2014 Vuelta a España

69th Edition: August 23 - September 14, 2014

Stage 11 results

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Stage 11, Wednesday, Sept 3: Pamplona - Santuario de San Miguel de Aralar, 153.4 km

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Fabio Aru's perfectly timed attack gives him the stage win. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: In the day's early kilometers, former race leader Nairo Quintana crashed for the second time in as many days. That signaled the end of his Vuelta as he was taken to a hospital for examination.

A break didn't go clear until the stage was 65 kilometers old. Vasil Kiryienka, Pim Ligthart, Johan Le Bon and Elia Favilli soon were more than a a minute ahead of the field with Caja Rural rider Peio Bilbao trying join the quartet. Bilbao did bridge the gap, but the five riders were never allowed more than a four-minute gap. Katusha was intent upon keeping a lid on the action, planning on setting Joaquin Rodriguez loose on the final ascent. Today featured a hilltop finish at Santuario de San Miguel de Aralar, a tough climb, well-suited to Rodriguez' talents.

By the time the final ascent started to bite, all the breakaways had been absorbed by the now very reduced peloton. Sky set a furious pace at the front while Chris Froome dangled off the back.

A few kilometers from the summit, Robert Gesink launched what looked like a stage winning attack, but he was caught with a kilometer to go. And then Astana's Fabio Aru blasted off the front. He still had lots of gas in the tank and drove to the finish. Near the top he wavered a bit, but he was still able to cross the line six seconds ahead of the Alejandro Valverde-led chasers. Valverde's bonification for second place cut Alberto Contador's lead to 20 seconds.

Despite his difficulty at some points during the stage, Froome finished with the front group of Valverde, Contador and Rodriguez.

Contador remains the GC leader. He looked quite comfortable during the entire ascent, but was isolated, without teammates sooner than the other contenders.

Complete Stage 11 results:

Winner's average speed: 41.6 km/hr

1	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	3hr 41min 3sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	@ 6 seconds
3	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha
4	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo
5	Christopher Froome	Team SKY
6	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 13''
7	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	+ 15''
8	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp
9	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 16''
10	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 21''
11	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 25''
12	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 49''
13	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 56''
14	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	+ 1' 14''
15	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka
16	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 35''
17	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	+ 1' 46''
18	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	+ 2' 07''
19	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team
20	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	+ 2' 11''
21	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 2' 16''
22	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	+ 2' 22''
23	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol	+ 2' 40''
24	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
25	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp
26	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 2' 45''
27	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team
28	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 2' 49''
29	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	+ 2' 50''
30	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 3' 02''
31	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 3' 20''
32	José Herrada	Movistar Team
33	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	+ 3' 33''
34	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 3' 46''
35	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar
36	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 4' 00''
37	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 4' 37''
38	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 4' 41''
39	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
40	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
41	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 5' 08''
42	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr
43	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY	+ 6' 02''
44	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 6' 09''
45	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team
46	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka
47	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka
48	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
49	Angel Mate Luis	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 6' 25''
50	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 6' 51''
51	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 7' 01''
52	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	+ 7' 42''
53	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha
54	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol	+ 7' 49''
55	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	+ 8' 11''
56	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing	+ 8' 14''
57	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto Belisol
58	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
59	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
60	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
61	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling
62	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team
63	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
64	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
65	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
66	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
67	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
68	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
69	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp
70	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
71	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling
72	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
73	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale
74	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling
75	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha
76	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar
77	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 8' 39''
78	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 9' 03''
79	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo
80	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team
81	Christian Knees	Team SKY	+ 9' 39''
82	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing
83	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	+ 10' 19''
84	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
85	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 11' 34''
86	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp
87	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
88	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
89	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
90	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol
91	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol
92	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale
93	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
94	Dan Craven	Team Europcar
95	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
96	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo
97	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 12' 02''
98	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	+ 12' 04''
99	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale
100	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	+ 12' 33''
101	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 12' 39''
102	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 12' 50''
103	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team
104	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team	+ 12' 54''
105	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 13' 00''
106	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team
107	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano
108	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida
109	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling
110	Koen De Kort	Team Giant - Shimano
111	Philip Deignan	Team SKY	+ 13' 04''
112	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling
113	David Millar	Garmin Sharp
114	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
115	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp
116	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
117	Luke Rowe	Team SKY
118	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale
119	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale
120	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 13' 19''
121	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol
122	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge
123	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling
124	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing	+ 13' 33''
125	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY
126	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo
127	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
128	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 13' 42''
129	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	+ 13' 52''
130	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	+ 13' 52''
131	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
132	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling
133	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr
134	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team
135	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre Merida
136	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team
137	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka
138	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar
139	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr
140	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp
141	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale
142	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale
143	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge	+ 14' 34''
144	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 14' 35''
145	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 14' 36''
146	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 16' 35''
147	Jose Rodolfo Serpa	Lampre Merida
148	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
149	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
150	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team
151	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
152	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar
153	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr
154	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
155	Murilo Fischer	FDJ.fr	+ 16' 53''
156	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr
157	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge	+ 17' 09''
158	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka
159	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 17' 44''
160	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling
161	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka
162	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano
163	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp
164	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY
165	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge
166	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 17' 47''
167	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling
168	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida
169	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida
170	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha
171	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha
172	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge
173	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	+ 17' 50''
174	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge
175	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 18' 08''
176	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 18' 27''
177	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	+ 18' 29''
178	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	+ 18' 45''
179	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
180	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	+ 19' 11''
181	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	+ 19' 22''
182	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 19' 29''
183	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling
184	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida
185	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 20' 27''
186	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling
187	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha	+ 20' 30''
188	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 22' 58''
189	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar
190	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling

GC after Stage 11:

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	40hr 26min 56sec
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	@ 20 seconds
3	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1' 08''
4	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	+ 1' 20''
5	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	+ 1' 35''
6	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	+ 1' 52''
7	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	+ 2' 13''
8	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	+ 2' 22''
9	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2' 55''
10	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3' 51''
11	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	+ 3' 59''
12	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 4' 26''
13	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 4' 56''
14	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 5' 00''
15	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 6' 10''
16	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	+ 7' 19''
17	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	+ 8' 44''
18	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 8' 47''
19	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol	+ 9' 15''
20	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 10' 19''
21	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	+ 10' 47''
22	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	+ 11' 24''
23	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp	+ 12' 31''
24	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	+ 12' 48''
25	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team	+ 13' 28''
26	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 13' 44''
27	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 14' 36''
28	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 15' 13''
29	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 15' 41''
30	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 15' 50''
31	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 17' 09''
32	Angel Mate Luis	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 20' 13''
33	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	+ 24' 14''
34	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 25' 55''
35	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing	+ 27' 19''
36	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 27' 41''
37	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 29' 09''
38	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 29' 58''
39	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 30' 01''
40	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 30' 35''
41	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 31' 43''
42	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	+ 33' 45''
43	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha	+ 34' 22''
44	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 34' 30''
45	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 35' 38''
46	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 36' 02''
47	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	+ 36' 32''
48	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 36' 51''
49	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 37' 51''
50	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 38' 27''
51	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	+ 38' 52''
52	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 38' 55''
53	José Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 39' 19''
54	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 40' 43''
55	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 40' 45''
56	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 40' 56''
57	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 43' 04''
58	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 45' 18''
59	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY	+ 45' 28''
60	Philip Deignan	Team SKY	+ 45' 40''
61	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	+ 45' 53''
62	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 46' 38''
63	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 47' 36''
64	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 48' 41''
65	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 49' 56''
66	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	+ 51' 19''
67	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	+ 51' 53''
68	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 51' 57''
69	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	+ 53' 04''
70	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	+ 53' 12''
71	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 53' 23''
72	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	+ 54' 24''
73	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 54' 24''
74	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 54' 29''
75	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 54' 50''
76	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	+ 55' 42''
77	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 56' 12''
78	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	+ 57' 08''
79	Koen De Kort	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 57' 41''
80	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 58' 27''
81	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 58' 44''
82	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 59' 37''
83	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 00' 00''
84	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY	+ 1h 00' 48''
85	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 01' 13''
86	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 1h 01' 57''
87	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 02' 02''
88	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 02' 38''
89	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	+ 1h 03' 04''
90	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	+ 1h 03' 20''
91	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 03' 22''
92	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 03' 52''
93	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 03' 54''
94	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 04' 15''
95	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 04' 40''
96	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 05' 34''
97	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 06' 34''
98	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 07' 46''
99	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 08' 17''
100	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 10' 18''
101	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 10' 41''
102	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h 10' 57''
103	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	+ 1h 12' 03''
104	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 12' 12''
105	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	+ 1h 12' 57''
106	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha	+ 1h 13' 19''
107	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 13' 56''
108	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 14' 04''
109	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 14' 20''
110	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 14' 22''
111	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 15' 03''
112	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 16' 21''
113	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 18' 10''
114	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 18' 10''
115	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 18' 34''
116	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 19' 40''
117	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 19' 52''
118	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 20' 00''
119	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 21' 06''
120	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 21' 23''
121	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	+ 1h 22' 03''
122	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 23' 54''
123	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 24' 11''
124	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 24' 20''
125	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 24' 20''
126	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 24' 36''
127	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 24' 47''
128	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 24' 54''
129	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 25' 07''
130	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 26' 39''
131	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 26' 44''
132	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha	+ 1h 27' 32''
133	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 28' 20''
134	Christian Knees	Team SKY	+ 1h 28' 26''
135	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 28' 54''
136	JoseRodolfo Serpa	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 29' 03''
137	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 29' 06''
138	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 29' 40''
139	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 30' 32''
140	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 32' 39''
141	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 34' 07''
142	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 34' 22''
143	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 34' 26''
144	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 35' 06''
145	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar	+ 1h 35' 14''
146	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha	+ 1h 35' 21''
147	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 36' 21''
148	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 36' 46''
149	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 36' 47''
150	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 37' 39''
151	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	+ 1h 37' 45''
152	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 38' 08''
153	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 39' 36''
154	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 40' 24''
155	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 40' 31''
156	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 41' 10''
157	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 42' 03''
158	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 42' 07''
159	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 42' 18''
160	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 42' 45''
161	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 42' 57''
162	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 43' 11''
163	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 44' 09''
164	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 45' 07''
165	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 45' 29''
166	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 45' 39''
167	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 46' 27''
168	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 46' 28''
169	Dan Craven	Team Europcar	+ 1h 48' 34''
170	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 49' 02''
171	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 50' 04''
172	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 50' 11''
173	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 50' 24''
174	Murilo Fischer	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 51' 35''
175	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar	+ 1h 52' 52''
176	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 55' 18''
177	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 55' 19''
178	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 56' 17''
179	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 57' 52''
180	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 59' 52''
181	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr	+ 2h 03' 30''
182	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	+ 2h 03' 56''
183	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2h 07' 14''
184	Luke Rowe	Team SKY	+ 2h 07' 50''
185	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	+ 2h 10' 56''
186	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 2h 11' 29''
187	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2h 21' 44''
188	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	+ 2h 21' 57''
189	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 31' 25''
190	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 41' 27''

Points Classification:

1	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	87 points
2	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	74
3	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	71
4	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	64
5	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	56
6	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	56
7	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	51
8	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	50
9	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	41
10	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	35
11	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	34
12	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	31
13	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	30
14	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	28
15	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	28
16	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	27
17	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	26
18	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	24
19	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	24
20	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	23
21	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	22
22	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	21
23	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	21
24	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	20
25	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	20
26	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	20
27	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	19
28	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	17
29	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	17
30	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	16
31	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	16
32	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	16
33	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	16
34	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	16
35	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	15
36	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	15
37	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	14
38	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	14
39	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	14
40	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	13
41	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	12
42	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	12
43	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	12
44	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	12
45	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	12
46	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	12
47	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	11
48	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	10
49	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	10
50	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	10
51	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	10
52	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	9
53	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	9
54	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	9
55	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	8
56	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	8
57	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	7
58	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	7
59	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	7
60	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	7
61	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	7
62	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	6
63	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	6
64	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	5
65	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	5
66	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	5
67	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	4
68	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	4
69	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	4
70	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	4
71	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	4
72	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	4
73	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	3
74	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	3
75	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	3
76	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	2
77	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
78	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	2
79	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	2
80	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
81	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	2
82	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1
83	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	1
84	José Herrada	Movistar Team	1
85	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	1
86	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo	1
87	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	1
88	Christian Knees	Team SKY	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	20 points
2	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	18
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	18
4	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	13
5	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	10
6	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	9
7	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	8
8	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	7
9	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	7
10	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	7
11	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	6
12	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	6
13	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	6
14	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	5
15	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	5
16	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	4
17	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	3
18	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	3
19	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	3
20	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	2
21	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	2
22	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	2
23	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	2
24	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	2
25	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	2
26	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	1
27	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	1
28	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	1
29	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	1
30	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	1
31	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1

Team Classification:

1	Movistar Team	121hr 3min 40sec
2	Team Katusha	+ 3' 35''
3	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 5' 03''
4	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	+ 9' 54''
5	Astana Pro Team	+ 10' 09''
6	BMC Racing Team	+ 10' 33''
7	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 10' 49''
8	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 15' 00''
9	Garmin Sharp	+ 18' 31''
10	Lampre - Merida	+ 22' 07''
11	Team SKY	+ 23' 47''
12	Lotto Belisol	+ 39' 25''
13	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 43' 20''
14	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 51' 16''
15	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 54' 23''
16	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 54' 56''
17	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 09' 09''
18	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 12' 42''
19	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 13' 05''
20	Team Europcar	+ 1h 17' 53''
21	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 39' 18''
22	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 48' 21''

Stage 11 photos:

At the start, race leader Alberto Contador and 5-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain. Photo ©Sirotti

Fabio Aru has broken clear with a kilometer to go and heads for the barn and the stage win. Photo ©Sirotti

Chris Froome finished with the real contenders today. Photo ©Sirotti

Alejandro Valverde leads Rodriguez and Contador. Photo ©Sirotti

Alberto Contador looked comfortable the entire ascent. Photo ©Sirotti

Daniel Navarro's attack was quickly reeled in. Photo ©Sirotti

But for a while it looked like Robert Gesink's flier was going to go the distnce. Dan Martin can be seen chasing. Photo ©Sirotti

Hubert Dupont. Photo ©Sirotti

Rinaldo Nocentini. Photo ©Sirotti

Chris Anker Sorensen. Photo ©Sirotti

Cadel Evans. Photo ©Sirotti

Fabian Cancellara. Photo ©Sirotti

Peter Sagan. Photo ©Sirotti

He did it. Fabio Aru wins stage 11. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Fabio Aru. Photo ©Sirotti

Alberto Contador gets another day in red. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 11 live updates:

Weather at Pamplona at 1:05 PM, local time: 27C (80F) and sunny. Forecast is for the temperature to climb to 31C (87F) with the wind from the north-northwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). Humidity is 36% and there is there is 0% chance of rain.

Before the start: Former race leader Nairo Quintana has signed in. After his high-speed crash yesterday he says he has a sore ankle and hip.

Sign-in has finished and the peloton is riding through Pamplona in the neutralized portion of the stage. No overnight withdrawals, all 194 riders who finished the stage 10 time trial started today.

Km 10, 143 km to go: There have been a couple of attacks. First Adam Hansen and Johan Le Bon tried their luck and then a group of 17 tried to escape, both attempts were neutralized. Katusha brought back the big group.

Km 34, 119 km to go: A crash took down Niaro Quintana (Movistar) and Steve Morabito (BMC). Both riders have abandoned the Vuelta. Quintana is on his way to the hospital.

There were more break attempts, but at this point the peloton is all together.

Km 50, 103 km to go: A group of 27 riders has gone clear. No names or time gap yet.

Looks like the break has been absorbed. After 64 minutes of racing the peloton has averaged 46.9 km/hr.

Km 64, 89 km to go: Surprising results of the intermediate sprint at Tafalla: 1st Alejandro Valverde, 2nd Alberto Contador, 3rd Ivan Rovny. Contador had attacked before the sprint, looking for the bonus seconds. Clearly Valverde, now the undisputed Movistar team leader with Quintana's departure, wasn't going to let Contador just take them without a fight.

Bad day. Ag2r rider Maxime Bouet has abandoned.

Km 65: Looks like the peloton has given a break permission to go up the road: Vasil Kiryienka, Pim Ligthart, Johan Le Bon and Elia Favilli. They are 65 seconds ahead of the pack.

Another abandonment, this time FDJ rider Thibaut Pinot.

Km 70: The break of four is 2min 50sec ahead of the peloton with lone rider Peio Bilbao (Caja Rural) chasing, about 30 seconds behind the break.

Bilbao made it. He has joined the four breakaways to make a group of five. The gap is now four minutes.

Km 72, 81 km to go: Katusha is controlling the peloton and has brought the break's gap down to 3min 30sec

Km 96, 57 km to go: Results of the Estella intermediate sprint: 1st Pim Ligthart, 2nd Vasil Kiryienka, 3rd Johan Le Bon. The break's gap is down to 1min 55sec.

Km 97: Vasil Kiryienka has attacked the break. He has a gap of 16 seconds.

Km 112: Vasil Kiryienka (Sky) presses on alone, 3min 51sec ahead of the peloton. Between Kiryienka and the pack, Elia Favilli and Peio Bilbao chase, 1min 40sec behind Kiryienka. Johan Le Bonn and Pim Ligthart have been dropped from the break.

Katusha continues to lead the pack, surely working for a hard attack on the final ascent, a hilltop stage finish, from Joaquin Rodriguez.

Km 118, 34 km to go: The riders are on on the 3rd category Lizarraga. Cadel Evans suffered an untimely puncture (aren't they all?), but has rejoined the peloton. Kiryienka's gap is down to 3min 27sec.

29 km to go: Kiryienka crested the Puerto de Lizarraga 3min 4sec ahead of the pack.

24 km to go: Everyone is descending the Lizarraga with Kiryienka 2min 24sec ahead of the field. Bilbao and Favilli are still in between.

Km 135, 18 km to go: Favilli and Bilbao have been caught by the peloton. Katusha is still hammering hard at the front of the pack. Kiryienka's gap is down to qmin 23sec.

Trek, Sky and other teams are moving to the front in anticipation of the climb to the finish at Santuario de San Miguel.

12 km to go: Kiryienka has just 58sec. The climb will begin in about 2 km.

9 km to go: We're on the final climb. Kiryienka is being absorbed as I write this. Valverde and Contador are near the front. Riders are being shelled off the back.

8 km to go: Trek rider Arredondo made a probing attack, but he's caught quickly. Sky rider Dario Cataldo leads the now very reduced pack. Looks like all the big GC riders havemade the cut. Gradient is 9%

6 km to go: Froome doesn't look good. He's lost contact with the front group and has now regained the leaders.

Bam! Warren Barguil has attacked and has been joined by Robert Gesink.

5 km to go: Gesink has dropped Barguil, who is being caught by the Movistar-led pack. Froome is still riding near the back of the lead group. Valverde, Contador and Rodriguez are up near the front.

Gesink has 17sec. Don't see any Tinkoff-Saxo riders in the lead group to help Contador. Looks like about 12 riders in the front group.

3 km to go: Bam! Dan Martin attacks.

2 km to go: Martin has a real gap. Gesink is still off the front with 20 seconds. Froome is dropped again and then claws his way back.

Now Froome leads the peloton, out of the saddle on the 14% gradient section.

And now comes Contador with Valverde on his wheel.

1 km to go: Gesink has been caught and I think Martin is also absorbed. Fabio Aru now attacks.

Aru is opening up a big gap. 8 seconds.

The finish: Froome leads the chase with Valverde and Contador on his wheel.

Fabio Aru wins the stage. A few seconds later Valverde leads the chasers across the line.

Alberto contador remains the GC leader.

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