If all day's could start like the Vuelta's has, near Noja..!
SCENERYVUELTA
Dario Cataldo has had a wee fall...
Oliver Zaugg is trying to get an escape going...
Igor Anton has made an escape work - he's got Verdugo, Bruseghin and Dyachenko with him...
EUSKATELVUELTA
With views over the Bay of Biscay, the peloton descends the Puerto de la Granja five minutes behind the escape...
Juan Jose Cobo descends another climb, the Alto el Vivero, awaiting the final battle of the Vuelta...
GEOXVUELTA
Bruseghin represents a Spanish phone company in the escape - he has two rivals from Euskadi's Basque telephone company in Verdugo and Anton..!
MOVISTARVUELTA
The Vuelta peloton makes a return to Bilbao after 33 years - in time to see the Guggenheim museum...
Team Sky moves to the front for the start of two hilly circuits above Bilbao...
CIONIVUELTA
Bruseghin seems the strongest in the escape, but the Basque fans are only interested in Anton and Verdugo...
Thomas Lovkvist leads a shattered peloton up the steep ascent, is this a warm-up for the second lap..?
SKYVUELTA
Joachim Rodriguez has attacked at the start of the second ascent - but in front Anton has made his winning move...
KATUSHAVUELTA
The heat has drained the energy from even the very best in this race - Roche, Cobo, Froome, Wiggins and Mollema look in need of a cold beer or two...
A closer look at Jacob Fuglsang shows even more discomfort...
LEOPARDVUELTA
Wiggins moves to the front halfway up the climb - is Froome about to attack..?
Froome has attacked in the last-kilometre, but Cobo easily parries this attack...
Mikel Nieve follows the attack, then joins Froome and Cobo over the summit...
The move has failed, and the group has reformed, but Cobo is still watching Froome very closely...
Anton has struck out alone over the climb and heads into Bilbao with a winning lead over Bruseghin...
The group of GC favourites passes the Guggenheim in the last kilometres of the stage...
Igor Anton has won an historical stage in Bilbao - and Euskatel can breathe a big sigh of relief..!