09.18 - Vuelta a España: Stage 20

About nineteen riders have escaped on the first climb of the day, they are led by Tony Galllopin and David Arroyo...

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Liquigas are taking no chances today, they're riding a tempo that will keep the escape within four minutes for the next 80-kilometres..

Filippo Pozzato is stretching his pre-worlds legs on the Alto de los Leones, but the peloton soon bring him back...

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Mark Cavendish is struggling a few minutes behind the peloon - thanks to Pozzato...

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Matthew Goss is climbing with the climbers - as is Allan Davis...

Tyler Farrar is struggling in no-man's land between the peloton and Cavendish...

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Inigo Cuesta leads the escape on to the Puerto de Navacerrada, shreding the group as he goes...

Saxo Bank has lent its power to the chase, they're within two minutes of the escape...

Amaets Txurruka is trying to bridge the gap with a teamate...

Ruben Plaza and Johannes Tschopp are out in front after the climb and before the next climb begins - but they'll be caught...

Biel Kadri attacks Gusev and Lopez as the big escape breaks up on the second ascent of Navacerrada...

The overall favourites are gathering en-masse as the Navacerrada starts climbing harder...

Frank Schleck breaks up the group further, just before the Navacerrada end...

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Ezequiel Mosquera makes his first move almost on the summit...

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Nibali has clawed his way back to Mosquera as the Bola del Mundo begins...

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Mozquera has moved way again, this time with a bigger gap...

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Nibali is under pressure and giving his all to stay close - he's about 25-seconds down halfway up the steep ascent...

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Nicholas Roche is at the head of a quartet containing Rodriquez, Velits and Schleck - another 30-seconds back...

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Mosquera climbs higher and harder amidst a seething colony of fans...

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Nibali is holding Mosquera at 25-seconds still, but he'll soon start to haul the Spaniard back...

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Mosquera can barely see the way ahead as the last-kilometre looms..

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Mosquera sprints for the summit and the finish-line just as Nibali draws close - the Spaniard will win the stage, but that's all...

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Vincenzo NIbali is the virtual winner of the 2010 Vuelta a España...

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Several minutes later, Christian Vande Velde starts the last 800-metres of the spectacular ascent - well done Bola del Mundo..!

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