Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) wins stage six in Sagunt, Vuelta.

Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) sprints to Phenomenal brutal stage six victory in win Sagunt, Vuelta a Espana.
 That is, without doubt, the biggest win of Tomasz Marczynski's career. The 33-year-old has twice been Polish national champion and he won the Tour du Maroc in 2015 but this is obviously on a different level.

 Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors) was wins most combative prize of stage six.
David Villella (in polka dots after stage 6 at the Vuelta Tim de Axel Domont (AGR2 Lamondiale) hit the deck during stage.
Alberto Contador (Trek-SegaFredo) goes on the attack during stage six.

 After the breakaway succeeded on stage 5, the peloton saw the opportunity again to make an early move stick. While Wednesday saw some 17 riders make it clear of the bunch, Thursday’s stage 6 to Sagunt surpassed that.
The pace in the opening kilometres matched the weather, hot in every sense, with repeated attacks flying off the front. After more than 30 kilometres of racing, a breakaway began to form, first with 20 riders but that ballooned to 37 before settling at 27.

Top Ten General Classification result

 1, Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 22:54:37,
2, Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Colombia) Orica-Scott 00:00:11,
3, Nicolas Roche (Ireland) BMC Racing 00:00:13,
4, Tejay van Garderen (United State) BMC Racing 00:00:27,
5, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 00:00:36,
6, David de la Cruz (Spain) Quick-Step Floors 00:00:40,
7, Fabio Aru (Italy) Astana Pro Team 00:00:49,
8 Adam Yates (Great Britain) Orica-Scott 00:00:50,
9, Michael Woods (Cannada) Cannondale-Drapac 00:01:13,
10, Simon Yates (Great Britain) Orica-Scott 00:01:26

Alexey Lutsenko (Team Astana) wins stage five vuelta a Espana.

Alexey Lutsenko (Team Astana) wins stage five in Alcossebre, Vuelta a Espana.

Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo) bounces back after.
Chris Froome (Team Sky) extends his lead in general classification.
Matteo Trentin (Quick-step Floor's) keeps green jersey after stage five.

Jelle Wallays (Lotto Soudal) gets medical attention after crashing.

 How it panned out

The break of the day formed in three instalments after the race left the start in Benicassim, with Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors) leading a nine-man squadron clear after six kilometres, and seven chasers bridging up to them shortly afterwards, before Matvey Mamykin (Katusha-Alpecin) made it across alone to bring the complement up to 17 riders.

Top Ten general classification result

1, Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 18:07:10,
2, Tejay Van Garderen (United State) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10,
3, Esteban Chaves (Colombia) Orica-Scott 0:00:11,
4, Nicolas Roche (Ireland) BMC Racing Team 0:00:13,
5, David De La Cruz (Spain) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:23,
6, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:36,
 7, Fabio Aru (Italy) Astana Pro Team 0:00:49,
8, Adam Yates (Great Britain) Orica-Scott 0:00:50,
 9, Simon Yates (Great Britain) Orica-Scott 0:01:09,
 10, Michael Woods (Cannada) Cannondale-Drapac 0:01:13,

Matteo Trentin (Quick-Step floor's) outsprints Juan Lobato to win stage four, Vuelta a Espana.

Matteo Trentin (Quick-Step Floor's) wins messy stage four sprint in Tarragona, Vuelta a Espana.

 Trentin wins makes add awhole news of him winning stages in all the three grand tours from Tour de France in 2013 and Giro d'Italia in last year’s Giro d’Italia Stephane Rossetto (Team Cofidis) and Diego Rubio (Cajal Rural) try to hold off the peloton during stage four.
 How it happend

 In contrast to Sunday’s stage 2, where the constant threat of crosswinds meant no breakaway was seen all day, Tuesday's stage – the second of only four flat sprint stages at this Vuelta – quickly settled into a more familiar pattern.

 Top Ten General Classification Result

 1, Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 08:53:44,
 2, David de la Cruz (Spain) Quick-Step Floors 00:00:02,
3, Nicolas Roche (Ireland) BMC Racing Team 00:00:02,
4, Tejay van Garderen (United State) BMC Racing Team 00:00:02, 5, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 00:00:10,
6, Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Colombia) Orica-Scott 00:00:11,
7, Fabio Aru (Italy) Astana Pro Team 00:00:38,
8, Adam Yates (Great Britain) Orica-Scott 00:00:39,
9, Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale 00:00:48,
10, Simon Yates (Great Britain) Orica-Scott 00:00:48.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) wins stage three Vuelta a Espana.

Vincenzo Nibali "D Shark" (Bahrain-Merida) accelerates to stage three victory atop Andorra la Vella, Vuelta a Espana.

 Davide Villella (Cannondale-Drapac) takes polka dots at the Vuelta a España Chris Froome (Team Sky) stomps into red leaders jersey after a tough-hard fought stage three of Vuelta a España.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) takes over green points jersey Vuelta a España stage 3.
  Wishing a good race to the riders as they set off on stage 3.
 
Starting the Vuelta a Espana in Nimes was always going to mean an early trip to the Pyrenees for the peloton.
Stage 3 would pit the riders against their first major mountain test with a tough ride into Andorra La Vella. Following a lengthy neutral section, the break was quick to form with Caja Rural’s Fabricio Ferrari igniting the move. Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), David Villella (Cannondale-Drapac) and Anthony Turgis (Cofidis) followed him across the gap, and were later joined by Axel Domont, Alexandre Geniez (AG2R La Mondiale) and Fernando Orjuela (Manzana Postobon) after a short chase.

Top ten general classification result

 1, Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 8:53:44,
2, David De La Cruz (Spain) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:02,
 3, Nicolas Roche (Ireland) BMC Racing Team,
4, Tejay Van Garderen (United State) BMC Racing Team,
5, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:10,
6, Esteban Chaves (Colombia) Orica-Scott 0:00:11,
7, Fabio Aru (Italy) Astana Pro Team 0:00:38,
 8, Adam Yates (Australia) Orica-Scott 0:00:39,
9, Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:43,
10, Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:48

Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floor's) wins stage two Vuelta a Espana.

Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floor's) nabs sprinters stage two in Vuelta a Espana and takes over race leaders red jersey.

 Roche, Frankiny and Oss (BMC Racing) on podium for best team.

Blue skies greeted the peloton in the ancient city of Nimes, France, but the riders were too nervous of the predicted strong crosswinds to enjoy the atmosphere. The 203-km long stage took off after a long neutralized section.

Trek-Segafredo set a a high pace at the front, preventing breaks and keeping things under control for GC candidate Alberto Contador and stage win candidate John Degenkolb.

 Top Ten stage two General classification result

 1, Yves Lampaert (Belgium) Quick-Step Floors 4:52:07,
2, Matteo Trentin (Italy) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:01,
 3, Daniel Oss (Italy) BMC Racing Team 0:00:03,
4, Tejay van Garderen (United Stated) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17,
 5, Nicolas Roche (Ireland) BMC Racing Team,
 6, Rohan Dennis (Australia) BMC Racing Team,
7, Julian Alaphilippe (France) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:18,
8, Wilco Kelderman (Netherland) Team Sunweb,
9, Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 0:00:21,
10, Wout Poels (Netherland) Team Sky

BMC Racing wins Vuelta a espana team time trial in Nimes

Team BMC Racing wins opening stage one Vuelta a Espana Team time trial in Nimes, France.

 Beating world team time trial champions as they powered to a well solidify victory, they let Australian time trial specialist Rohan Dennis to cross the line in first position to become the wearer of the red leaders jersey.

 The 13.7km team time trial in Nimes, France, was a winding affair that included little in the way of vertical challenge. Manzana Postobon led off the nine-man teams in the evening stage, but it was Bora-Hansgrohe that flew over the course in 16:19 that set the early mark to beat. Led by Rafal Majka, the team blasted past earlier leader Lotto Soudal by just three seconds.

Top Ten team classificaton result

 1, BMC Racing Team 0:15:58,
 2, Quick-Step Floors 0:00:06,
3, Team Sunweb,
4, Team Sky 0:00:09,
5, Orica-Scott 0:00:17,  
6, Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:21,
  7, Lotto-Soudal 0:00:24 ,
8, Team Movistar,
  9, Team Bahrain-Merida 0:00:31,
10, Team Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:33