Vuelta a Espana (2012) Photos; Stage 11: Cambados → Pontevedra, 40 km (TT)
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As the 47th last rider on today's 40 km technical ITT course, Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) set a new fastest time which would hold up as the GC favorites came through		share this photo
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) catching his three minute man Rafal Majka (Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) on the technical descent of the cat 3 climb on the second half of the course		share this photo
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) finished the 39.4 km course in 52:36 and then sat around for a couple of hours before he was declared the winner		share this photo
Alberto Contador stretching out on the bike		share this photo
Alberto Contador was on fine form today, but he lost time to Fredrik Kessiakoff on the second half of the course after setting the best time at the first checkpoint (km 13.5)		share this photo
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank - Tinkoff Bank) gained time on all his GC rivals today with his second place finish + 17s and is just 1 second off the race lead		share this photo
Chris Froome (Sky)		share this photo
Chris Froome (Sky) digging for 3rd on the stage + 39s which dropped him down to 3rd overall + 15s		share this photo
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) also put in a good tt performance finishing 4th + 1:08 (4th overall + 58s)		share this photo
Valvarde's teammate Benat Intxausti (Movistar) also had a good ride finishing 5th + 1:09		share this photo
The surprise ride of the day was from race leader Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) who finished 7th + 1:16		share this photo
Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) was spurred on to the best TT performance of his career which would keep him in the the leader's jersey by 1 second		share this photo
Hard to imagine the world champ, Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) was beaten by Rodriguez today. Martin finished 11th + 1:39		share this photo
Your stage 11 winner, Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) also had an impressive TT win at the Tour de Suisse this year		share this photo
Wow. Not many if any predicted Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) would still be in the leader's jersey at the end of today's ITT. He's now in a great position to win his first Grand Tour with no more time-trialing remaining and big mountain stages ahead. However, Alberto Contador is just 1s back.		share this photo
Vuelta a Espana (2012) Photos; Stage 11: Cambados → Pontevedra, 40 km (TT)
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