The official name for the Tour of Spain is Vuelta a España and is also the youngest Grand Tour of the three. In 1935, Clemente Lopez Doriga starts off with a new cycling event on behalf of the Diario Internacionales newspaper as the Spanish answer to the Italian and French counterparts.

The next appointment is on the 30th of August. The Tour de France seems to be finished only just and the Vuelta a España is knocking on the door already. The expectations are high. Besides the well known visit to Andorra, the infamous climb on the Angliru needs to be conquered which is one of Europe's most challenging climbs.
CyclingFever doesn't want to miss a minute, so we're presenting you the opportunity to colour your three weeks in Spain once again to make the experience extra special. Welcome to the Vuelta a España!

What can you expect from us?
Of course our historic database is at your disposal again, in it all the startlist information, stagewinners, departure and finishing towns, climbs and the general classifications. Every stage finish from the last few years can be found here also.

Join our competitions for free
CyclingFever offers three different competitions again: The Main competition, the Stage competition and the Points competition. All three are based on a challenging points system, each with its own finesse. Just check 'games' for the particulars. The main thing with these competitions is that there are no restrictions on riders. No values, nor budgets, just find the best riders for your team. We think that's hard enough.

Create your own Tour-group with friends or colleagues
By popular demand we've started up the possibility to create a private players group. Here, the positions of all the members within the group will be shown which makes this a lot more fun while being conveniently arranged at the same time. You can also find out your position in relation to your friends on your own profile page. Every group also has a message board for 'internal' messages to all members of the group.

Forum, chat and live-pages
Communicating through this website is also possible. The forum is a well known entity to discuss the race or ask questions to the organisers. The chatroom enables you to communicate live during the race, for example. You can even send private messages through our mail system on your profile page.
CyclingFever presents the so called 'live-page' during the time trials. You will then be able to see exactly how your riders are doing, while discussing the progress of the time trial in an attached chatroom. Sort of a 'live-thread', so to speak.

Daily previews
CyclingFever also voices its own opinion on the Vuelta. Well before the Vuelta a España starts we'll publish an extensive preview on the race with our expectations, the favorites and an analyses of the riders line-up and stages. You may also expect a preview on every single stage, published the evening before that particular stage starts, besides a detailed route-description. (Check your time-zone in relation to our server-time, displayed at top-right-hand corner) So even if you're not completely confident on the who's who in the cycling circus we'll try and push you in the right direction. You can also comment to every published article too if you feel the need to voice your opinion.

Welcome sponsors!
Despite some generous donations in the past to help cover the cost of operating our competitions and race specials, we now also welcome sponsors to participate and keep our initiative free of charge for its users.

Favorites
This Vuelta is high on the Astana 'wish list'. Last year's Tour-winner and this year's Giro-winner, Alberto Contador, will be here again. The title is vacant now Menchov chose another path. Who steps in and takes his place?
The Spanish teams will again send strong delegations. Caisse d'Epargne and Saunier Duval - Scott have the best line-ups, beside Astana, but maybe there's a new era beckoning from the Dutch corner.

Whatever happens, we hope you'll enjoy these thrilling moments with us at CyclingFever. You're guaranteed to have three weeks of fun 'n games and loadsa great cycling as a prospect, so you're a winner in every which way you look at it!
If you're new to this website, just logon without any cost. In case you have any questions, just turn to the forum, pose your questions there and you'll have your answer soon.

Welcome to the Vuelta a España 2008 at CyclingFever!