Universal Sports Network and Unipublic announced today a multiyear renewal of their agreement for the Vuelta a España, extending the organizations’ relationship to eight years with exclusive multiplatform media rights to one of cycling’s premier events through2016.  The four-year agreement includes television, Internet and mobile rights across the United States and Canada. The Vuelta a España is one of cycling’s three Grand Tours, together with the Giro d’Italia, which also airs on Universal...Read Full Story

spainholidays | April 22, 2012 December is on the way and with it comes Christmas, a time replete with celebrations, joy and traditions, such as mounting nativity scenes and displaying them in homes, churches and institutions. Nativity scenes depict Jesus’ birth with small figures such as Mary, Joseph and the Child Jesus. Building and displaying nativity scenes forms part of the Christmas liturgy in many countries (Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Latin...Read Full Story

Researchers from the national project RAUVI [Reconfigurable autonomous underwater vehicle for intervention], which is coordinated by Pedro Sanz, a lecturer of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the UJI, have successfully tested the autonomy of the robot for developing underwater intervention tasks. The robot has achieved to recover an object similar to an aircraft black box without the direction of any operator. All these experiments have formed the basis for making a...Read Full Story

Caisse d'Epargne suffered a big loss today in the Tour de France.Spanish rider Xabier Zandio of Caisse d'Epargne had to drop out of the Tour de France because of a crash in the fourth stage of the race.Zandio crashed barely 70km into the 193km stage.Team manager Jose-Luis Jaimerena said: "He's broken his right collarbone, it's impossible for him to carry on.""But it's a big loss for the team. He's a rider who can work really hard for us no matter what the terrain."Sorry to hear this news...Read Full Story

Valverde rode a smart Stage 8.  He drafted up most of the hills, and then hammered the finish in order to take 3rd in the stage.  His general classification now puts him in 4th overall.But Rasmussen is the rider to beat. He's got a solid lead and, more importantly, is riding well. He looks confident.General Classification after Stage 8 1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank at 15.37.42 2 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team at +0.43 3 Iban Mayo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir at +2.39 4 Alejandro...Read Full Story