The 2010 Vuelta a España will be held from August 28th to September 19th. The race begins in Seville and ends, as is tradition, in Madrid.

The race covers 3,352.6 km (2,083.2 mi). There is critical analysis that this Vuelta, which commemorates the 75th anniversary of the first edition of the race, is an especially difficult one and that stage 16 is the queen stage.

The stage 1 team time trial will be held at night.

List of teams and cyclists in the 2010 Vuelta a España

The 2010 Vuelta a España is the 65th edition of Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. This Vuelta features 22 cycling teams. Seventeen of the teams invited to the Vuela are a part of the UCI ProTour, the other five teams are Professional Continental teams. The Vuelta will begin in Seville on August 28 and finish on in Madrid on September 19.

2009 Vuelta champion Alejandro Valverde is under suspension, and is thus not part of the field. Bib number one will be worn by Cervélo TestTeam's Íñigo Cuesta, a gesture by the race organizers to commemorate his record-breaking 17th consecutive appearance in the race.

Team RadioShack were not invited despite having a ProTour license.

• Ag2r-La Mondiale
  Andalucía-Cajasur
  Astana
  Bbox Bouygues Telecom
  Cervélo TestTeam
  Caisse d'Epargne
  Cofidis   Euskaltel-Euskadi
  Française des Jeux
  Footon-Servetto-Fuji
  Garmin-Transitions
  Lampre-Farnese Vini
  Liquigas-Doimo
  Omega Pharma-Lotto
  Quick Step   Rabobank
  Team HTC-Columbia
  Team Sky
  Team Milram
  Team Saxo Bank
  Team Katusha
  Xacobeo-Galicia

Šlek i Menčov favoriti za pobedu na Trci oko Španije

Drugoplasirani i trećeplasirani sa Tur de Fransa, Endi Šlek i Denis Menčov, glavni su kandidati za pobedu Trke oko Španije, popularne Vuelte.

"Mislim da je duel između Šleka i Menčova veoma izvestan. Rus ima mnogo iskustva, dok će Luksemburžaninu u potpunosti odgovarati mnoštvo brdskih etapa. Ne treba zaboraviti ni Šlekovog brata, Frenka, kao ni pobednika Tur de Fransa 2008. godine - Karlosa Sastrea", rekao je Havijer Đuljen, organizator trke.
 
Šlek je bio drugi na poslednja dva Tur de Fransa, dok je Menčov dva puta osvajao Vueltu - 2005. i 2007. godine.

 

Osvajač ovogodišnjeg Tur de Fransa Alberto Kontador neće nastupati, a prestižnu trku u svojoj domovini osvojio je 2008. godine. 

"Da je Kontador došao, bilo bi savršeno, ali svejedno spisak učesnika na Vuelti ove godine je zaista impresivan", rekao je Đuljen.

Ove godine na Trci oko Španije lider će nositi tamno crvenu majcu. Prethodnih godina prvoplasirani je nosio zlatnu majcu.

Izvor: Blic

Organizatori zabranili Amerikancima učešće na Vuelti

Članovi američkog biciklističkog tima Rejdiošek za koji inače vozi i sedmostruki osvajač Tur de Fransa Lens Armstrong našli su se u šoku nakon što su im organizatori Trke oko Španije zabranili učešće na ovogodišnjoj Vuelti.

Rejdiošek će biti i najzvučnije ime koje se neće naći na listi od 22 tima koju su organizatori ovogodišnje trke izabrali u ponedeljak.



"Ne samo da sam bio iznenađen, nego sam momentalno ostao bez teksta. Nikako da razumem i prihvatrim ovakvu odluku. Čuo sam se sa direktorom trke da mi objasni zašto smo odbijeni, a dobio sam odgovor da su ostali timovi ponudili bolje opcije na takmičarskom nivou, što će reći da im nismo ponudili dovoljn dobar tim", rekao je tim menadžer Rejdiošeka Johan Brunel.

Rejdiošek bi svakako nastupio bez prve zvezde Lensa Armstronga za koga se očekuje da će preskočiti ovogodišnju trku, ali bi se u Španiji verovatno našli Levi Liphajmer koji ima dva podijuma u karijeri na Vuelti, kao i Slovenac Janez Brajkovič koji je neki dan pobedio na veoma zahtevnoj trci Kriterijum Dofen.

"Biće teško da sponzorima objasnimo da će se tamo naći 21 tim koji navodno ima bolje biciklsite od nas. Pogotovo kada nema šanse da je to istina", razočarano je konstatovao Brunel.

Ovogodišnja Trka oko Španije vozi se od 28. avgusta do 19. septembra i slavi mali jubilej u vidu 75. rođendana, a prošlogodišnji pobednik je Alehandro Valverde koji zbog suspenzije na dve godine neće biti u prilici da brani trofej.

Izvor: Blic

Mark Kavendiš debituje u Trci oko Španije

Ekipa Kolumbije uvrstila je najboljeg sprintera današnjice Marka Kavendiša u tim za Trku oko Španije.

Trka oko Španije počinje u subotu u Sevilji, a biciklisti sa ostrva Man ovo će biti debi na Vuelti.
 
"Naš cilj je da Mark pobedi u uvodnim etapama", rekao je sportski direktor Tristan Hofman koji je negirao da će Kavendiš ranije napustiti trku kako bi se spremao za Svetsko prvenstvo u drumskim trkama u oktobru.

 

"Ovo mu je prvi nastup na Vuelti i shvata ga veoma ozbiljno. Svestan je da na njoj ima puno uspona i penjanja, ali moramo da ga pohvalimo i istaknemo da je odličan bio u planinskim etapama i na Tur de Fransu", rekao je Hofman.

Prošle godine trku je osvojio Alehandro Valverde, a trka se završava 19. septembra u Madridu.

Frank Schleck confident of Vuelta victory

Frank Schleck believes his crash at this year's Tour de France will give him an edge when the Vuelta a Espana begins in Seville on Saturday.

"The crash could become an advantage now because I only did four Tour (de France) stages and I'll be fresher physically than the rest of the riders who did all three weeks," he told Spanish sports daily Marca .

"Since then I've trained hard, and although I may lack a bit of race speed in the first few stages, hopefully I'll be up there soon."



Schleck, of Luxembourg, was forced out of the Tour after breaking his collarbone in three places in his fall on the third stage in July.

But the Saxo Bank rider has fought his way back to fitness and feels the Vuelta course will suit him.

"I've trained for it and even if I don't achieve it, I'm here to try to win the Tour of Spain," he said.

"There are a lot of mountains stages here, the climbs are maybe not as long as in the Tour de France but at least as tough. On paper the route is not at all bad for me."

His brother and Saxo Bank team mate, Andy Schleck, who was second in the Tour de France in 2009 and 2010 behind Spain's Alberto Contador, said he was less certain of his own condition.

"I'm not sure how good I am because I had a week's holiday after the Tour de France," he said.

"If I can be up there in the mountains with the top riders, that's great. You can only have the kind of form I had in the Tour once a year. Miracles don't happen."

Both riders named Russian Denis Menchov, twice a winner in the Tour of Spain, and Italian Vincenzo Nibali, third in this year's Giro d'Italia, as their two biggest rivals.

"The Spanish, too, will be difficult to beat," added Frank.

"Spain is a country with a great cycling tradition and great riders. They won't make it easy for us."


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