Froome wins Vuelta stage 17

Chris Froome has won stage 17 of the Vuelta a España which finished on the climb of Peña Cabarga. Race leader JJ Cobo made an initial move on the climb which only Froome was able to follow, then with 1500m to go Froome attacked hard and was able to get a good gap on Cobo. However Cobo did not panic and was able to gradually close back up to Froome and took the lead with 75m to go. Froome was not finished though, and nipped up the inside of Cobo on the final corner to take the stage win. With the time bonus Froome has reduced Cobo's lead overall to 13 seconds.

Sky announce Rowe signing

Team Sky have announced the signing of Luke Rowe as a neo-professional for the 2012 season, as had been widely expected. Rowe has been one of the stars of the Great Britain academy over the last few years. This year he has taken his second win in the ZLM Tour and a stage in the Thüringen-Rundfahrt as well as numerous other podium placings.

Wegelius announces retirement

Charly Wegelius has announced that he will retire racing after the Giro di Padania this week. Wegelius has been a professional since 1999 and was best known as a domestique particularly in the mountains of the Giro d'Italia which he completed seven times, with a best overall finish of 29th place.

Wegelius has not had any individual victories as a professional but was part of three team time trial winning teams. One of the times he came closest to winning was earlier this year in the Vuelta a Asturias where Wegelius was the last survivor of a breakway but was passed just a few hundred metres from the summit of the Alto del Naranco and finished third on the stage.

Fenn signs with Omega Pharma-Quick Step

Andrew Fenn will ride with World Tour team Omega Pharma-Quick Step next year, his current team An Post-Sean Kelly has announced. Fenn has impressed this year with two victories - a stage of the Tour de Bretagne and the Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo.

Nibali closing in on Wiggins

Vincenzo Nibali took six bonus seconds at the first sprint of stage 13 of the Vuelta a España to gain time on Bradley Wiggins for the second stage in a row. Bradley Wiggins lead over Nibali has now been reduced to just four seconds.