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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

Cantabrian Mountains panoramashare this photo
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Race leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky) out of the saddleshare this photo
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) alone near the top of the final climb, La Farrapona 16,8 Km @ 6.0 % share this photo
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) in the final kmshare this photo
Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) in the final kmshare this photo

Geox-TMC twins David De La Fuente (Spa) and Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) about 25 seconds backshare this photo
Sky's Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome followed by Bauke Mollema (Rabobank)share this photo
A nice shot of Matteo Montaguti (AG2R La Mondiale)share this photo
Final 300m: Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) on his way to victoryshare this photo
Things were looking pretty blurry for Rein Taaramae (Cofidis) at this pointshare this photo
Final 300m. Geox-TMC's Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) trying to catch Taaramae and extend his gap on the GC contendersshare this photo

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 raceshare this photo
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 + 0:29share this photo
Bradley Wiggins limiting his losses to Coboshare this photo
16th Daniel Martin (Garmin-Cervelo) + 1:37 and 18th Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quickstep)share this photo
Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha) and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) were the big losers todayshare this photo
Taaramae reigns in Spainshare this photo

1st Estonia's Rein Taaramae (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne) wins in 4:39:01share this photo
Sky's Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome strengthened their first and second GC positions with 5th and 6th today + 0:45share this photo
Some dreams were dashed today but you wouldn't know it; Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) with his bike throw for 21st + 1:59share this photo
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 + 1:25share this photo
Grupetto panoramicshare 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
Taaramae doing his reign dance on the podiumshare this photo
Estonia's Rein Taaramae (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne) celebrates his first race win in three yearsshare this photo
Tomorrow's dashboard bannershare this photo
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
Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) moved to the top of the Combination classification (gc, points, mountains) with his 7th place finish todayshare this photo
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 teammateshare this photo
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 podiumshare this photo

Vuelta a Espana 2011 Photos; Stage 14: Astorga → La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo

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