Sylvain Chavanel

French national champion Sylvain Chavanel (Quickstep), a veteran of 13 Grand Tours will be sharing his experiences and insights as he rides the 2011 Vuelta a Espana. Chavanel has won 38 races in his career, including multiple stages of the Tour de France. A noted time trialist, Chavanel has shown his versatility in recent years, and has developed into one of the strongest cobbled Classics riders in the peloton.

The 32-year-old has had a lean 2011 season by his own lofty standards and will be looking to have a successful Vuelta as he prepares for the UCI Road World Championships in Copenhagen.

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French champion Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step)

Counting down the days till the 66th Vuelta

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My first entry from our hotel in southern Spain

Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step)

A hectic final week at the Vuelta

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Chasing a win in the Basque Country

There were 20 in the bunch and the little one said, 'fall over fall over': The peloton took a hard fall on Stage 6.

Broken Barredo leaves Vuelta

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Quick Step's Carlos Barredo will not contest today's Vuelta a España stage when the event resumes in...

Sylvain Chavanel flew the colours of the French champion in the breakaway

On the hunt for a Vuelta stage win

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The climbing continued even on the rest day...

Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) did enough to inherit the overall lead.

I'm tired but very happy to be the Vuelta race leader

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I hope to keep the red jersey for a while

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