Vuelta a Espana 2011 Photos; Stage 13: Sarria → Ponferrada, 158 km
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An early break checking their gap at an opportune time. With two category 1 and three category 3 climbs evenly spread out over the first 130 km, today's stage was expected to have some early fireworks.		share this photo
The peloton descending one of the narrow, twisty cat 3 climbs in the Galicia region early in the race		share this photo
Euskaltel Euskadi drove the main break most of the day but they didn't get much for their efforts. Amets Txurruka taking his turn at the front.		share this photo
Alberto Contador rode in the race commissare's car today. Here he is stopping to announce he intends to race in the 2012 Vuelta a España so get your stage wins while you can.		share this photo
Euskaltel Euskadi's Mikel Nieve, Katusha's Alberto Losada and AG2R La Mondiale's Nicolas Roche reaching the high point of the stage, the category 1 Puerto de Ancares (el. 1648m)		share this photo
Also, in the main break were Carlos Sastre (Geox-TMC), Michael Albasini (HTC-Highroad) and Eros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale). There were 20 riders into total in the main break.		share this photo
Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) at several points separated himself from race leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky) but only temporarily. He did however, gain 6 seconds for winning an early intermediate sprint after a descent.		share this photo
The main break descending to the finish in Ponferrada		share this photo
Euskaltel Euskadi's Gorka Verdugo leading the way		share this photo
David Moncoutie (Cofidis) was in the main break and picked up more points for the mountains classfiication which he leads		share this photo
Race leader Bradley Wiggins descending with the GC contenders who were content to let the break stay away until the finish		share this photo
The 20 man bunch sprint in Ponferrada		share this photo
Michael Albasini (HTC-Highroad) won the bunch sprint ahead of Eros Capecchi (Liquigas-Cannondale) and Daniel Moreno (Katusha) who is obscured behind Alasini. Moreno moved into the top 10 by gaining 1:33 on the GC contenders and the bonus seconds for third		share this photo
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Your stage 13 winner, Michael Albasini (HTC-Highroad) about to receive a cool trophy		share this photo
Today's prize with Castilla y León castles is definitely a keeper		share this photo
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) remains the race leader although he looked somewhat inattentive on the road		share this photo
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) has five riders within 36s of taking his leader's jersey after stage 13		share this photo
Euskaltel Euskadi's Amets Txurruka was awarded the most aggressive rider today for his work in the break although the award should be shared with his teammates		share this photo
Hard to believe Amets Txurruka is almost 29 years old		share this photo
David Moncoutie (Cofidis) has won the mountains classification at the Vuelta before and he has a good lead this year		share this photo
Daniel Moreno (Katusha) was the top place GC contender in the break and moves up to 9th overall which helps to make him the leader of the Combination classification (combined total of gc, points and mountains)		share this photo
Alberto Contador was on hand for today's award ceremony		share this photo
Alberto Contador was on hand while Joaquin Rodriguez received another green jersey for leading the points classification		share this photo
At 3:03 down on general classification, it's looking like Joaquin Rodriguez's (Katusha) best shot may be the Green Jersey		share this photo
Vuelta a Espana 2011 Photos; Stage 13: Sarria → Ponferrada, 158 km
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