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Stage 14, Saturday, September 3: Urdax/ Dantxarinea - Aubisque/ Gourette, 196.1 km

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Robert Gesink wins Vuelta stage 14

Stage 14 rated ascents:

• Km 62.9: Col Inharpu, 11.5 km @ 7.1% - cat. 1
• Km 111.8: Col du Soudet, 24 km @ 5.2% - cat. 1
• Km 157.7: Col de Marie-Blanque, 9.2 km @ 7.5% - cat. 1
• Km 196.1: Col d'Aubisque, 16.5 km @ 7.1% - cat. H

The Race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.Robert Gesink came back from the dead to claim the Queen stage of the Vuelta a España at the Col d'Aubisque, powering away from Kenny Elissonde and Egor Silin 300 metres from the line for his maiden grand tour stage win. The Dutchman, dropped by his breakaway companions in the descent from the Col de Marie-Blanque, eventually rejoined a reduced leading group before showing he was the strongest on the day. Briton Simon Yates, at the end of a long-range, perfectly executed attack, moved up to fourth overall behind his team mate Esteban Chaves. Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde, who dropped out of the top 5, lost ground. Nairo Quintana, who attacked several times, still leads Chris Froome by 54 seconds but could not drop the Briton despite several attacks.

They were 170 riders at the start of a grueling trek featuring four climbs to the Col Inharpu, the Col du Soudet, the Col de Marie-Blanque and the Col d'Aubisque.

The day's breakaway took shape shortly after the 15th kilometre with the following 41 riders - Ruben Fernandez, Dani Moreno and Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar), Daniele Bennati (Tinkoff), David Lopez (Team Sky), Tejay van Garderen (BMC), George Bennett, Victor Campenaerts and Robert Gesink (Lotto NL Jumbo), Simon Gerrans, Jens Keukeleire and Magnus Cort Nielsen (Orica-BikeExchange), Dario Cataldo (Astana), Kenny Elissonde, Odd Christian Eiking and Alexandre Geniez (FDJ), Haimar Zubeldia and Julien Bernard (Trek-Segafredo), Jan Bakelants and Quentin Jauregui (AG2R - La Mondiale), Alberto Losada and Egor Silin (Katusha), Bart De Clercq and Sander Armee (Lotto Soudal), Gianni Meersman (Etixx-Quick Step), Moreno Moser, Pierre Rolland and Davide Villella (Cannondale-Drapac), Omar Fraile and Jacques Janse van Rensburg (Dimension Data), Mathias Frank and Larry Warbasse (IAM Cycling), Mattia Cattaneo (Lampre-Merida), Romain Hardy and Rudy Molard (Cofidis), Christoph Pfingsten (Bora-Argon 18), Pello Bilbao and Sergio Pardilla (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Lilian Calmejane, Romain Sicard and Perrig Quemeneur (Direct Energie).

The gap reached five minutes near the top of the first climb, the Col Inharpu, where Elissonde, Geniez and Fraile briefly broke away from the leading group. The descent, however, was treacherous and they were reined in as Jose Joaquin Rojas and Jacques Janse van Rensburg crashed. The Spaniard made it back to the front pack while Van Rensburg was caught up by the main peloton.

Kenneth Vanbilsen (Cofidis), who was suffering from a stomach bug, pulled out, and was soon followed on his way out by Johan Le Bon (FDJ), Philippe Gilbert (BMC), Davide Malacarne (Astana) and Angel Madrazo (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) before the foot of the Col du Soudet.

The break had a 6:30-lead over the Team Sky-led peloton at the foot of Marie-Blanque. In that third climb, Simon Yates (Orica-Bike Exchange) jumped away from the main pack and was briefly helped by his team mate Jack Haig, who had attacked a bit earlier. Yates had 1:15 at the top having rejoined his team mates Cort Nielsen and Gerrans, who had dropped out of the leading group, and the Briton later picked up another domestique in Keukeleire.

Six men – Silin, De Clercq, Elissonde, Bennett, Bernard and Bakelants – went away in the descent and opened a decent gap. Movistar and Tinkoff took over from Sky at the front of the pack.

Elissonde's acceleration 10km from the finish was fatal to De Clercq and Bernard and the leading quatuor was joined by Gesink, who then went solo before being caught by Elissonde and Silin. He had the best legs in the finale, though, and put the Frenchman, who claimed the polka dot jersey, 7 seconds back while Silin finished third 9 seconds off the pace.

Yates was fifth, 39 seconds behind Gesink.

Quintana was the first to attack in the favourites' group, forcing Froome to dig deep while Valverde lost contact. The Colombian was at it again about five kilometres from the top but Froome came back with Contador and Chaves in his wheel, before the Colombian counter attacked and gained 33 seconds on the line.

Contador, who briefly tried to attack, lost 20 seconds.

Complete Results:

Stage 14 photos

196.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 34.263 km/hr

1	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	5hr 43min 24sec
2	ELISSONDE KENNY	FDJ	@ 7sec
3	SILIN Egor	KATUSHA	+ 00' 09''
4	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 00' 31''
5	YATES Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 00' 39''
6	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 00' 49''
7	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 11''
8	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01' 14''
9	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
10	KONIG Leopold	SKY	+ 01' 16''
11	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01' 26''
12	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	+ 01' 47''
13	FROOME Christopher	SKY	s.t.
14	WARBASSE Larry	IAM CYCLING	+ 01' 50''
15	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	s.t.
16	MOLARD Rudy	COFIDIS	+ 01' 53''
17	HARDY Romain	COFIDIS	+ 01' 54''
18	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 02' 01''
19	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 02' 07''
20	HERMANS Ben	BMC	+ 02' 17''
21	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02' 24''
22	PARDILLA Sergio	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02' 34''
23	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 50''
24	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 11''
25	KENNAUGH Peter	SKY	+ 03' 28''
26	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	+ 03' 45''
27	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	+ 03' 50''
28	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 03' 56''
29	DE LA CRUZ David	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 04' 51''
30	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	s.t.
31	ZOIDL Riccardo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 05' 08''
32	DE CLERCQ Bart	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 05' 34''
33	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 05' 47''
34	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 06' 30''
35	HERNANDEZ Jesus Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 07' 18''
36	LOPEZ David	SKY	+ 07' 35''
37	BOUET Maxime	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 09' 10''
38	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	+ 10' 56''
39	ATAPUMA Darwin	BMC	s.t.
40	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	s.t.
41	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	s.t.
42	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
43	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	s.t.
44	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	+ 12' 29''
45	HERRADA Jose	MOVISTAR	+ 12' 35''
46	QUEMENEUR Perrig	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 12' 49''
47	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 13' 27''
48	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 13' 52''
49	MENDES José	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 14' 32''
50	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 15' 10''
51	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
52	TROFIMOV Yury	TINKOFF	+ 15' 31''
53	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 16' 09''
54	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	+ 16' 20''
55	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	+ 16' 51''
56	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 18' 13''
57	MEERSMAN Gianni	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 18' 13''
58	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 22' 11''
59	ROJAS José Joaquin	MOVISTAR	+ 23' 14''
60	FERNANDEZ Ruben	MOVISTAR	s.t.
61	GERRANS Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
62	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	s.t.
63	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	s.t.
64	BILBAO Pello	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
65	HAGA Chad	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
66	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
67	BOSWELL Ian	SKY	s.t.
68	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 23' 37''
69	CATTANEO Mattia	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 24' 03''
70	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 25' 44''
71	HAIG Jack	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
72	MUHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
73	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 27' 00''
74	CHEVRIER Clément	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
75	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	s.t.
76	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
77	KUDUS Merhawi	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
78	HOWSON Damien	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 27' 50''
79	DIDIER Laurent	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 28' 37''
80	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	+ 29' 13''
81	ROSSETTO Stéphane	COFIDIS	+ 31' 27''
82	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 32' 37''
83	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	s.t.
84	SERRY Pieter	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
85	DE KORT Koen	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
86	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
87	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	s.t.
88	ARROYO David	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
89	VERVAEKE Louis	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
90	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
91	DOMBROWSKI Joe	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
92	CAMPENAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
93	SMUKULIS Gatis	ASTANA	+ 32' 44''
94	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	+ 32' 51''
95	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 33' 04''
96	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 33' 13''
97	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	+ 33' 32''
98	KNEES Christian	SKY	s.t.
99	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel	TINKOFF	+ 34' 08''
100	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	s.t.
101	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 34' 25''
102	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 34' 49''
103	GOGL Michael	TINKOFF	+ 36' 49''
104	CONTI Valerio	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 38' 41''
105	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
106	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
107	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
108	NAULEAU Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
109	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	s.t.
110	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	s.t.
111	DOCKX Gert	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
112	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
113	BEPPU Fumiyuki	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
114	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
115	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
116	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
117	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
118	KOSHEVOY Ilia	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
119	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
120	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
121	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
122	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	s.t.
123	SKJOESTAD LUNKE Sindre	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
124	GRMAY Tsgabu	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
125	SBARAGLI Kristan	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
126	KING Benjamin	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
127	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	s.t.
128	GOLAS Michal	SKY	s.t.
129	FELLINE Fabio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
130	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	s.t.
131	VENTER Jacobus	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
132	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
133	REIJNEN Kiel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
134	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
135	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
136	TUFT Svein	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	s.t.
137	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT ALPECIN	s.t.
138	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
139	CARTHY Hugh	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
140	FARIA Mario Jorge	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 39' 10''
141	CHETOUT LOÏC	COFIDIS	+ 39' 16''
142	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 39' 25''
143	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	+ 39' 27''
144	RESTREPO Jhonatan	KATUSHA	+ 39' 28''
145	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	s.t.
146	SELIG Rüdiger	BORA-ARGON 18	s.t.
147	BENNATI Daniele	TINKOFF	s.t.
148	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
149	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
150	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
151	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	s.t.
152	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
153	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
154	ROSON Jaime	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
155	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
156	DOUGALL Nick	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
157	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 39' 34''
158	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF	s.t.
159	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	+ 39' 37''
160	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 39' 44''
161	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 39' 45''
162	MANZIN Lorenzo	FDJ	+ 39' 52''
163	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	+ 40' 12''
164	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 40' 18''
165	VANOTTI Alessandro	ASTANA	+ 41' 37''

GC after Stage 14:

• GC leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
• Points classification leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Mountains classification leader: Kenny Elissonde (FDJ)
• Combination classification leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar)
• Team classification leader: BMC

2,327.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.655 km/hr

1	QUINTANA Nairo	MOVISTAR	58hr 41min 40sec
2	FROOME Christopher	SKY	@ 54sec
3	CHAVES Johan Esteban	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02' 01''
4	YATES Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02' 17''
5	KONIG Leopold	SKY	+ 02' 38''
6	CONTADOR Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 03' 28''
7	SANCHEZ Samuel	BMC	+ 03' 59''
8	TALANSKY Andrew	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 04' 30''
9	SCARPONI Michele	ASTANA	+ 05' 37''
10	MORENO Daniel	MOVISTAR	+ 05' 52''
11	FORMOLO Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 06' 21''
12	BENNETT George	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 06' 37''
13	PARDILLA Sergio	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 06' 42''
14	DE LA CRUZ David	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 06' 49''
15	KENNAUGH Peter	SKY	+ 08' 11''
16	PÉRAUD Jean-Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 08' 23''
17	HERMANS Ben	BMC	+ 08' 52''
18	LATOUR Pierre-Roger	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 08' 53''
19	VALVERDE Alejandro	MOVISTAR	+ 10' 14''
20	MOLARD Rudy	COFIDIS	+ 10' 31''
21	SILIN Egor	KATUSHA	+ 11' 21''
22	MONFORT Maxime	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 14' 22''
23	ATAPUMA Darwin	BMC	+ 18' 31''
24	ELISSONDE KENNY	FDJ	+ 19' 26''
25	BAKELANTS Jan	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 20' 00''
26	ZUBELDIA Haimar	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 22' 41''
27	MENDES José	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 23' 06''
28	BOUET Maxime	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 23' 44''
29	WYSS Marcel	IAM CYCLING	+ 26' 37''
30	ZEITS Andrey	ASTANA	+ 26' 39''
31	SICARD Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 28' 23''
32	HARDY Romain	COFIDIS	+ 28' 35''
33	HERNANDEZ Jesus Alberto	TINKOFF	+ 30' 10''
34	WARBASSE Larry	IAM CYCLING	+ 31' 29''
35	FRANK Mathias	IAM CYCLING	+ 35' 43''
36	BRAMBILLA Gianluca	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 37' 45''
37	MAMYKIN Matvey	KATUSHA	+ 40' 54''
38	GESINK Robert	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 42' 21''
39	FERNANDEZ Ruben	MOVISTAR	+ 43' 38''
40	MATE Luis Angel	COFIDIS	+ 45' 22''
41	MEINTJES Louis	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 46' 23''
42	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	ASTANA	+ 47' 26''
43	FELLINE Fabio	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 54' 42''
44	ZOIDL Riccardo	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 56' 23''
45	LOSADA Alberto	KATUSHA	+ 56' 33''
46	KUDUS Merhawi	DIMENSION DATA	+ 56' 43''
47	TROFIMOV Yury	TINKOFF	+ 57' 29''
48	HOWSON Damien	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 57' 56''
49	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 00' 28''
50	ROLLAND Pierre	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 02' 24''
51	WYSS Danilo	BMC	+ 01h 03' 43''
52	DE CLERCQ Bart	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 05' 02''
53	ROJAS José Joaquin	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 06' 37''
54	ROSSETTO Stéphane	COFIDIS	+ 01h 09' 20''
55	CHEVRIER Clément	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 13' 16''
56	DOMONT Axel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 16' 25''
57	LUDVIGSSON Tobias	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 01h 19' 47''
58	CATALDO Dario	ASTANA	+ 01h 21' 20''
59	LOPEZ David	SKY	+ 01h 25' 10''
60	VILLELLA Davide	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 25' 37''
61	BERNARD Julien	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 25' 46''
62	GRMAY Tsgabu	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 27' 32''
63	BOSWELL Ian	SKY	+ 01h 27' 42''
64	KING Benjamin	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 31' 39''
65	KOCHETKOV Pavel	KATUSHA	+ 01h 32' 01''
66	EIKING Odd Christian	FDJ	+ 01h 37' 11''
67	DOMBROWSKI Joe	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 01h 37' 12''
68	LAGUTIN Sergey	KATUSHA	+ 01h 38' 32''
69	STYBAR Zdenek	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 39' 08''
70	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 39' 30''
71	BENEDETTI Cesare	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01h 40' 00''
72	KEUKELEIRE Jens	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01h 40' 27''
73	QUEMENEUR Perrig	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 41' 18''
74	VAN RENSBURG Jacques	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 42' 04''
75	DE GENDT Thomas	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 43' 32''
76	CALMEJANE Lilian	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 01h 43' 50''
77	SMUKULIS Gatis	ASTANA	+ 01h 44' 01''
78	FRÖHLINGER Johannes	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 01h 47' 11''
79	ARMEE Sander	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 47' 25''
80	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	+ 01h 47' 28''
81	WALLAYS Jelle	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 01h 47' 43''
82	BIDARD François	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 48' 18''
83	MACHADO Tiago	KATUSHA	+ 01h 49' 07''
84	SBARAGLI Kristan	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 49' 59''
85	BILBAO Pello	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 01h 50' 22''
86	DILLIER Silvan	BMC	+ 01h 51' 01''
87	HERRADA Jose	MOVISTAR	+ 01h 51' 15''
88	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	+ 01h 52' 22''
89	DIDIER Laurent	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 01h 52' 49''
90	GERRANS Simon	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 01h 53' 02''
91	GOGL Michael	TINKOFF	+ 01h 54' 58''
92	DURASEK Kristijan	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 55' 02''
93	CONTI Valerio	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 55' 08''
94	DE KORT Koen	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 01h 55' 59''
95	FRAILE Omar	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01h 56' 57''
96	PELLAUD Simon	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 00' 58''
97	HAIG Jack	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 04' 07''
98	VAN DER SANDE Tosh	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 04' 10''
99	TANKINK Bram	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 04' 54''
100	SERRY Pieter	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 05' 09''
101	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	+ 02h 05' 52''
102	ARASHIRO Yukiya	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 06' 31''
103	ROSON Jaime	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02h 06' 37''
104	HAGA Chad	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 02h 06' 54''
105	VERVAEKE Louis	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 07' 04''
106	HANSEN Adam	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 07' 15''
107	MEERSMAN Gianni	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 12' 01''
108	MUHLBERGER Gregor	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 14' 16''
109	LAMPAERT Yves	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 17' 33''
110	BEPPU Fumiyuki	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 18' 03''
111	CATTANEO Mattia	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02h 18' 38''
112	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 20' 54''
113	BOUWMAN Koen	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 21' 14''
114	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	ASTANA	+ 02h 21' 34''
115	VANOTTI Alessandro	ASTANA	+ 02h 21' 50''
116	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 23' 23''
117	THWAITES Scott	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 02h 24' 41''
118	PUCCIO Salvatore	SKY	+ 02h 25' 49''
119	GOLAS Michal	SKY	+ 02h 27' 28''
120	ERVITI Imanol	MOVISTAR	+ 02h 29' 32''
121	DEVENYNS Dries	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 29' 34''
122	DOCKX Gert	LOTTO SOUDAL	+ 02h 31' 13''
123	ROVNY Ivan	TINKOFF	+ 02h 32' 08''
124	STAMSNIJDER Tom	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 02h 32' 08''
125	MOSER Moreno	CANNONDALE-DRAPAC	+ 02h 32' 36''
126	KNEES Christian	SKY	+ 02h 32' 38''
127	BENNATI Daniele	TINKOFF	+ 02h 33' 52''
128	RESTREPO Jhonatan	KATUSHA	+ 02h 35' 44''
129	SKJOESTAD LUNKE Sindre	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 02h 36' 07''
130	PRADES Eduard	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02h 39' 08''
131	COUSIN Jérome	COFIDIS	+ 02h 39' 15''
132	TEUNS Dylan	BMC	+ 02h 40' 08''
133	REIJNEN Kiel	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02h 41' 21''
134	KEIZER Martijn	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 44' 02''
135	PAULINHO Sergio Miguel	TINKOFF	+ 02h 45' 54''
136	BAGDONAS Gediminas	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02h 46' 13''
137	ANDERSON Ryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 02h 49' 13''
138	TERPSTRA Niki	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 02h 51' 45''
139	CARTHY Hugh	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02h 51' 52''
140	CHETOUT LOÏC	COFIDIS	+ 02h 52' 56''
141	NIELSEN Magnus Cort	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 53' 59''
142	BYSTRÖM Sven Erik	KATUSHA	+ 02h 55' 21''
143	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	IAM CYCLING	+ 02h 55' 44''
144	CAMPENAERTS Victor	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 02h 55' 51''
145	BEWLEY Sam	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 02h 56' 51''
146	ARROYO David	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02h 57' 40''
147	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	+ 02h 58' 31''
148	VENTER Jacobus	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03h 00' 46''
149	VAN EMDEN Jos	LOTTO NL-JUMBO	+ 03h 00' 56''
150	SUTHERLAND Rory	MOVISTAR	+ 03h 03' 30''
151	FARIA Mario Jorge	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03h 04' 02''
152	KOSHEVOY Ilia	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03h 04' 15''
153	NAULEAU Bryan	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 03h 05' 19''
154	MANZIN Lorenzo	FDJ	+ 03h 06' 02''
155	VELITS Martin	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 03h 06' 57''
156	CARDIS Romain	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 03h 08' 24''
157	RIBLON Christophe	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03h 09' 48''
158	BOARO Manuele	TINKOFF	+ 03h 11' 56''
159	FARRAR Tyler	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03h 11' 58''
160	MORICE Julien	DIRECT ENERGIE	+ 03h 12' 32''
161	DOUGALL Nick	DIMENSION DATA	+ 03h 12' 32''
162	SELIG Rüdiger	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03h 15' 15''
163	SCHWARZMANN Michael	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 03h 18' 28''
164	TUFT Svein	ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE	+ 03h 19' 05''
165	ARNDT Nikias	GIANT ALPECIN	+ 03h 21' 47''

Stage 14 map and profile:

Stage 14 map (riders take the red route)

Stage 14 profile

Stage 14 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Today's racing finished with an ascent of the Col d'Aubisque

And the tifosi were out in force to cheer their heroes.

Alberto Contdor (with Ben Hermans) couldn't stay with the leaders

The Froome-Quintana group

Andrew Talansky and Pierre Rolland are ahead of the Froome group. That should be Leopold Konig in the Sky kit.

Michele Scarponi (2011 Giro d'Italia winner) seems to have found new life in his legs this year.

Robert Gesink leads Kenny Elissonde in the stage-winning attack

Gesink has dropped Elissonde,

and wins the stage.

Another view of Gesink's stage win

Gesink celebrates his stage win

Organizer's stage preview: Except for the first few kilometres, today's entire route will take place on French territory. It is the crowning stage of this year's Vuelta, with four mountain passes in the last 130km: the tough and unprecedented Col Inharpu (1st cat), with several kilometres at an inclination of over 10% on a very narrow road; the Col de Soudet (1st), with very demanding parts and over 1000m of slopes, the Marie Blanque (1st), a wall with 4 final kilometres at an inclination of 11.5% and, finally, the climb up the unprecedented Aubisque, a special category climb, a Tour classic that is almost 17km long with an average inclination of 7%.

In total, around 4800m of accumulated slopes, making this one of the most demanding stages in the history of the Vuelta. It is a route that feels a lot like the Tour where some riders will, quite frankly, have a terrible time and lose many precious minutes.

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