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Vuelta a España - Burgos - Peña Cabarga

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17:00 - Thanks for joining us for what was a dramatic day at the Vuelta. Terrible luck for Anton, who crashed out while wearing the red jersey, but it's thrown this race wide open.
16:50 - General classification: 1. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) 2. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) 3. Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo) at 0:50 4. Xavier Tondo (Cervelo) at 0:50 5. Nicolas Roche (AG2R) at 2:11
16:45 - Stage 14 result: Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) 2. Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) at 0:20 3. Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo) at 0:22 4. David Moncoutie (Cofidis) at 0:33 5. Nicolas Roche (AG2R) at 0:34
16:40 - Vincenzo Nibali leads the overall standings by just four seconds ahead of Joaquin Rodriguez. Mozquera and Tondo are tied for third, 50 seconds down.
0km - Moncoutie took fourth and Roche a fabulous fifth ahead of Schleck.
0km - Nibali is the new red jersey following that second place and the withdrawal of Igor Anton.
0km - Nibali takes second place and 12 seconds bonus, finishing 20 seconds back, just ahead of Mosquera.
0km - Rodriquez wins and takes a 20 second time bonus.
0.5km - Mosquera is closing down Nibali. Rodriguez is certain to win the stage now.
0.5km - Rodriguez attacks! Nibali cannot respond! The Spaniard will win today's stage with a massive sucker punch of an attack.
1km - Mosquera, Schleck and Tondo are in pursuit. Roche is slipping a bit. Nibali leads Rodriguez amongst a vast sea of supporters.
1km - Rodriguez goes off in pursuit but Tondo and Mosquera haven't done a thing. Nibali is caught by Rodriguez as they pass the one-to-go banner.
2km - Terpstra is caught as Nibali launches an attack! Nobody can respond...
2.5km - Tondo and Roche are in this group too, as is Rodriguez. There's a slight flatter section here before the final ramp to the finish. Millar has been caught and dropped. Terpstra is stillholding on but he only has 10 seconds. Sastre has been distanced.
3km - Kreuziger's pace has blown the peloton apart. Peter Velits of HTC is still there, as is Schleck and Mosquiera. Terpstra is still trying his best up front alone, but it doesn't look good for the Dutchman.
3.5km - Terpstra drops Millar on the front. We haven't been given any time checks for ages so no idea what the advantage is.
4km - It's official - Anton has abandoned the race. He's in the team car, with cuts everywhere - on his race, hands, arms, legs, backside, back, shoulders... a terrible way to end the race that he was leading.
4km - Attack by a Xacabio-Galicia rider. Caisse d'Epargne's Marzio Bruseghin also came down in that crash.
5km - Nibali and Kreuziger lead the peloton as Martinez is loaded on to an ambulance. Anton still in the team car.
5km - Back on the front of the peloton, it's Liquigas setting the pace. The Vuelta has been blown wide open by that crash.
5km - Anton has got in the Euskaltel race car. It looks like he may retire from the race. This is sad.
6km - Complete disaster for Euskatel and Anton. The Spaniard is yet to get back on his bike. He's covered in blood and cuts. Egoi Martinez is still down. Looks like he has done his collarbone.
6km - BIG CRASH IN THE PELOTON! It's Igor Anton, the race leader. His shirt and shorts are ripped to shreds. About 10 riders are down, with others off the road. This is the day Anton has lost the Vuelta.
8km - The lead is 2:22 as riders begin to drop off the back of the peloton.
10km - Liquigas moving closer forward now, alongside Euskaltel. But it'sstill Katusha setting the pace, with a bit of help, strangely enough, from Lampre.
12km - The lead drops to under three minutes for the first time. Still it's Millar on the front.
13km - Millar's doing all the work on the front. They surely won't be able to hold on once the GC contenders dig deep on the final climb. That said, stranger things have happened. Right at the back of the peloton is Denis Menchov, surprisingly.
15km - Luis Leon Sanchez suffers a flat tyre. The gap is down to 3:30.
20km - Zabriskie has hit the wall! The American is dropped by Millar and Terpstra on a brief uphill section ahead of the final climb of the day. The bunch, now led by the Katusha team of Joaquin Rodriguez, are riding at 4:10.
25km - Millar and Zabriskie - sounds a bit like a TV detective series.
26km - Cows and horses share fields in this part of the world. It's a nice sight. Kolobnev is caught. Euskaltel continue to manage the situation. The three leaders - Garmin pair Millar and Zabriskie, and Milram's combattive Terpstra, the Dutch road race champion - maintain a 5:22 lead.
28km - Sanchez sits up and drops back to the peloton. Kolobnev rides on alone for a bit before deciding that he too would be best off preserving his energy. Their attack really was not going anywhere.
30km - Both Millar and Zabriskie are current world championships time trial medallists - just the kind of riders you want to be involved with in a long, flat stretch like this. But it may be hard for them to hold onto their lead once the road hits the today's brutal last climb. They have 4:32 while the chasing duo of Kolobnev and Sanchez still only have around 30 secodns on the peloton.
33km - Zabriskie's moustache is really quite something.
35km - Euskaltel are riding on the front of the peloton, managing the situation for red jersey Igor Anton. The Spaniard has already won the two previous mountain top finishes on this Vuelta, taking a 20-second bonus on each occasion.
38km - Sanchez has a word with Kolobnev, the Russian clearly not doing enough work. The pair have 42 seconds on the peloton, with the leaders four minutes further up the road.
40km - It's an extremely long descent - and ridiculously scenic, a real treat for the viewers. Zabriskie fills up with water from the Garmin team car, discarding his empty bidons on the side of the road. Terrible waste - even if the bidons in this Vuelta are all biodegradable.
45km - The two riders in the chasing group have 26 seconds over the peloton. It's hard seeing them stay out, what with the long flat section coming up.
47km - Sanchez and Kolobnev has managed to build up a bit of a gap as they reach the summit. Meanwhile, the three leaders are rocketing down to the valley on the other side of the Alto de Caracol. The lead is down to 5:46.
49km - Arroyo's attack is going nowhere and so team-mate Luis Leon Sanchez takes the initiative and breaks clear of the peloton. He's joined by Katusha's Alexsandr Kolobnev.
50km - Lampre's Andrey Kashechkin is one of the riders to have been dropped, as is Jose Angel Gomez Marchante.
51km - Millar goes into the dancing position as he approaches the summit, followed by Terpstra and Zabriskie. They cross the line in those positions. Back in the peloton, it's Caisse d'Epargne's Ruben Plaza setting the pace, followed by a cluster of Euskaltel riders. And there's an attack by David Arroyo! Game on.
55km - The leaders are onto the penultimate climb of the day, the second category Alto de Caracol. The lead is 8:10 with both Cervelo and Caisse d'Epargne upping the tempo and creating a split in the peloton.
60km - Spectacular scenary here in the Cantabria mountains: these green rolling hills make a big difference from the arid landscapes we saw last week.
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68km - Bbox's Alexandre Pichot is receiving some medical attention. The peloton crosses the summit 9:25 down on the three leaders.
70km - Order of the three leaders over the summit of the second category Portillo de Lunada: 1. Zabriskie (Garmin), 2. Terpstra (Milram), 3. Millar (Garmin). The advantage is down a little to 11:10.
73km - Despite losing Denifl, it's Cervelo doing the work on the front of the peloton now. The lead is 12:55.
75km - The three leaders are onto the second category Portillo de Lunada as news comes in of the withdrawal of Cervelo's Stefan Denifl.
80km - Lunch time: 12:12 is the gap. This live reporter has already had his lunch: couscous with roasted vegetables, mixed bean salad and a cheese n ham sandwich. Not a bad musette.
82km - Millar takes the sprint ahead of Zabriskie and Terpstra.
85km - The lead keeps rising: 11:15 at the last check, with the first intermediate sprint coming right up.
95km - David Millar takes maximum points atop the Alto de Bocos ahead of his Garmin team-mate Dave Zabriskie and Milram's Niki Terpstra, the architect of this breakaway. The lead back to the peloton has increased to 9:47 as Oscar Pujol of Cervelo gets some medical attention.
98km - Yesterday, HTC-Columbia's Mark Cavendish complained that Quick Step'sWouter Weylandt and Garmin's Tyler Farrar had formed a cross-team alliance to try and thwart him. It is a claim that both teams rejected.
100km - The three leaders reach the foot of the third category Alto de Bocos with a lead of 7:34. Back in the bunch, Bbox Bouygyes Telecom's Jerome Vincent is receiving some medical attention.
105km - The peloton rides through Villacayo, the hometown of Cervelo veteran Inigo Cuesta. At 41 years of age, Cuesta is the oldest man on the road, racing a record 17 Vuelta. Currently 23rd in the GC, 7:05 off the pace, Cuesta still has not decided whether or not to hang up his cycling boots at the end of the season.
110km - Both Millar and Zabriskie have won stages on both the Vuelta and the Tour. In fact, Zabriskie has victories in all three major tours. Millar's last win came last year at Toledo. Their companion, Terpstra, has yet to savour a stage scalp in a major race. It's looking good for the trio: their lead is up to 7:52.
115km - Zabriski and Millar have caught Terpstra. The trio have five minutes on the peloton with the first climb of the day looming on the horizon.
125km - The Garmin pair are making serious in-roads: they're just 1:07 behind Terpstra now, who himself has a lead of 4:35 over the peloton. Current King of the Mountains, David Moncoutie, will be annoyed he's not with his namesakes: there are quite a few climbing points up for grabs today.
130km - Our lone Dutchman has 2:10 on the Garmin pair of Zabriskie and Millar, with the peloton a further 1:30 back. In theory, Terpstra will benefit with the help of his pursuers, both of whom have world championship medals for time trialling.
132km - Terpstra's lead has ballooned to 3:40 as Garmin pair David Millar and Dave Zabriskie both jump out of the peloton in pursuit. Both Davids have been pretty quiet so far in this Vuelta so it's good to see they still have a pulse. Not sure about Zabriskie's moustache, mind.
138km - We have a lone leader out there: Milram's Niki Terpstra has a 1:08 gap after taking advantage of some cross winds and breaking clear. A handful of riders - including the likes of Philippe Gilbert, Christian Vandevelde, Serafin Martinez and David Moncoutie - tried to follow but couldn't latch on.
140km - While the riders jostle for breakaway status why not check out what's been happening in the race on our video page...
145km - It's a tough stage today. After an initial plateau we have the third category climb to Bocos, followed by the second category climbs of Lunada and Caracol before a flat stretch and the final ascent to Pena Cabarga, which has an average gradient of 10% and some ramps as steep as 18%. In short: prepare for an explosive finale.
150km - Bjorn Schroder, Dario Cataldo and Dmitry Fofonov fail in an attempt to get away, despite holding an 11-second advantage for a moment.
155km - Spain's David Arroyo of Caisse d'Epargne is the latest rider to try his luck but the Euskaltel-led pack brings it back together. It's a very fast pace out there: 50km/h for the first 30 minutes of the stage.
160km - Katusha's Joaquin Rodriguez, who wore the red jersey for one day last week, is receiving medical attention from the race doctor. Let's hope it's nothing serious.
165km - It's been a very fiesty start to the stage with multiple breakaway attempts. A group of around seven, spearheaded by QuickStep's Carlos Barredo, made a bit of headway but were swept up. Now it's back as one - but it won't be for long.
175km - Italy's Filippo Pozzato is amongst a cluster of riders to try an early break today. The Katusha man announced this week that he has not had sex in five months in a bid to keep his concentration for the World Championships in Melbourne next month. Blazin' Saddles: Pippo's secret weapon
178km - The only withdrawal from the race today is Katusha sprinter Denis Galimzyanov.
178km - The riders make their way through the neutralised zone under a blue sky and a hot sun. Temperatures at Burgos are 23 degrees centigrade this morning. Weather forecast
12:00 - After two days of flat - both of which won by Britain's Mark Cavendish - the hills return, culminating in a summit finish which should see the main contenders battle it out. Stage 13 report: Cav makes it two
12:00 - Welcome to live coverage of stage 14 of the Vuelta, a 178 kilometre medium mountains trek from Burgos to Pena Cabarga.