Vuelta España Stage 19: San Vicente de la Barquera > Alto del Naranco, 181kms
My day starts with this view of the Cantabrian coastline...
The peloton starts its day by crossing the old bridge in San Vicente de Baquera...
Nico Sijmens starts his day with a visit to the doctor, as you do..!
Katusha has gone ballistic in its piursuit - Angel Vicioso leads the chase..
The peloton is at full stretch as it passes a beach on the Asturian coastline...
Omega-Pharma takes over from Katusha at the head of a very strung-out peloton..!
Sammy Sanchez, as an Asturian on a Basque team, must be wanting to win today's stage...
Preidler and Boasson Hagen are two minutes up with about 50-kilometres to go...
Vicioso leads Katusha into its fourth hour of chasing the escape...
Matthew Busche leads the peloton in pursuit of the escapes, but a bigger ambition awaits...
Horner leads Nibali with two climbs to go - who is the strongest..?
Mendes now attacks from the leading escape group....
Mendes has gone off alone as the Naranco climb starts...
Saxo-Tinkoff lead the chase of Mendes just 20-seconds later...
Peter Serry launches his offensive at Naranco from Herrada's counter-attack..
Rafal Majka leads the pursuit ahead of Nicholas Roche...
Roche duly attacks, but he cannot get far on such a fast climb...
Joaquin Rodriguez launches his big attack in the last-kilometre - and it will win him stage nineteen..!
Horner crosses the finish line with Alejandro Valverde - Nibali has lost six-seconds to the American...
