The 40-year-old raced as a professional for 20 years and will step away from the sport after this weekend's Clásica San Sebastián.

The trio joins many others who have succumbed to the heat and the climbing in the Spanish grand tour

One of Spain's most elegant cities, San Sebastián will be on display at the end of the 219km race this weekend

The Spaniard leads the race through nine stages, but says teammate Joaquim Rodriguez is still the team's GC leader

Valverde and Contador are poised to make a move this weekend in the Tour's first mountain test

Zubeldia his transition from Tour podium contender to helper as well as the merger between RadioShack and Leopard-Trek

Haimar Zubeldia says Andy Schleck will have a better chance to win the Tour de France riding under the guidance of Belgium director Johan Bruyneel next season under the merger of RadioShack and Leopard-Trek.

Chris Horner will be missing one of his most experienced and valued teammates in his defense at the Vuelta al País Vasco after Haimar Zubeldia announced he will not start due to a bout of the flu. Zubeldia, who comes from Spain’s Basque Country, fell ill during the Volta a Catalunya two weeks ago and […]

• 1. Wouter Poels (Ned), Vacansoleil, 3:15:39
• 2. David Moncoutie (Fra), Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at 0:00
• 3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra), Française des Jeux, at 0:00
• 4. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp), Team RadioShack, at 0:00
• 5. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:03

Haimar Zubeldia hadn’t won a race in 10 years – now he’s back on the winner’s podium for the second time in a week.