Eighteen men are away, led by Sijmens and 'Purito' Rodriguez - they build a big lead very quickly..!
COFIDISVUELTA
The peloton is being led through stunning Cantabria by the Geox team...
SCENERYVUELTA
Chris Froome has a well-built man in red sitting on his wheel and watching him...
SKYVUELTA
Heinrich Haussler leads the escape up the Alto del Caracol - with a nine-minute lead, the day could prove fruitful for the Australian rider...
GARMINVUELTA
Geox is still chasing gently, still holding the gap at nine-minutes...
GEOXVUELTA
Montaguti, Kiserlovski and Sijmens have attacked on the Puerto de Alisas...
The peloton descends the Alisas, dwarfed by their surroundings in the Cantabrian mountains...
Froome needs a quick-wheel change from his Sky mechanic...
Euskatel are starting to chase - they've a big day on tomorrow with the Vuelta heading into their Basque heartland of Vizcaya...
Sergio Paulinho has attacked from the escape with 30-kilometres still to go...
SHACKVUELTA
Jose Azevedo encourages his Portuguese 'star in Portuguese - the little man has been away now for 25-kilometres..!
Francesco Gavazzi wins into Noja from Vandewalle after the escape caught Paulinho with three-kilometres to go...
LAMPREVUELTA