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Stage 12, Pola de Laviana - Alto de l'Angliru (109.2km)
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49km to go: More KOM points for Martin
It's become a bit of a parade, the polka dot jersey competition. Tim Wellens was the only man to rival the Cofidis rider yesterday, but now it seems like a foregone conclusion that he will win it in his debut Vuelta. It's Martin who leads the break over the summit ahead of teammate Perichon and the Spaniard Madrazo. The pack, meanwhile, comes over at 1'25". One more climb and then we have the big one: the Alto de l'Angliru.
50km to go: Good on Movistar
Many will say that Movistar are merely doing Jumbo-Visma's job for them - but that's not necessarily true. Since they have taken it up, the gap of the break has almost halved and many riders have been shed out the back of the pack. The Spanish team have three riders in the top 10 and so they have options - they will need to use them all if they want to dislodge Roglic or Carapaz from the race summit.
52km to go: Movistar come to the front
The entire Movistar team of Enric Mas - except Erviti, their man in the break - has come to the front of the pack to take up the pace-setting duties from Jumbo-Visma. Some riders have been dropped from the break, including that man Garcia. Chaves, too, has been dropped from that chasing quartet, as has Oliveira, so it's De la Cruz and Arensman on their own but with only a small advantage over the pack. The increase in tempo from Movistar has resulted in the break's advantage coming down to under two minutes.
54km to go: First attacks from the pack
David de la Cruz (UAE Team Emirates) and Esteban Chaves (Mitchelton-Scott) go clear of the pack. They are 13 and 14th on GC, both over five minutes down. There's no response from Jumbo-Visma but there is from two other riders, who manage to bridge over: and it's a teammate for De la Cruz in Ivo Oliveira, plus Thyman Arensman of Team Sunweb.
55km to go: Alto de la Mozqueta
The break is onto the third climb, the Cat.1 Alto de la Mozqueta (6.4km at 8.2%), with a lead of almost three minutes on the pack. Garcia is back in after his incident but he's firmly rooted to the back.
59km to go: 20 leaders
Formolo and Marczynski have managed to join the break, which is back up to 20 riders. Until Jhojan Garcia has a crash, that is. Nothing serious for the Spaniard from Caja Rural, but he'll have to fight back on ahead of the next climb.
67km to go: Another 3pts for Martin
The Frenchman leads the break over the summit ahead of Cameron Wurf to pocket another 3pts in the KOM standings. He's now up to 56pts with his nearest challengers - Richard Carapaz and Sepp Kuss - tied on 24 points.
Gasparotto and Osorio have been caught by the pack so it's just Formolo and Marczynski who are in pursuit now. Theyr'e around a minute down with the Jumbo-led pack 2'25" in arrears.
72km to go: Alto de Santo Emiliano
We're onto the next test, another third-category roller to warm up the legs. It's 5.8km long at an acceptable 4.9%. The peloton seems to have knocked it off a little so the breakaway should stretch its lead on this climb.
75km to go: 18 clear, 4 chasers
The break has lost of a couple of men after that descent: Italian veteran Gasparotto and the Colombian Osorio have been caught by Italy's Formolo and Poland's Marczynski to form a chasing quartet which is 1'15" down on the leaders. The peloton, meanwhile, is now 2'20" back.
When 'El Chava' Jimenez won the first ascent of the Angliru
Today will be the eighth Vuelta finish on the summit of the Alto de l'Angliru, where Alberto Contador won three years ago on his penultimate day as a pro rider. But it's another Spaniard who is the main focus of this retrospective Re-Cycle piece I wrote during the (first) lockdown.
The fearsome Angliru immediately became a Vuelta a España legend on its introduction to the race in 1999, when Spanish climber José María Jiménez was first to conquer the mythical mountain of the Asturias. It was a win shrouded in fog and controversy - one that firmly put the Angliru on the map while confirming the Jiménez's status as one of the best climbers of his generation.
It might lack the history of the so-called Dutch Mountain, but it is often said that the Angliru can become to La Vuelta what Alpe d'Huez is to the Tour de France...
Re-Cycle: The arrivial of the Angliru - When Jimenez won the first ascent of Vuelta's steepest climb
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80km to go: Martin takes KOM points
It took me so long to transcribe that the breakaway has already gone over the summit of this early leg-stretcher, led as it was by that man Guillaume Martin, who consolidates his lead in the polka dot jersey standings. The gap is almost two minutes back to the peloton, who have swept up Philipsen. That chasing duo is stuck in the middle.
Meet your breakaway riders
Right, here's a list of who's in this move: Mattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck Quick-Step), Alexandr Riabushenko (UAE Team Emirates), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Andreas Schillinger (Bora-Hansgrohe), Cameron Wuft (Ineos Grenadiers), Robert Stannard and Alex Edmondson (Mitchelton-Scott), Anthony Roux (Groupama-FDJ), Julius van den Berg (EF Pro Cycling), Lukasz Wisniowski (CCC Team), Kobe Goosens and Tosh van der Sande (Lotto Soudal), Nans Peters (Ag2R-La Mondiale), Guillaume Martin and Pierre-Luc Perichon (Cofidis), Enrico Gasparotto (NTT Pro Cycling), Imanol Erviti (Movistar), Jhojan Garcia (Caja Rural), Angel Madrazo and Juan Felipe Osorio (Burgos-BH).
The three chasers are Davide Formolo and Jasper Philipsen (UAE Team Emirates) and Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal).
83km to go: Alto del Padrun
We're onto the first climb of the day, the Cat.3 Alto del Padrun, which is just 3.5km long at an average gradient of 6.6%. This 20-man move has 1'45" now over the pack with that trio still trying to bridge over. Jumbo-Visma, meanwhile, control the tempo in the pack. The Dutch team are one of two teams which don't have a rider in this break, the other being Total Direct Energie (who will no doubt get a roasting from Jean Rene Bernaudeau tonight at the dinner table.
86km to go: Three bridging over
UAE Team Emirates missed the move and they currently have Davide Formolo trying to join the party along with a teammate. Lotto Soudal's Tomasz Marczynski is also in this trio. But the gaps are minimal with the 20 leaders still only 20-odd seconds clear.
Here's what is awaiting the riders at the end of this stage, with the Angliru currently on a cloudy and overcast day - but not the usual mist we associate with the legendary peak.
92km to go: Massive break forms
There's now a large group of around 20 riders with a 15-second gap on the peloton. Initially three riders bridged over to the two leaders but they were join by a raft of others, including the polka dot jersey Guillaume Martin of Cofidis, who is looking to stretch out his lead once again after his big shift yesterday.
Riders issue joint statement
Meanwhile, the row over the UCI's decision to adjust time gap rules on Stage 10 of La Vuelta continues to rumble on. After a staged protest by the peloton on Stage 11, every rider in the race has now issued a joint statement targeted at cycling's governing body ahead of the start of Stage 12, asking for rules to be fairly applied. More here:
And here's the statement in full, with the riders - including Jumbo-Visma, the team which benefited from the retrospective rule change - also signing. The beef is not with the Vuelta organisation but the UCI, who pushed for the change.
100km to go: Just 20 seconds for duo
Those two riders only have 20 seconds on the pack. There was a quartet in pursuit but they got swallowed up by the rampaging pack. Now there are others trying to join the party.
Here's a reminder of the state of play in the GC with Roglic and Carapaz tied for time - 25 seconds clear of Dan Martin, 58 seconds clear of Hugh Carthy, and 1'54" ahead of Enric Mas. Movistar's Marc Soler rose to sixth yesterday after coming second, while Mikel Nieve also entered the top 10 at the expense of his Mitchelton-Scott teammate Esteban Chaves, who struggled on the Alto de la Farrapona.
105km to go: Busy start
Riders from Burgos-BH, Sunweb and Lotto Soudal were pushing it big time at the start - and now we have EF Pro Cycling and Groupama-FDJ trying to force something. The peloton is all strung out and already we have some splits forming. This opening 30km leading into the first climb was always going to be ridden at breakneck speed and the proof is in the pudding.
It's France's Anthony Roux (Groupama-FDJ) and Dutchman Julius Van den Berg (EF Pro Cycling) who have a small gap. Both teams have been successful in this year's Vuelta with EF winning a stage through Michael Woods and FDJ yesterday through David Gaudu.
109.4km to go: They're off!
Javier Guillen waves his red flag and this critical GC test is under way to a flurry of attacks and moves off the front. If a breakaway wants to survive they will need to go clear very soon and build up a big lead because this stage will be over in less than three hours. For the big boys, that is.
Here's the moment the peloton rolled out of Pola de Laviana ahead of the neutral zone...
Hola, amigos! Bring on the Angliru...
Good afternoon. The riders are in the neutral zone and we're ready to get this short but sharp Stage 12 under way... Here's what's on the menu: just 109km but peppered with climbs including those 25% ramps of the mythical Angliru.
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Stage 11 recap: Glory for Gaudu as Roglic defends red jersey on monster day in the mountains
David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) picked up the biggest win of his career in Stage 11 on the Alto de la Farrapona on a day of stalemate between red jersey Primoz Roglic and his general classification rivals in La Vuelta.
Frenchman Gaudu zipped clear of fellow escapee Marc Soler (Movistar) on the home straight to open up his Grand Tour account in style in the Asturias mountains. Spaniard Soler, already a winner in this race in Stage 2, crossed the line four seconds adrift.
Team Sunweb duo Michael Storer and Mark Donovan came home 52 seconds in arrears for third and fourth, ahead of Frenchman Guillaume Martin (Cofidis), who extended his lead in the polka dot jersey competition on a day which featured four first-category climbs of increasing height and difficulty.
Russia's Aleksandr Vlasov (Astana) surged clear of the streamlined main pack in the final kilometre to take sixth place just before Ireland's Dan Martin (Israel Start-Up Nation) led a select quartet featuring Roglic in red, the green jersey of Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) and white jersey Enric Mas (Movistar) over the line just over a minute down on the winner.
With their minds firmly focused on Sunday's showdown on the Alto de l'Angliru, Slovenia's Roglic and Ecuador's Carapaz stay tied for time at the top of the standings, with triple stage winner Roglic in red by virtue of his superior aggregate stage results.
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