Vuelta; Stage 19 (Sep 7): Peñafiel - La Lastrilla;*contains unmasked spoilers*

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Stage 19 (Sep 7): Peñafiel - La Lastrilla
Distance: 169km
Highest point: 1,245m
Category: Rolling

"With the final summit finish to come tomorrow and only the run-in to the sprinters’ haven of Madrid to follow after that, this looks to be the final opportunity for those riders whose best hope of success comes from getting into the right breakaway. It starts in Peñafiel, which hosted the 2010 time trial where Joaquim Rodríguez blew his chances of overall victory. Once again, the wind could be a factor as the race heads east to Segovia but the parcours is not overly complex. The final 2km rises steadily towards the line in La Lastrilla, on the outskirts of Segovia, which should make for an intriguing finale."

Stage profile:


Live coverage on Eurosport2 from 3pm.
Highlights on Eurosport2 at 9.30pm, Eurosport1 at 11.55pm, and on ITV4 at 7pm.
Stage betting: Gilbert 3/1; Meersman 9/2; Degenkolb 13/2.

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5km to go!

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bonifications, bonifications...

Rovi

Roche in the (attempted!) breakaway group!!!

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Nico on the attack!

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ah fcuk

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Nico caught with about 500m to go

Inquitus

Good effort from Nico.

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As an aside, that Spanish interviewer is seriously hot! :eek:

retalivity

Unlucky Nico!!

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Roche up to 11th in GC.

Not sure who he leapfrogged EDIT Inxausti

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Stage result:

1. Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team
3. Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha Team
4. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha Team
5. Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team +0:00:03
6. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
7. Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan
8. Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
9. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
10. Sergio Luis Henao (Col) Sky Procycling

25. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale +0:00:11

General classification after stage 19:

1. Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank 77:21:49
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:35
3. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:02:21
4. Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:09:48
5. Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha Team 0:11:29
6. Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:12:00
7. Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:12:58
8. Andrew Talansky (USA) Garmin - Sharp 0:13:09
9. Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:13:52
10. Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Movistar Team 0:15:13
11. Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:15:54
12. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:16:30

(Nico gained 55 seconds on Intxausti).

Morrisseeee

Go on Gilbert, ya good thing (it matters more when there's............velogames points to be won)

Bring on Bola del Mundo...............and big cassettes :pac:

MPFG

I thought Nico would try ....he went a bit too early plus he couldn't go anywhere with the JA meister sitting on his wheel
Hope it didn't wreck his legs for tomorrow

He did gain some time on Intxausti (?)
Wish he would model himself on Gilbert rather than try and be a GC contenders as he would have a better chance of success

Anyway a bit of excitement for a friday evening

Rovi

Tweet from Nico a while ago:

Gave it all,but once again to short! Thanks a @vaimatteo great work for me in last 15kil. Tomorow last big one, will do max to get that 10th