Vuelta a Espana 2011 Photos; Stage 14: Astorga → La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo |
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The stage 14 rollout from Astorga | share this photo |
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Cantabrian Mountains panorama | share this photo |
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Race leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky) out of the saddle | share this photo |
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Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) alone near the top of the final climb, La Farrapona 16,8 Km @ 6.0 % | share this photo |
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Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) in the final km | share this photo |
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Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) in the final km | share this photo |
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Geox-TMC twins David De La Fuente (Spa) and Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) about 25 seconds back | share this photo |
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Sky's Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome followed by Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) | share this photo |
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A nice shot of Matteo Montaguti (AG2R La Mondiale) | share this photo |
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Final 300m: Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) on his way to victory | share this photo |
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Things were looking pretty blurry for Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) at this point | share this photo |
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Final 300m. Geox-TMC's Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) trying to catch Taaramae and extend his gap on the GC contenders | share this photo |
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Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) digging for the line. He finished 2nd today + 0:25 and with bonus seconds jumps up to 4th overall + 0:55, easily the best placed Spaniard in the race | share this photo |
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His twin, David De La Fuente (Geox-TMC) knows how to suffer too. After dropping back from Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) to help Cobo, de la Fuente went on to finish 3rd + 0:29 | share this photo |
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Bradley Wiggins limiting his losses to Cobo | share this photo |
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16th Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) + 1:37 and 18th Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quickstep) | share this photo |
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Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) were the big losers today | share this photo |
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Taaramae reigns in Spain | share this photo |
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1st Estonia's Rein Taaramae (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne) wins in 4:39:01 | share this photo |
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Sky's Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome strengthened their first and second GC positions with 5th and 6th today + 0:45 | share this photo |
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Some dreams were dashed today but you wouldn't know it; Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) with his bike throw for 21st + 1:59 | share this photo |
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Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) "didn't eat enough" before the final climb and bonked. He crossed with Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) + 2:06 and slips down to 7th overall + 1:25 | share this photo |
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Grupetto panoramic | share this photo |
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Movistar's Angel Madrazo learned what it's like to really suffer today. He gets to do it all over again tomorrow. | share this photo |
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Taaramae doing his reign dance on the podium | share this photo |
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Estonia's Rein Taaramae (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne) celebrates his first race win in three years | share this photo |
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Tomorrow's dashboard banner | share this photo |
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He suffered but not as badley as most others; race leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky) is starting to feel good about his chances. | share this photo |
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Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) moved to the top of the Combination classification (gc, points, mountains) with his 7th place finish today | share this photo |
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David De La Fuente (Geox-TMC) was awarded most aggressive rider today. He may have won the stage too if he didn't drop back on the final climb for this teammate | share this photo |
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With a strong performance today, Geox-TMC has taken over the teams classification lead. Carlos Sastre, Denis Menchov and David De La Fuente on the podium | share this photo |
Vuelta a Espana 2011 Photos; Stage 14: Astorga → La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo |
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