Vuelta a España - Stage 18: Requena > Gandia, 200.6kms

Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Vuelta a Espana - Stage 18

The peloton is still under the control of the pace-car as it passes Valenciana grapes all ripe for picking...

Vuelta a Espana - Stage 18

Fumiyuki Beppu leads a five-man escape that will stay away for almost the entire day...

Vuelta a España - Stage 18

The peloton descends into a gorge where the ground is an extraordinary red...

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Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Riccardo Zoidl is one of the first riders to get to the bar - it's another hot day today...

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Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Ben King services Andrew Talansky, Cannondale's team-leader in 6th place overall...

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Vuelta a España - Stage 18

David Lopez Garcia collects bottles from Gabriele Rasch, who's sporting Sky's latest headgear...

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Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Lopez Garcia hands a bottle to Michal Golas before working his way up the peloton to other teamates...

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Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Alberto Contador has already been served with his fresh water...

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Vuelta a Espana - Stage 18

A massive wind-farm dwarfs the peloton on the Puerto of Casa del Alto...

Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Louis Vervaeke is helping to keep the escape four minutes ahead of the chasers...

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Vuelta a Espana - Stage 18

Yet more wind farms look over the Vuelta...

Vuelta a España - Stage 18

And still more wind mills as the peloton tops out at its peak of 1,065-metres today...

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Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Jose Mendes chases for Bora, with Giant-Alpecin awaiting their turn as well...

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Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Beppu leads the escape into the last 50-kilometres, but a full-on headwind will make their winning chances highly remote...

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Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Yesterday's winner, Matthias Frank, loads up with bottles for his IAM teamates...

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Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Simon Gerrans draws the short straw and has to load up with the Orica-Green Edge bottle vest...

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Vuelta a Espana - Stage 18

It's anyone's guess who might win the sprint into Gandia...

Vuelta a España - Stage 18

An Orcia-Green Edge rider seems to have outsprinted a Giant-Alpecin rider..!

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Vuelta a España - Stage 18

Magnus-Cort Nielsen wins stage eighteen from Niklas Arndt and Jean-Pierre Drucker..!

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Vuelta a Espana - Stage 18

Nairo Quintana dons yet another red jersey as race-leader of the Vuelta...