Team Tinkoff-Saxo has selected its line-up and planned its strategy for the Vuelta a Espana 2014. The team will be spearheaded by Alberto Contador and Daniele Bennati.

Past Vuelta a Espana podium finishers Cadel Evans and Samuel Sánchez will share the team leader role in the final grand tour of the 2014 season.

Today the Omega Pharma-QuickStep team revealed its roster for the 2014 Vuelta a Espana grand tour, which begins on August 23. The team's line-up is centered around the team's general classification favorite Rigoberto Uran and offers good support in flat stages, mountanous terrain - and in the team time trial which kicks off this year's Vuelta.

Team Sky's line-up for the 2014 Vuelta a Espana, which begins with a team time trial in Jerez de la Frontera on August 23, is headlined by Chris Froome and includes riders from six nations.

Earlier today Team Christina Watches Powered by DANA announced Vuelta a Espana champion Christopher Horner will not be riding for them in 2014. Horner wishes to ride for a team which can guarantee him participation in the 2014 Vuelta a Espana so he will be able to defend his champion title.

The 2013 Vuelta a Espana is history. It was history not simply as a cycling event but because Chris Horner (RadioShack-Leopard) became the first American to win the Vuelta. In addition, he became, at 41 years old, the oldest cyclist to win a Grand Tour. Horner claimed victory at the conclusion of the 21st and final stage of the race. Michael Matthews (GreenEdge) won the flat, 109.6-km run from Leganes to Madrid in 2:44:00. Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) finished second, and Niklas Arndt (Argos-Shimano) took third.

Team GreenEdge's Michael Matthews sprints to victory in stage 21 of Vuelta a Espana 2013; Team RadioShack's Chris Horner wins 2013 Vuelta a Espana.

Chris Horner (RadioShack-Leopard) is poised to win the Vuelta a Espana when the race ends tomorrow in Madrid. The American distanced Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) on the Alto de L’Angliru to pad his overall lead. Ahead, Kenny Elissonde (Francaise des Jeux), the sole survivor of a daylong break, won Stage 20, a mountainous, 142.2-km ride from Aviles to Alto de L’Angliru, in 3:55:36. Horner finished second at 0:26, and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) took third at 0:54.

Chris Horner (RadioShack-Leopard) leads the Vuelta a Espana. The American took the lead by jumping away from Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) on the final climb of Stage 19, a rugged, 181-km ride from San Vicente Barquera to Oviedo. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) won the stage in 4:16:13, with Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) outsprinting Rodriguez’s teammate Daniel Moreno for second.

Vasily Kiryienka (Sky) has won Stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana. The Belorusian jumped into the break of the day and then jumped away from it, soloing home to take the rugged, 186.5-km ride from Burgos to Pena Cabarga in 4:46:48. Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) finished second at 0:28, and Adam Hansen (Lotto-Belisol) took third at 1:18. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) remains the red jersey, but he had his 0:28 overnight advantage virtually wiped away on the day’s final climb.