Vuelta a Murcia

UAE Emirates delivers tactical masterpiece to open three straight days of racing in Spain.

Valverde withdrawn from home race the Vuelta a Murcia this weekend as COVID precaution.

New calendar dates awarded to UCI WorldTour events seeking to be on the current year's calendar.

Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) soloed to his fifth career win at La Vuelta a Murcia on Saturday.

BMC's Philippe Gilbert proves fastest out of a select group of four riders, out-sprinting Alejandro Valverde.

Rein Taaramae started 2015 off on the right foot, winning the Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia for his new team Astana

Looking to reach peak form in the second half of the year

Scores of results sheets will be adjusted following the CAS ruling

The debate over the race radio ban heats up as the race director at the Vuelta a Murcia blamed the absence of race radio for several crashes during the three-stage race in Spain.

MURCIA, Spain (VN) – A huge smile creased across the typically somber face of Bjarne Riis when Alberto Contador celebrated his first victory of 2011 at the Vuelta a Murcia by pointing proudly at his Saxo Bank-Sungard jersey.

Stage 3

• 1. Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp), Saxobank-Sungard, 14:10
• 2. Jerome Coppel (Fra), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:08
• 3. Denis Menchov (Rus), Geox-TMC, at 0:12
• 4. Alex Dowsett (Gbr), Team Sky, at 0:19
• 5. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr), Movistar, at 0:26

Final overall

• 1. Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp), Saxobank-Sungard, 9:27:18
• 2. Jerome Coppel (Fra), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:11
• 3. Denis Menchov (Rus), Geox-TMC, at 0:17
• 4. Wouter Poels (Ned), Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 1:46
• 5. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col), at 1:47

Stage 2:

• 1. Alberto Contador Velasco (Esp) Saxobank-Sungard, in 4:46:57
• 2. Denis Menchov (Rus), Geoxat 0:05
• 3. Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun, at 0:05
• 4. Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col), Geox at 0:25
• 5. Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 0:27

Alberto Contador wins stage 2 in Murcia and pulls on a leader's jersey for the first time since the 2010 Tour de France.

• 1. Michael Matthews (Aus), Rabobank
• 2. Russell Downing (Gbr), Sky, at 0:00
• 3. Davide Appollonio (Ita), Sky, at 0:00
• 4. Aitor Galdos Alonso (Esp), Caja Rural, at 0:00
• 5. Martin Reimer (Ger), Skil-Shimano, at 0:00

SAN PEDRO DEL PINATAR, Spain (VN) – Alberto Contador started Friday’s first stage at the Vuelta a Murcia with modest hopes of winning on the bike while his legal team is expanding for the looming battle off the bike.

MURCIA, Spain (VN) – Alberto Contador headlines the field at the three-day Vuelta a Murcia in what will be his second race since he was cleared by the Spanish cycling federation to return to racing.

Alberto Contador is already a pretty good time trialist, but his new boss at Saxo Bank-Sungard said changes in his TT position could take the Tour de France winner up another notch.

“Just being here is a victory,” said Alberto Contador after finishing fourth overall in the Volta ao Algarve.

Although shortened from five to three days, the Vuelta a Murcia in Spain will see a top field for the race set for March 4-6.

Carlos Sastre (Geox-TMC) will make his season debut at the Vuelta a Murcia in March.

Frantisek Rabon (HTC-Columbia) clinches overall victory in the Vuelta a Murcia.

Graham Watson shoots Stage 4 of the 2010 Vuelta a Murcia.

Czech rider Frantisek Rabon (HTC-Columbia) wins the individual time trial at the Vuelta a Murcia.

Double stage winner, Robbie Hunter, has pulled out of the Tour of Murcia on Friday after learning that his wife has gone into labor.

It was like déjà-vu all over again Thursday at the Vuelta a Murcia in Spain.

2010 Vuelta a Murcia results

Robbie Hunter delivered Garmin-Transitions its first win on the 2010 season after taking a sprint victory in Wednesday’s opening stage at the Vuelta a Murcia in Spain.

In Europe this week, the Vuelta a Murcia and the Monte Paschi Eroica are the big races, while mid-week races in Italy and Belgium keep things rolling. Andrew Hood takes a look.

The organizers of Spain’s Vuelta a Murcia, which begins Wednesday, have refused to admit Italian teams, an action in solidarity with Alejandro Valverde who has been banned from competing in Italy.