Stage 11: Pamplona > Santuario de San Miguel de Aralar, 153kms

Chris Froome is having a strange start to the day - he's in last position and not looking too comfortable..!

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There's been a 15-man pile-up about 15-kilometres into the stage...

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Sam Bewley is almost unscathed - others are not so lucky...

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Steve Morabito is hurt bad, he'll re-start but abandon soon afterwards...

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Nairo Quintana is the biggest victim - he has a damaged collar-bone..!

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Quintana is led to the race ambulance, his Vuelta is over..!

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Quintana's crash and abandon could not be better news for Alberto Contador, but he and everyone else is in shock...

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The aftermarth of the crash has allowed an escape to develop after a mighty 75-kilometres - Le Bon leads the way...

It's feeding time at the zoo sorry, the peloton, and Sergio Paulinho is the unlucky wearer of Tinkoff's water-bottle vest...

Peter Sagan is colecting water bottles, and not just for himself this time..!

Andrew Talansky is quietly putting water-bottles into his jersey, it's a skillful job...

Talansky acts as the perfect domestique by handing a bottle to the team's hard worker, Koldo Fernandez...

Fabian Cancellara has bent himself to the cause, he too loads up with water-bottles...

David Millar, a former rival and friend, pushes Cancellara along with his heavy burden of goods...

Julain Arredondo is one of the priveliged lucky recipients of a Cancellara delivery...

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Vasil Kiryienka leads the escape towards the hills, but it's not clear what exactly he's trying to achieve...

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Katusha is doing all the chasing, it must be a big day in store for Joaquin Rodriguez..!

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Is Alberto Contador feeling the heat even with Quintana out of his way..?

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Kiryienka has got tired of his colleagues and attacked - he now leads by over two-minutes..!

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Cancellara leads his teamates towards the foot of the final climb, he can do no more and is likely to leave the Vuelta in the morning...

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Phillip Deignan leads the race up the final climb, having already caught and dropped Kiryienka...

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Robert Gesink has attacked at the foot of the climb...

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Benat Intxausti leads Alberto Contador in pursuit of Gesink...

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Without Quintana, the Vuelta is already looking to be a Contador-Valverde affair...

Dan Martin attacks and goes after Gesink, but he won't cross the gap...

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Fabio Aru emerges ahead of Contador as the pair catch Geink with two-kilometres left...

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Aru has escaped alone, thanks to the tactics of Valverde and Contador...

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Fabio Aru wins stage eleven to add a Vuelta a stage-win to that of his Giro win..!

Alejandro Valverde takes second-place ahead of Rodriguez and Contador...

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Chris Froome crosses the line a second later - today's uphill finish has changed nothing overall..!

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