The peloton is producing some massive speed as it races along the undulating roads of Galicia..!
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Jasper Stuyven knows having a flat tyre is not a good thing at such times...
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Simon Clarke is in one of many escapes that's tried and failed to get away...
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Philippe Gilbert is also trying to get away, but even he finds it hard...
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Garmin's Nathan Haas and Ryder Hesjedal are the ones chasing the most...
Jerome Coppel launches an attack...
Hesjedal chases Coppel down in a saga that leads to 50-kilometres being raced in the first hour..!
Hubert Dupond leads LL Sanchez and Johann Le Bon away, while the peloton takes a deep breath...
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Team Sky is chasing along the roads to the final climb, to be climbed twice...
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Luis Leon Sanchez is starting to pull hard on the climb, the time-gap is only about one-minute...
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Laverlet and Losada are trying to bridge the gap or at least spoil Sanchez's escape...
Sanchez is alone and heading for climbing points again - he might yet win the competition too..!
Alberto Contador swoops down the long descent, wary of what lies ahead on the second climb...
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Siutsou leads the Sky train in an earnest mood, is Chris Froome going to turn on his power today..?
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Gianpaolo Caruso attacks off the front, taking Rodriguez and Contador with him...
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Coppel is attacking too..!
Fabio Aru has come from behind and passed Coppel with three-kilometres to go..!
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Froome has come from behind and caught Aru..!
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Rodriguez chases hard, ahead of a desperate looking Valverde and Contador, but they'll lose 15-seconds to Froome and Aru...
Aru looks to have distanced Froome in the sprint...
Fabio Aru wins stage eighteen from Froome - this Vuelta is far from over, yet..