Vuelta Stage Report: Ángel Madrazo (Burgos-BH) won stage 5 of the Vuelta a España to the Observatorio Astrofísico de Javalambre. He rode away from teammate Jetse Bol and José Herrada (Cofidis) - the stage long break. Miguel Ángel López (Astana) took over the red leader's jersey from Nicolas Roche (Sunweb), who crossed the finish line 1:30 after the Colombian.

Tuesday, the 18th of February, Tinkoff-Saxo will be participating in the Tour of Oman consisting of 6 stages between 145 and 170 kilometers and no time trials. Tinkoff-Saxo’s line-up is Roman Kreuziger, Daniele Bennati, Karsten Kroon, Manuele Boaro, Matti Breschel, Christopher Juul-Jensen, Michael Mørkøv and Nicolas Roche. A powerful group of riders who will all be a part of the spring classic campaign and they’ll be supporting Roman Kreuziger targeting a top spot in the GC.