Vuelta a Espana 2010 Photos; Stage 17: Peñafiel 46 km ITT
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The World Champ, Fabian Cancellara, set an early best time and placed 3rd on the day (+ 0' 37")		share this photo
Garmin's Dave Zabriskie getting aero. This flat, long, non-technical course suited him well, but not the apparent change in wind conditions. He placed 7th (+ 1' 10"), top ride by an American. He'll still be in Spain this weekend and won't be able to defend his U.S. Time Trial title.		share this photo
Dave Z close-up		share this photo
Best scenic panoramic goes to Martin Velits of HTC-Columbia. The Slovakian time-trial champ placed 21st (+ 2' 22") ...		share this photo
... his twin-brother, Peter, had the ride of the day		share this photo
HTC-Columbia's Peter Velits won the 46 ITT in a time of 52' 43" moving him up from 6th to 3rd overall. Changing wind conditions seemed to have helped.		share this photo
Not known as a good TTer, Xacobeo Galicia's Ezequiel Mosquera placed a solid 19th (+ 2' 13")		share this photo
Ezequiel Mosquera moved up one spot to 2nd overall, 33s behind the new race leader. This Vuelta isn't over. He's been close to a stage win at this Vuelta and winning the last mountain stage this Saturday could give him the overall win.		share this photo
Liquigas' Vincenzo Nibali came through with a TT effort most were expecting		share this photo
After overcoming a flat tire early on, Vincenzo Nibali went on to finish 15th (+ 1' 54") moving him back into the race lead because...		share this photo
... previous race leader, Joaquin Rodriguez, was bleeding Red on the road. He finished over 6 minutes off the winning time dropping him to 5th overall. Being the last rider on the road, it was painful to watch... it indeed looked like he was riding uphill.		share this photo
The chalkie look of a defeated time-trialist: Joaquin Rodriguez looked like he hadn't drank water for several days when he crossed the line.		share this photo
Your stage 17 ITT winner, HTC-Columbia's Peter Velits: "On the way out, I didn't give 100% but on the way back, I put the hammer down. I saw [Tom] Danielson in front of me. He was coming closer and closer. It was such a big motivation." (cyclingnews)		share this photo
Velits didn't want to talk about how he has moved up to 3rd overall on GC, two minutes off the lead. He just wanted to savor the moment.		share this photo
Give me that Red Jersey		share this photo
Vincenzo Nibali is back in the Red Jersey but he can't feel too comfortable with a 33s lead on Ezequiel Mosquera and a big mountain stage with a summit finish remaining		share this photo
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Vuelta a Espana 2010 Photos; Stage 17: Peñafiel 46 km ITT
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