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

Colombian phenom Nairo Quintana dashed to victory in Saturday’s climbing stage to open the two-day Vuelta a Murcia in Spain. The 22-year-old attacked on the Cat. 1 Alto del Collado Bermejo with 7km to go from the finish-line in the Sierra Espuna. He followed an attack from 2012 season revelation Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Edura) and eventually […]

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

Scores of results sheets will be adjusted following the CAS ruling

Ten days after his horrific crash at the Vuelta a Murcia, Spanish rider Rubén Plaza underwent a five-hour surgery Tuesday at a Barcelona hospital to repair a fracture of his tibula and fibula in his right leg. Ligament swelling on his ankle delayed the operation by more than a week. Doctors expect the Spanish rider […]

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