When it's Johan Van Summeren struggling to stay in contact, you just know this is a fast start to the day..!
Peter Sagan is leading a powerful escape away, and there are a lot of teams who don't like that..!
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Jasper Stuyven leads the escape, and it has pulled away to a four-minute lead now...
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Brett Lancaster is chasing for Orica-Green Edge, keeping the gap to a safe distance...
The peloton is strung out in a long, long, line across the plains of Burgos - the escape cannot win!
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Matthias Krizek, yesterday's hero, has some fancy race-numbers on today, but he's back to water-carrying duties...
Philippe Gilbert munches on a Power Bar - today's uphill finish suits him down to the ground...
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The Vuelta is now in Cantabria, one of Spain's most beautiful regions...
Luis Leon Sanchez leads the escape over the Puerto de la Braguia with a lead of about two minutes...
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The peloton is led by Green Edge still, no-one has yet stepped in to help...
Cameron Meyer might be thinking of his previous life as an Australian track World Champion...
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Damiano Cunego has split the escape and now leads a quintet over the Alto de Caracol...
Orica-Green Edge are starting to look exhausted, led by their ex-New Zealand track champion, Sam Bewley...
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Andrey Litsenko has attacked from the escape and is racing towards the finish with a 30-seconds lead...
Lotto and FDJ lead the chase of Litsenko...
Tinkoff and Katusha have locked horns to place Rodriguez and Contador well for the finale...
Alessandro De Marchi leads the race up the final climb, anyone could win this stage..!
Luca Brambilla is the first to try and win...
Dani Navarro attacks and passes Brambilla with 1,500 metres to go..!
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Froome has attacked too, but is marked by Valverde and Contador...
Gesink, Uran, Valverde, Contador and Froome seem more concerned about their race than catching Navarro...
Dan Martin attacks now - but no-one's letting him go..!
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Dani Navarro wins stage thirteen, but only by a small margin from Moreno and Kelderman..!