Vuelta a España stage 19: Medina del Campo > Avila, 186kms

An escape of 24 riders is racing along a forested highway in the province of Avila...

Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Giant-Alpecin are chasing, but they are already ten-minutes down after 50-kilometres..!

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Ben King and Pavel Brutt are pushing the escape to an even bigger lead...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Tom Stamsnijder is, as always, doing the long miles in front of his teamates...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Tom Dumoulin seems to have little to worry about for now...

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Fabio Aru shows the scars of a crash with Dumoulin and others a few minutes later..!

Dumoulin checks Aru is okay as they make their way back to the peloton...

Aru needs some medical attention before continuing - the peloton has sat up to await the Italian...

Tour of Spain - Stage 19

The peloton enters Avila about halfway through the stage with a fifteen-minute gap...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Frank Schleck stops in Avila to get a new back wheel...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Christian Knees leads the escape into the rugged hills beyond Avila...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Joaquin Rodriguez can afford to sit back and watch the racing today - he cannot win the Vuelta this yesr...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

The peloton speeds past the Embalse of El Triemblo...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Zico Waeytens leads Giant up the final climb with what is now a seventeen-minute gap..!

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Alexis Gougeard is out in front by 25-seconds with 15-kilometres to go...

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Amael Moinard is chasing Gougeard with Amador, Monfort and Machado behind him...

Pawel Poljanski leads a 20-man group of favourites down a descent...

Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Alejandro Valverde has attacked, but Diego Rosa is with him...

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Valverde is about to be caught on the cobbled hill into Avila...

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Dumoulin has accelerated on the cobbles, putting Aru into difficulty...

Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Dumoulin pulls away with Danny Moreno hanging on - they'll gain three seconds over Aru..!

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Tour of Spain - Stage 19

Alexis Gougeard celebrates a fabulous stage-win in Avila..!

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