Spain's Igor Anton grabbed back the overall lead in the Vuelta a Espana after winning stage 11 on Wednesday.

Today the Vuelta a Espana was rocked by the news that Saxo Bank team manager Bjarne Riis had ejected Andy Schleck and Stuart O'Grady from the race for an unspecified "rules violation." Of course, the first thing everybody thinks whenever a cyclist gets in trouble is "doping."

Three days after home rider Joaquim Rodriguez was given the Vuelta a Espana's red jersey only to be told later there had been a mistake, he finally claimed the overall lead on Tuesday.

Cycling's top stage racer Alberto Contador has said he wants to ride the Vuelta a Espana in 2011 after a three-year absence.

Team Saxo Bank rider Andy Schleck says he has been removed from the Spanish Vuelta because he and teammate Stuart O'Grady drank alcohol.

Even the best of cyclists can fall victim to the perilous environment of mountain racing. The latest case in point is Philipe Gilbert who entered the weekend as the Vuelta leader but comes out of the rest day two minutes behind. Bike Snob recaps the weekend racing.

Italian rider Alessandro Petacchi has pulled out of the Vuelta a Espana after injuring himself in a fall during the eighth stage of the race.

David Lopez of Spain won the ninth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Sunday and Igor Anton retained the overall lead.

French climber David Moncoutie secured a lone win in the mountainous Stage 8 of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday.

Team Sky have withdrawn from the Tour of Spain and are blood testing their travelling crew following the death of their Spanish assistant Txema Gonzalez.

Txema Gonzalez, a member of Team Sky's back-up staff at the Vuelta a Espana, died on Friday. The 43-year-old Sky assistant died of a severe bacterial infection which developed into sepsis, the team said in a news release.

With the Vuelta a Espana heading into the mountains for the weekend, today's Stage 7 may very well have been the last chance for the sprinters for quite some time. In fact, the next legitimately flat non-time trial stage is Stage 18, which is almost two weeks away.

Italian Alessandro Petacchi put his legal problems to one side to roar to a landmark 20th stage victory in the Vuelta a Espana on Friday.

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will not race for Spain at the upcoming World Championships.

It feels like it's been awhile since we've seen Norwegian National Champion, former Tour de France green jersey winner, and hammer-wielding Norse deity namesake Thor Hushovd win a Grand Tour sprint.

Norwegian sprinter Thor Hushovd hung on during a tough climb before pipping the other riders in a bunch sprint to win stage six of the Vuelta a Espana on Thursday.

This is the time of year when many cyclists announce they're changing teams. A closer look at Stage 5 of the Vuelta a Espana shows that these team-switchers' motivations may be less than pure, writes BikeSnob NYC.

American Tyler Farrar recovered from a nasty bout of sickness to take advantage of a failed tactical gamble from Mark Cavendish and win stage five of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday.

While the Vuelta a Espana has not been marred by the massive crashes that plagued its Grand Tour siblings earlier in the season, a number of riders have been felled by something far more insidious.

Spain's Igor Anton clinched a narrow solo win in stage four of the Vuelta a Espana on Tuesday as Philippe Gilbert of Belgium retained the overall lead.