Vuelta a Espana 2016 - Start List

Start list

Giro d'Italia Women stage 9 LIVE: Antonia Niedermaier is the virtual maglia rosa as the German joins a strong trio up the road

It's anything but a parade stage with 2,100 metres of total elevation gain on the 145km Saluzzo loop, marking a tough finale where the overall winner will be crowned
As it happened: Breakaway succeeds on opening day at Critérium du Dauphiné - Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes stage 1

Alex Baudin went clear on the final climb and pulled off the win as the GC riders looked at each other
Critérium du Dauphiné: Frenchman Alex Baudin survives solo from early breakaway for biggest win of his career and yellow jersey on stage 1

GC teams fail to bring back EF Education-EasyPost rider, who spent more than 120km in front

Paul Seixas loses vital climbing domestique Matthew Riccitello on stage 1 of the Dauphiné

Illness forces talented young US rider out of the race on opening day
Why Remco Evenepoel's bike is at the Tour-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, but he isn't

Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe explain unusual situation after Belgian's name sticker was spotted on a bike before the race
'I would have liked to continue working with him' – Wout van Aert addresses Niermann exit as he returns to road for the first time since Paris-Roubaix

Belgian says he's 'really not afraid that it will all collapse like a house of cards here' when Head of Racing departs fully on August 31

TotalEnergies showed us a prototype Cube aero bike, didn't tell us a thing about it, and then took it away again - It's cool, though

New Litening Aero makes first appearance ahead of Tour-Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
'It really changed the plans we had' – Demi Vollering 'disappointed' after queen stage win at Giro d'Italia Women as she fails to distance GC rivals on shortened mountain day

Dutchwoman concedes 'That's cycling, we have to deal with nature, we have to deal with the circumstances' after abbreviated Colle dell Finestere finish
'I would have liked them to be there' – Paul Seixas disappointed by absence of Pogačar and Vingegaard at Dauphiné, his Tour de France 'rehearsal'

'This week will be a similar experience, with all the media attention, managing things with the team... that's really what interests me here' says 19-year-old Frenchman