Stage 17: Ortigueira > A Coruña, 191kms

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Daniel Teklehaimanot leads an escape away on the very first hills of the day...

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The presence of Rohan Dennis and Bob Jungels makes this escape one of great quality...

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Chad Haga is already chasing for Giant-Shimano who know how strong Jungels and Dennis can be...

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Alberto Contador has few worries about today, but he'll be one of the few on such a tough course...

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Adam Yates needn't worry too much either, yet so far in this Vuelta the young Brit has yet to make a move...

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Philippe Gilbert and Cadel Evans are two of the most senior members of this Vuelta peloton, they too have yet to make an attacking move...

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Esteban Chaves is on a learning curve in Spain, and that includes pulling on a feed-nag..!

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Phillip Deignan has made the headlines in recent days, but today he's a mere water-boy, de-luxe...

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Giant-Shimano is chasing hard too, but they'll need help very shortly...

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Jungels and Dennis are attacking at the front with less than 10-kilometres to go - can they stay away..?

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Dennis leads Jungels and Favilli towards A Coruña with a slender lead of 45-seconds..!

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Dennis and his mates have made it to the cobblestone stretch with three-kilometres left, and are still in front..!

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Luke Rowe has put the hammer down for Chris Froome, giving John Degenkolb a free ride to the finish - if they catch the escape...

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Even Contador is breathing hard now, and a small gap has opened to valverde...

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Cadel Evans has decided to do it the harder way, avoiding the central, smoother, strip of marble...

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George Bennett and his friend Andrew Talansky seem to be enjoing themselves on that smoother strip...

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David Millar shows what he thinks of the cobbles stretch with his damaged fingers..!

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John Degenkolb has won stage seventeen from Matthews and Cancellara after the escape was caught with 500-metres to go..!

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Alberto Contador reigns supreme in this Vuelta, yet three hard days remain...

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