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Vuelta a Espana 2011 Photos; Stage 10: Salamanca 47 km ITT

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The ITT finish area in Salamanca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988share this photo

Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroadshare this photo

1st Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) in 55:54 share this photo

The big surprise of the day was Christopher Froome (Sky) finishing 2nd + 0:59 and ahead of...share this photo

Teammate and team leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky) started fastshare this photo

But, he faded in the second half of the 47 km ITT. 3rd Bradley Wiggins (Sky) + 1:22 and moves up to 3rd overall + 0:20.share this photo

The World ITT Champ, Fabian Cancellara (Leopard Trek) was 4th + 1:27share this photo

5th Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) + 1:33share this photo

6th Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard Trek) + 1:37 and moves up to 2nd overall + 0:12share this photo

The Slovenian ITT champ, Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) was 8th + 1:56 and moves into the top 10 overall, 9th + 2:04share this photo

Two time Vuelta winner, Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC, was 13th + 2:19share this photo

Last year's overall winner, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) hasn't looked as sharp this year. He was 15th today + 2:24, but is still 4th + 0:31share this photo

The race leader going into today's ITT was Bauke Mollema (Rabobank). He finished 25th + 3:09 and drops down to 7th overall + 1:07. share this photo

Many pure climbers lost a lot of time today as expected. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) was just 1s off the race lead going into the ITT but he finished 71st + 5:24 and drops down to 14th overall. However, with seven mountain stages remaining and no more time-trialing, the pure climbers have time to chip away at their deficit.share this photo

Your convincing stage 10 Salamanca ITT winner, Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad)share this photo

Despite having never won a Pro race in Europe, 26 year-old Kenyan native Christopher Froome (Sky) is now the race leader after posting the 2nd best ride todayshare this photo

Vuelta a Espana 2011 Photos; Stage 10: Salamanca 47 km ITT

« Stage 09 photosreturn to: Vuelta a Espana 2011 Dashboard: Results, Photos, Video  |  Vuelta a Espana 2011 photo galleryStage 11 photos »