Stage 12: Logroño > Logroño, 166.5kms

"So, which bike are you using today", Chris Froome asks of Ryder Hesjedal...

Froome is the one with bike-trouble - he's stopped to fix a seat-post after just a few kilometres...

Domenik Nerz needs his seat-post fixed as well, and the BMC mechanic obliges...

On such a lazy day, there's always time for a quick photo opp' with team boss Jim Ochowicz...

Ochowicz then obliges Nerz with a hefty shove back into the race...

Matthias Krizek has drawn the short straw today - he's pedalling alone about eight minutes ahead of the peloton, on a suicide escape for sure..!

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Sam Bewley and Jesse Sergent have plenty of time to talk rugby and the All Blacks on such a lazy day...

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Fabian Cancellara is chatting with Jose Azevedo at the Katusha car, it's making everyone laugh...

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Cadel Evans leads fellow Australian, Simon Clarke - probably about the up-coming World Championships in Spain..?

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Sammy Sanchez and Dani Navarro are discussing how to get into, and stay in, the top ten overall...

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John Degenkolb looks a bit battered, but he's still the favourite to win today...

Alberto Contador is by far the favourite to with the Vuelta overall...

What's making Lawrence Warbasse, Andrew Talansky and Phillip Deignan laugh so much..?

Krizek has been away for almost four hours now, but he'll only be caught with 13-kilometres to go..!

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FDJ chases in earnest on the very last lap, with Maurilio Fischer doing the hard yards...

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It's a cosy affair in the sprint after a crash wipes out a big section of the field...

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John Degenkolb wins from Tom Boonen..!

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