mentioned that the final climb could sap energy out of some sprinters legs, and that's exactly what happened! Jakobsen, Gaviria and Walscheid dropped, but BORA waited too long to…

What a start to the Vuelta! If you had told us before the stage that Quintana would win and take the green jersey, we would have called you crazy. Whoever was crazy enough make a bet on him today has…