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Vuelta a Espana 2011 Photos; Stage 4: Baza → Sierra Nevada, 170 km

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The first mountain stage of this year's race was bookended by a cat 1 climb at the start and the HC summit finish at Sierra Nevadashare this photo

Movistar and race leader Pablo Lastras at the front of the chase during the lumpy middle section of the courseshare this photo

Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank Sungard) and Daniel Moreno (Katusha) at the front with several kms to go of the 23 km long finishing Sierra-Nevada climbshare this photo

Joaquím Rodríguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha, Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) and Daniel Martin (Garmin) at the front of the trailng peloton less than 30 seconds backshare this photo

Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD , Michele Scarponi Lampre - ISD and Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lottoshare this photo

Sierra Nevada panoramicshare this photo

Daniel Moreno (Katusha) sprinted into the lead with 300m to goshare this photo

Daniel Moreno (Katusha) easily dropped Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank Sungard) who led most of the final 8 km to the topshare this photo

Daniel Moreno (Katusha) wins the first mountain stageshare this photo

Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank Sungard) crossed second + 3sshare this photo

Dan Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) won the bunch sprint for 3rd + 11sshare this photo

Bradley Wiggins and others at the back of this group + 11sshare this photo

Race favorite Euskaltel Euskadi's Igor Antón possibly explaining how he lost 1:36. Was it the heat?share this photo

Your stage 4 winner Daniel Moreno (Katusha) also won the 4th and final stage of Vuelta a Burgos earlier this month, the warm up race for the Vuelta a Espana. This is his first Grand Tour win at age 29.share this photo

With his 38th place finish (+ 57s), Sylvain Chavanel (Quickstep) assumes the race lead by 43s over Daniel Moreno (Katusha) share this photo

Vuelta a Espana 2011 Photos; Stage 4: Baza → Sierra Nevada, 170 km

« Stage 03 photosreturn to: Vuelta a Espana 2011 Dashboard: Results, Photos, Video  |  Vuelta a Espana 2011 photo galleryStage 05 photos »