Stage 12: Almeria - Alto de Velefique 174km

Linus Gerdemann withdrew from the race today from similar problems as Thomas (Milram Report)

Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream survived the break today to get the first Canadian win the La Vuelta (ever) over David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia. The GC remains unchanged.

View video of last km here

Tomorrow will be an exciting day as it is the Queen stage of La Vuelta.

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Results

1 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 5:34:31
2 David Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:01
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:06
4 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:00:16
6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
10 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

Team Milram

56 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0:09:54
75 Matthias Russ (Ger) Milram 0:14:41
123 Dominik Roels (Ger) Milram 0:20:36
127 Martin Velits (Svk) Milram
148 Paul Voss (Ger) Milram
168 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 0:22:58
169 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram

General Classification

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51:12:38
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:00:07
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:18
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:51
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:00:53
6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:03
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:02:13
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:14
9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0:03:53
10 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:04:01