Message by Dave Aldersebaes
Race Report: A long day on some deceivingly tough roads met the peloton at the Vuelta after the first rest day at 175.7km stage from Tarragona to Vilanova i la Geltrú. Imanol Erviti attacked his breakaway mates and stayed away for a fine, hard earned win on hot Spanish roads today.

Message by Edmond Hood
August 1st - that can only mean one thing. It's stagiaire time. Almost 100 young men got the chance to realise their dream of riding for a pro team at the beginning of last month. Some have stepped up with big results and a precious contract for 2011, others have not. PEZ spoke to a man we've been keeping an eye on and who's already racing as a stagiaire with a team that punches above it's weight - AN Post. He's 19 years-old, from Dublin - Mr. Philip Lavery.

Message by Dr. Stephen Cheung, Ph.D.
For many of us, a highlight of the cycling year is a multi-day cycling event. For some, it’s a stage race. For others, it’s a bike tour. As we know, one of the keys to making such events tolerable, let alone enjoyable, is good food. Eating well and properly is not only good for the morale, but it’s critical in ensuring adequate recovery for another day of hard effort. What do elite cyclists do in terms of eating and energy output over the course of a hard stage race?

Message by NONE
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Message by Alastair Hamilton
Roadside Pez St. 9: Sun, sand, mountains and a bike race, it can’t get much better than this! Well it could I guess, if it had been possible to see all of the seven classified climbs and the finish then that would have been tops! Good news for next year; La Vuelta 2011 will start in Benidorm; I could walk there, if I wanted too!

Message by Chris Selden
The Vuelta rolls into a rest day today but there's no rest for the EuroTrash which has been steadily piling up since last Thursday's edition. We have transfers, returns, sadness, joy, investigations and retirements plus much more in yet another EuroTrash Monday!

Message by Edmond Hood
Race Report: Aggressive and opportunistic Caisse d’Epargne domestique David Lopez was the man who grabbed the stage win glory at the top of the punishing drag into Alcoi at the end of another long hot day in the saddle with Euskaltel’s Igor Anton doggedly hanging on to the leader’s jersey despite Joaquin Rodriguez trying to wrest that single – but vital – second from him in the finale.

Message by Alastair Hamilton
Roadside Pez St. 8: Everyone said that the real La Vuelta started today and they were not wrong. Three climbs close together near the end would sort a few things out, but it was an early break that made the news with Mountain Man Moncoutie leading the charge.

Message by NONE
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Message by Gordan Cameron
Race Report: It’s a sad start to the first big mountain stage of this year’s Vuelta. Team Sky’s masseur Txema González passed away yesterday and the distraught team and staff have all left the race. There’s a minute’s silence to remember a universally popular personality in the cycling world, and PezCyclingNews sends our condolences, too.

Message by Edmond Hood
Fairy tales are rare in pro cycling, but 25 year old Matthew Busche’s story is about as a close as they come. At the beginning of the 2009 season, he was riding as an amateur in the US, then Kelly Benefits snapped him up, he rode a mere four races for them before Johan Bruyneel signed him for Team Radioshack. Busche's first year in the pro ranks has been a whirlwind tour capped off recently be a stellar finish at the Tour of Denmark.

Message by Alastair Hamilton
Roadside St.7: Today there was a big fast sprint into Orihuela, before that the fast men had to get themselves over a bit of a climb. Some got dropped, but they all got together for the gallop into town. Surprisingly I managed to see the hill and the sprint action...here it is:

Message by Dave Aldersebaes
Race Report: Today was another sprinter’s delight with just one Cat 3 climb along the course, and a flat run in to town. The usual sacrificial break getting caught and today’s sprint was handled by a hard working Lampre team that delivered Ale-Jet just ahead of Mark Cavendish.

Message by Edmond Hood
Vacansoleil are making the headlines at the moment; there’s the Pro Tour application, Bjorn Leukemans’ win in the 1.1 Druivenkoers and last but not least, the recruitment of Stijn Devolder and a certain Riccardo Ricco. PEZ contacted the team’s commercial manager, Dutchman Frank Kwanten, to get the low down.

Message by Gordan Cameron
Race report: The Vuelta doesn’t do flat very well. Uphill – fine. Downhill – check. Rolling terrain – you got it. But flat? Nope. It was another day where the profile hurt and with a nasty second-category climb towards the finish no-one expected to see the pure sprinters in the shake-up. So we had the win going to a Classics fastman …

Message by NONE
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Message by Chris Selden
Wow, did somebody say transfer season? It's certainly that crazy time of year where riders, managers and suppliers are fighting for the best deals for next year and today we have all the latest from a busy week of negotiations. We also have updates from the Vuelta of course and much more. So, sit back and enjoy - it's Eurotrash time!

Message by Alastair Hamilton
Roadside St.5: A sprinter’s day and the best of them are here at the 75th Vuelta a Espańa. Who will take the honours and the champagne? What will I have for lunch? Will there be any Daily Distractions to photograph? All this and more “under-cover” at La Vuelta!

Message by Jered Gruber
Race Report: After the arduous profiles of the last two days, the sprinters got their chance in Stage 5. Not to say that today was an easy one, but it didn't finish with a final kilometer where the top speed was wrought by the little ring. The big rings got a good workout today as we were treated to a beautiful sprint on the streets of Lorca.

Message by NONE
Two times Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon lost his battle with cancer on Tuesday, and at only 50 years of age, his time came much too soon. PEZ offers this humble remembrance to the only racer who could carry off a nickname like “The Professor’ with dignity.