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La Vuelta Stage 20: Simon Yates secures Vuelta and grand slam of Grand Tours for British riders

Alejandro Valverde cracks, Enric Mas takes final mountain stage

“I’ve created a plan that I will go as long as I can to the point I feel that I’m losing my limbs” – Paralympian David Smith delays cancer surgery to continue competing

Surgery has previously left him temporarily paralysed

La Vuelta Stage 18: Thibaut Pinot takes second stage win as Simon Yates extends lead over Alejandro Valverde

Race leader pushes hard on final climb to distance Spanish rival

Vittoria Bussi breaks Hour Record by 27 metres

Italian made two attempts in two days

La Vuelta Stage 18: Jelle Wallays secures breathtaking win as break holds off peloton by metres

No change in the general classification

Michael Woods wins Vuelta Stage 17, Alejandro Valverde takes time back from Simon Yates

Steven Kruiswijk and Nairo Quintana lose time - and two places on GC - on brutal final climb

Froome and Thomas sit out World Championships as Yates twins lead British challenge in elite men’s road race

British Cycling names final squads for all races at Innsbruck-Tirol later this month

Vuelta Stage 16: Rohan Dennis wins time trial, Simon Yates grabs 7 seconds over Alejandro Valverde

Steve Kruiswijk moves into podium position as Nairo Quintana falters against the clock

Sir Bradley Wiggins: Geraint Thomas staying at Sky puts Tour de France winner in “perfect scenario”

"He's had all his success there ... I don’t see any reason to have to leave"

Vuelta Stage 15: Thibaut Pinot wins on Lagos de Covadonga

Simon Yates remains in red jersey

Seven-year-old becomes the youngest to cycle from Land’s End to John O’Groats

Joshua Moisey breaks record that has stood since 2002

La Vuelta Stage 14: Simon Yates takes stage and regains race lead (+ video)

Alejandro Valverde is second overall

Olympic champion Kristina Vogel reveals she will never walk again after training crash in June

27-year-old sustained serious spinal injury in crash with another rider at velodrome in Cottbus

Vuelta Stage 13: Oscar Rodriguez wins for Euskadi-Murias, Jesus Herrada keeps overall lead

Simon Yates claws back half of overall leader's advantage on first of three big mountain stages

Riders’ union chief Gianni Bugno slams Vuelta organisers over post-finish line crash

CPA president says: "Cycling is becoming a dangerous sport rather than improving"

David Millar makes bid for presidency of pro riders’ association

Winner of stages at all three Grand Tours believes he can give riders more of a voice

Post-finish line crash mars Vuelta Stage 12 as Alexandre Geniez wins and Jesus Herrada takes race lead

Another day for the break as Yates and Valverde cross line more than 11 minutes behind the winner

Vuelta Stage 11: Alessandro De Marchi wins from break, Simon Yates keeps 1-second lead

Italian takes third career stage win at Italian Grand Tour after attacking from the break

Geraint Thomas brings one-off show to Cardiff

Tour de France champion will be joined on stage by Ned Boulting on 1 October to talk about his journey to the yellow jersey

Elia Viviani wins Vuelta Stage 10, Simon Yates keeps overall lead

Italian champion takes convincing win in today's sprint

Sir Bradley Wiggins: Mark Cavendish still has “another couple of big wins” in him

Dimension Data sprinter revealed last week he is taking complete break from cycling due to Epstein-Barr virus

Simon Yates takes Vuelta lead as Ben King wins stage

Mitchelton-Scott's British rider, who led the Giro d'Italia in May, lies 1 second ahead of Movistar's Alejandro Valverde

One Pro Cycling to switch from men’s to women’s racing

Team boss Matt Prior says it's impossible for men's teams to survive below WorldTour level, making switch a "no brainer"

Near Miss of the Day 180: A close pass compilation

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Surrey and Hampshire

Vuelta stage 8: Alejandro Valverde pips Peter Sagan to take second stage win

Rudy Molard retains overall lead

Robbie Ferri breaks record for most countries visited by bike in seven days (again)

Journey from Romania to the Netherlands saw ultracyclist pass through 15 countries

Vuelta Stage 7: Tony Gallopin wins with late attack while Michal Kwiatkowski loses time

Rudy Molard retains race lead

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Vuelta Stage 6: Nacer Bouhanni takes rare Grand Tour stage win for Cofidis

Thibaut Pinot and Wilco Kelderman caught out as pace picked up in crosswinds in closing kilometres

Simon Clarke wins Vuelta Stage 5, Rudy Molard takes the overall lead

Australian takes his second career stage win at Spanish Grand Tour from big escape grpup