Catch Up With The Vuelta De Espana, One of Cycling's Great Tours

If you're like us, you might not have known one of the biggest cycling events of the year was happening this week. But it is: The Vuelta a Espana is one of cycling's greatest races, and SB Nation blog Podium Cafe is covering it the way only a true cycling fiend can. (I'm talking aerial Google Maps shots, the works.) Check it out.

In the meantime, Wednesday's leg featured one of the worst crashes you'll ever see. From the Velo News:

Chris Horner was among the major victims of a horrible high-speed crash Tuesday as scores of riders crashed near the end of the rainy fourth stage at the Vuelta a España.

The Astana captain hit the deck with dozens of riders in a pile-up caused by a narrow run through a rain-slickened traffic circle within the 3km-to-go banner.

The team later announced that Horner had broken his left hand and would leave the Vuelta.

"I hit my face into the concrete," Horner said in an audio recording released by Astana. "Somebody went too fast ... I thought I was in a good position but sometimes there are no good positions."

"I'm done for the year, for sure," he said.