Sergio Higuita took the lead in the Volta a Catalunya on Saturday despite finishing second to Richard Carapaz after a long two-man breakaway.

Dutch rider Fabio Jakobsen won stage 8 of the Vuelta a España on Saturday for his second masssprint triumph on the race just a year after a near fatal crash on the Tour ofPoland.

Australian climb specialist Michael Storer of the DSM team won a mountainous stage 7 of the Vuelta aEspana on Friday, soloing to victory after escaping a 30-rider breakaway.

Alpecin-Fenix's Jasper Philipsen won a classic mass bunch sprint on the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana onSunday, edging out Deceuninck Quick-Step's Fabio Jakobsen and Bike Exchange'sMichael Matthews.

Cycling's final 21-day race of the season, the Vuelta a España, gets underway in Burgos Saturday with three Olympic champions taking on the mountainous route bookended by individual time-trials.

Ineos will field two newly crowned Olympic champions, Richard Carapaz and Tom Pidcock, in its team at the Vuelta a España which start on Saturday in Burgos.

Heading towards the Vuelta a España, Primoz Roglic, Egan Bernal, and Richard Carapaz stand above everyone as favorites, but who could surprise the top stars in the 2021 edition?

The 2021 Vuelta a España runs this Aug. 14 to Sept. 5 and includes many stars who could compete for the final overall victory when the race wraps up in Santiago de Compostela.

Ineos Grenadiers generally establish what they call a clear "mission strategy" and on Thursday they unveiled a four-rider leadership of their eight-man team, headed by Geraint Thomas and charged with bringing the outfit their eighth Tour de France win in ten years.

The 2019 and 2020 editions of the Tour de France were won by two of the youngest riders in the history of the race. Tadej Pogacar and Egan Bernal are at the forefront of a new generation of young cyclists which are continually raising the bar and upsetting the established favorites. The 2021 Tour de France will be another battle between the dynamic youth and the experienced establishment.

Die-hard cycling fans live for the epic three weeks of racing that engulfs France every summer. The biggest race in cycling, also happens to be one of the biggest sporting events in the world and is enjoyed by far more people than just hardcore cycling fans.

Die-hard cycling fans live for the epic three weeks of racing that engulfs France every summer. The biggest race in cycling, also happens to be one of the biggest sporting events in the world and is enjoyed by far more people than just hardcore cycling fans.

Ecuador's Richard Carapaz of the Ineos Grenadiers team won the Tour de Suisse after Sunday's eighth andfinal stage claimed by home rider Gino Mäder (Bahrain-Victorious).

Colombian Rigoberto Urán burst back into contention at the Tour de Suisse on Saturday with a sizzling time-trial win ahead of a last-day showdown in the Alps.

Andreas Kron was awarded the sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse on Friday after Rui Costa was penalized for swerving across the road in the final sprint.