British rider the latest to withdraw after Sam Bennett was forced to quit race yesterday due to positive test.

Irish duo Ryan Mullen and Sam Bennett were in action for BORA-Hansgrohe, who finished seventh overall.

Defending champion Roglic leads this Vuelta by two minutes 38 seconds from Movistar rider Enric Mas.

Eagle-eyed viewers of stage 11 alerted police to a roof-top crop.

A late downpour made today’s stage a treacherous one.

Stefan Denifl held off Alberto Contador on the summit finish at Los Machucos.

The Pro-Continental team have received a wildcard invite for this year’s La Vuelta a Espana.

It’s pushing 40 degrees at the Grand Tour and showing no sign of letting up soon.

The Garmin-Sharp rider suffered a concussion and serious abrasions 11 kilometres from the finish yesterday.

Both finished 3 seconds down with Martin 5th and Roche 9th.

The Irishman finished the climb to Baiona two seconds clear of Daniel Moreno.

Spanish coach Jose Luis de Santos believes his team, containing Alberto Contador, will play third fiddle behind Belgium and Italy.

Denis Menchov won the penultimate stage of La Vuelta.

204 kilometres in intense heat and it all comes down to the final sprint.

The red jersey no longer belongs to Joaquim Rodriguez. He now resides third, almost two and a half minutes behind Contador.

Joaquim Rodriguez extended his advantage over Alberto Contador in the race for red on Monday’s 16th stage of the 2012 Vuelta.

Everything you need to know by 9am. Except the departure time of the next bus to Ballina.

The two Spaniards were back at the head of the field today, while there was another top 10 place for Nicolas Roche.

The overall race leaders didn’t join the breakway, so Joaquim Rodriguez’ red jersey remains safely fastened.

Nicolas Roche battled up the day’s final climb to finish eighth, consolidating his top 10 status in the general classification.

Alberto Contador moves to within one second of Joaquin Rodriguez and the red jersey after Wednesday’s individual time trial.

Joaquim Rodriguez remains in red as Germany’s John Degenkolb made it a foursome of wins at the 2012 Vuelta.

Everything you need to know by 9am, except what to do with that Cork jersey over the next nine months.

Spain’s Joaquin Rodriguez won Thursday’s sixth stage of the Vuelta, while Ireland’s Nicolas Roche produced another brilliant ride to finish ninth.

Get ready for an espresso shot of sports news that should keep you charged up until midday at least.

Here’s everything you need to know on day two of the season’s final Grand Tour.

The Spanish team strike first as the final Grand Tour of the cycling season gets underway.

Everything you need to know by 9am, except how many points TheScore got in its Leaving.

Sean Kelly believes Alberto Contador’s two-year ban will not unduly worry the Spaniard when he takes stock of things.

Daniel Martin and Nicolas Roche both finished in top 20 as the season’s final Grand Tour came to an end.

There was Grand Tour joy for Irish rider Daniel Martin on day nine of the Vuelta a Espana.

Katusha notched their second successive stage victory of this year’s Vuelta on Wednesday, as team leader Joaquim Rodriguez sprinted away from the chasing pack on Stage Five.