The 2015 Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain) was the 70th edition of the three-week race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The 3,358.1-kilometre (2,086.6 mi) race included 21 stages, from Marbella on 22 August to Madrid on 13 September. Astana Pro Team's Fabio Aru (pictured) won the race, with Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha) second and Rafał Majka (Tinkoff–Saxo) third. The early leaders were Esteban Chaves (Orica–GreenEDGE) and Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant–Alpecin). Aru took over the lead in Andorra following Stage 11, and kept it for five stages through the mountains of northern Spain before losing it to Rodríguez on Stage 16. Dumoulin retook the lead on Stage 17, but was dropped by Aru in the next-to-last stage, falling to sixth place overall. It was Aru's first Grand Tour victory. The points classification, decided during the final stage, was won by Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), while Rodriguez won the combination classification. The mountains classification was won by Omar Fraile (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA). Dumoulin won the combativity award, while Movistar won the team prize.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Vuelta_a_Espa%C3%B1a

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1485:

Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England at the Battle of Bosworth Field, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bosworth_Field

1851:

The yacht America won the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns race (trophy pictured), later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1851_America%27s_Cup

1910:

Japan annexed Korea with the signing of the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, beginning a period of Japanese rule of Korea that lasted until the end of World War II. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93Korea_Treaty_of_1910

1961:

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Siekmann

2015:

A Hawker Hunter aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham-by- Sea, United Kingdom, killing eleven people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Shoreham_Airshow_crash

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

talking head: (idiomatic, also attributive) A journalist or pundit, especially one on television, who presents or discusses issues of the day. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/talking_head

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I learned from my dad that when you walk in front of an audience, they are the kings and queens, and you’re but the jester — and if you don’t think that way, you’re going to get very, very conceited.   --Jerry Lewis https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis