Simon Yates consolidates British supremacy in the youngest Vuelta

La Vuelta 18 will be remembered as the finale for the golden year of British cycling. United Kingdom triumphed in all 3 Grand Tours with 3 different riders: Chris Froome in Italy, Geraint Thomas in France & Simon Yates in Spain. The Mitchelton Scott rider wore the red for the first time in La Covatilla, recovered it in Les Praeres and kept it until La Gallina. 

Simon Yates consolidates British supremacy in the youngest Vuelta

La Vuelta 18 will be remembered as the finale for the golden year of British cycling. United Kingdom triumphed in all 3 Grand Tours with 3 different riders: Chris Froome in Italy, Geraint Thomas in France & Simon Yates in Spain. The Mitchelton Scott rider wore the red for the first time in La Covatilla, recovered it in Les Praeres and kept it until La Gallina. 

Miguel Ángel López: "My third place makes the whole team happy"

I’m very happy with the team work that enabled me to finish on the podium of La Vuelta. My team-mates have always ridden flat out for me. We already had done a great Giro before and we kept the same mentality at La Vuelta. Unfortunately, I missed out on the stage victory yesterday. We wanted it badly for celebrating the birthday of Alexandr Vinokourov, our manager at Astana....

Alejandro Valverde: "I've had great moments during this Vuelta"

I’ve had great moments during this Vuelta. I can’t choose one between my two stage wins. The worst moment was yesterday when I got kicked out of the podium. But it hasn’t been a disaster since the public kept supporting me. I see Enric Mas as a great rider for the future. For now, he’s pretty similar to Contador. He’s got skills for time trialing...

Enric Mas: "I want more"

It’s been a great moment to appear on the final podium of La Vuelta. It was my goal although I kept it for myself coming into the race. I might be a different rider now after I achieved this but I’m the same person. I hope for more moments like in the future, including on the top spot.

Simon Yates: "I got nervous when I went on stage"

It’s still hard to believe that I’ve won La Vuelta. I was disappointed to not win the Giro but I’ve made it up. I’m in shock. I got really nervous when I went on stage. My natural habitat is on the bike… I enjoyed the moment. It was a very special one. We’ll see what my future is like. I’ll keep trying very hard to win races like La...

Elia Viviani: "We can be proud"

I lost my train today. We’re at the end of the third week of a Grand Tour. That makes a difference. I think I lost my lead out with 2km to go at a roundabout but I remained confident that I’d come from the back. At the last corner, I told my guys that I wasn’t there so they slowed down. Every mistake makes us improve. But the outcome is really good. We can be...

Viviani and Yates take the glory in Madrid

The final stage of La Vuelta 18 ended with the usual and spectacular bunch sprint in Madrid. Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) proved again he was the fastest with a third stage victory, ahead of the World champion Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo). Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) made it through the stage without problems and is the overall winner...

Viviani ahead of Sagan and Nizzolo

Results in Madrid

1. Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors)

2. Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe)

3. Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo)

4. Danny Van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo)

5. Marc Sarreau (Groupama-FDJ)