Posted on 26/07/2016 14:58
Starts on Saturday 20 August, with a 29km time trial, followed by about 5 days of relatively flat stages, then into the mountains. And in typical Vuelta style, there aren't an awful lot of flat roads after that!
It's too early for teams to be announced, but a number if riders have already thrown their hats into the ring.
Anyone care to chose a rider now, before all the good ones go? 
Posted on 24/08/2016 20:48
More crashes today, one due to road furniture again!! Steven Kruijswijk sustained a suspected broken collarbone. The second one waas due to a coming together of a couple of riders while trying to get in position for the sprint finish. Caused the Red Jersey to be over 1 min behind the stage winner, but as it happened within the final 3 km those involved were all give the same time as the winner, so no change at the top.
Posted on 25/08/2016 07:34
Standings after Wednesday's stage:
1st Darwin Atapuma
2nd Alejandra Valverde (Pliers)
3rd Chris Froome (Kennine)
4th Nairo Quintana (IanH)
5th Esteban Chaves (TtDA 2)
12th Daniel Moreno (Nellie)
13th Alberto Contador (TtDA)
67th Miquel Angel Lopez (Runrig)
82nd Tejay Van Garderen (Goldie)
Can't understand why Tejay is so far back - I wonder if he's ill?
Yes, a couple of nasty falls yesterday and I'm afraid that it shows a level of carelessness by the organisers.
It has been confirmed that Steven Kruijseijk did break his collarbone and bruised his ribs in the incident involving a removable bollard left in place within the final kilometre (of a sprint stage!) and completely unmarked. The organisers have apologised and said they they 'overlooked' it. No consolation for a rider who's season has now ended prematurely!
Posted on 25/08/2016 07:44
Today's stage is another lumpy, bumpy one with a climb at the very start. Then there are about 4 more climbs (two of which are cat 2) and then a 5km clamber to the finish.
Looks like a day for a Classics rider and one with a fast finish. Another chance for Philippe Gilbert perhaps?
Posted on 25/08/2016 22:47
Well Lopez retired after falling off again.
I am not going to put Runrig curse on anyone else... But Simon Yates pulled off a great win today could turn out to... No.
The GC teams won't let him go off the front like that again. Puts GreenEdge in a great position with Estoban as well.
IanH