Just like yesterday, two riders have broken away - Jose Vincent Toribio and Sebastian Lang...
And just like yesterday, two riders are chasing - Martijn Keizer and Pim Ligthart...
The peloton speeds through the walled city of Avila seven minutes later...
SCENERYVUELTA
The two pairs have become one quartet and are led by Ligthart, the Dutch champion...
VACANSOLEILVUELTA
The road to Bejar will provide little of interest to the escapers...
The only thing of interest in the peloton is the cyclists having to move over to allow an ambulance to make an emergency call...
Katusha have been leading the chase all afternoon - and they've got the gap down from ten minutes to four as the final climb looms on the horizon...
Lang and Ligthart are still a few minutes ahead as the Alto de Covatilla climbs starts...
Lang then carries on alone, but he'll be caught with ten-kilometres still to climb...
OMEGAVUELTA
Joachim Rodriguez looks comfortable ahead of Van den Broek, Roche and Wiggins...
KATUSHAVUELTA
Dan Martin suddenly attacks, and he's chased by Nicholas Roche..!
GARMINVUELTA
Martin and Roche pull away with five-kilometres to go...
Vincenzo Nibali makes a counter-attack..!
LIQUIGASVUELTA
Jacob Fuglsang has been dropped - he has Oliver Zaugg pacing him...
Nibali has caught Martin and digs deep to open a gap on his other rivals - Roche has dropped back...
Chris Froome is pacing Bradley Wiggins on a windswept part of the mountain - they're dropping everybody else and closing in on Nibali and Martin...
SKYVUELTA
Martin looks across to see Wiggins coming up fast with Mollema, Cobo, and Froome...
Further back, Mikel Nieve is trying to help Rodriguez, while Van Kruijswijk looks on helplessly - the race-leader will lose 50-seconds and his race-lead..!
EUSKATELVUELTA
Wiggins is in his element in the crosswind - he'll move up to 13th, one minute down overall...
Bauke Mollema is now the new, very shy, leader of the Vuelta...
RABOBANKVUELTA