Vuelta a Espana 2010 Photos; Stage 10: Tarragona → Vilanova i la Geltrú, 176 km |
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Team Katusha not Euskaltel-Euskadi was setting the pace early on. They kept the race together until the first intermediate sprint at km 41 km when Katusha's Joaquin Rodriguez captured a 2s bonus for finishing third, making him the leader on the road | share this photo |
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The 11 man break leaving Stiges at km 125 | share this photo |
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The break led by the eventual race winner | share this photo |
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Katusha leading the chase to make sure the break doesn't get a gap that would thwart Joaquin Rodriguez becoming the new race leader | share this photo |
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Looking into the afternoon sun. The eleven man break at km 130 on the coast north of Stiges | share this photo |
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The peloton | share this photo |
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The break on the category 1 Alto del Rat Penat (4,4 km at 10,8%) at km 140 | share this photo |
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Igor Anton, Vladmir Karpets and Team Xacobeo - Galicia at the front of the peloton when the climbed kicked up to 18% | share this photo |
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Cervelo's Thor Hushovd, the stage 6 winner, out of contention near the back of the last group | share this photo |
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Caisse d'Epargne's Imanol Erviti rode away from the break on the descent of Alto del Rat Penat... | share this photo |
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... and won by 37s | share this photo |
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Cofidis' Romain Zingle won a painful bunch sprint for second | share this photo |
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Saxo Bank's Frank Schleck finished (+ 1'38") with the GC contenders. He probably wasn't happy about his brother, Andy, and Stuart O'Grady being sent home before the start of the stage. | share this photo |
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Caisse d'Epargne's Imanol Erviti celebrates his second pro win and second career Vuelta stage win | share this photo |
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Getting ready to present the Red Jersey to the new race leader | share this photo |
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Katusha's Joaquin Rodriguez standing tall on the podium | share this photo |
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Happy to don the leader's jersey in front of his home region of Catalunya | share this photo |
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Hip Hip Hooray | share this photo |
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David Moncoutie moved into the lead of the mountains classification today. Normally, the KOM jersey with red potka dots goes great with the red Cofidis team kit, but the blue dotka version for this 75th anniversary of the Vuelta will unfortunately clash. | share this photo |
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Team Katusha were all smiles at the end of the day. Andrei Tchmil, team manager of Katusha, and the new race leader, Joaquin Rodriguez | share this photo |
Vuelta a Espana 2010 Photos; Stage 10: Tarragona → Vilanova i la Geltrú, 176 km |
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