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De Marchi wins longest stage at Vuelta, Yates stays in red

De Marchi wins longest stage at Vuelta, Yates stays in red

Italian rider Alessandro de Marchi ended a three-year wait for an individual grand tour stage win with a dominant performance to take victory on stage 11 at the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday.

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Simon Yates takes Vuelta a Espana red jersey for Mitchelton-Scott
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Simon Yates takes Vuelta a Espana red jersey for Mitchelton-Scott

Yates leads the tour after stage nine, one second ahead of Movistar's Alejandro Valverde.

  • by Richard Martin
Valverde grabs second stage win at Vuelta to close gap
Vuelta a Espana

Valverde grabs second stage win at Vuelta to close gap

Spaniard grabbed a second stage win of this year's Vuelta a Espana by pipping Peter Sagan to the finish line in a thrilling uphill sprint.

Bouhanni puts penalties behind him to sprint to victory
Vuelta a Espana

Bouhanni puts penalties behind him to sprint to victory

Frenchman Nacer Bouhanni put a tumultuous start to the day behind him to claim a dramatic victory in a reduced bunch sprint on stage six.

'Amazing': Australian Clarke storms to Vuelta stage win
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'Amazing': Australian Clarke storms to Vuelta stage win

Australian cyclist Simon Clarke won stage five of La Vuelta as Rudy Molard took the leader's red jersey off the shoulders of Team Sky's Michal Kwiatkowski.

Yates closing gap on leaders in Vuelta
Vuelta a Espana

Yates closing gap on leaders in Vuelta

Simon Yates dusted off his Giro d'Italia playbook as he used a late attack to close the gap on the of the Vuelta a Espana leader's red jersey.

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'I was lost': Caroline Buchanan opens up as Olympic journey begins
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'I was lost': Caroline Buchanan opens up as Olympic journey begins

Six months off the bike, with her cracked sternum rattling around in her chest, eight-time world champion Caroline Buchanan admits she felt lost.

  • by David Polkinghorne
Valverde sprints to Vuelta stage victory as Aussies falter
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Valverde sprints to Vuelta stage victory as Aussies falter

As the hopes of two Australian riders faded, Spanish veteran Alejandro Valverde stole the show on stage two of the Tour of Spain.

  • by Joseph Cassinelli
Michael Matthews sprints back to victory at BinckBank Tour
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Michael Matthews sprints back to victory at BinckBank Tour

It might not be the Tour de France stage win he hoped for, but Canberra cycling star Michael Matthews has put a difficult year behind him.

  • by David Polkinghorne
She's back! Caroline Buchanan wins first race eight months after crash
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She's back! Caroline Buchanan wins first race eight months after crash

The Canberra cycling queen sent a message to the rest of her competitors by winning in Whistler, capping her return to the bike after a life-threatening crash.

  • by Chris Dutton
Richie Porte and Amanda Spratt headline Australian cycling team

Richie Porte and Amanda Spratt headline Australian cycling team

Cycling Australia has named Porte, Rohan Dennis and Spratt for the world road cycling championships next month in Innsbruck, Austria.

  • by Roger Vaughan