Welcome to stage 10 of the Vuelta a Espana, which starts at Tarragona, and finishes at Vilanova i la Geltru.

General Classification: 1. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain / Katusha) 42hrs 11mins 49secs; 2. Igor Anton (Spain / Euskaltel) +2"; 3. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Liquigas) +4"; 4. Xavier Tondo (Spain / Cervelo) +44"; 5. Jean Christophe Peraud (France / Omega Pharma - Lotto) +54"

Stage results: 1. Imanol Erviti (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne) 4hrs 13mins 31secs; 2. Romain Zingle (Belgium / Cofidis) +37"; 3. Greg Van Avermaet (Belgium / Omega Pharma - Lotto); 4. Mauro Finetto (Italy / Liquigas); 5. Javier Moreno (Spain / Andalucia); 6. Anders Lund (Denmark / Saxo Bank); 7. Christophe Le Mevel (France / FDJ); 8. Gianpaolo Cheula (Italy / Footon); 9. Laurens ten Dam (Netherlands / Rabobank) +42"; 10. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kazakhstan / Astana) +1:36"

Romain Zingl comes in second, ahead of his Belgian compatriat Greg Van Avermaet.

Imanol Erviti has claimed the race with a time of 4:13:32.

Erviti has opened a 35 second gap and has all-but claimed his second victory of the Vuelta.

Le Mervel tries a late revival from the pack, but the group is failing to reach the front man.

Erviti's advantage increases to 35 seconds and he looks set to win this stage.

Erviti is still leading the pack, but has seven riders working hard to catch him up.

Katusha have six riders in the leading pack.

Imanol Evriti is leading the pack.

Josep Jufre Pou and David Garcia Da Pena are now just a few metres behind the pack. Daniele Bennati has managed to catch it up.

Oscar Freire Gomez and Daniele Bennati are behind the pack, desperatly trying to catch up.

The pack re-organizes at the down hill road.

There are now nine men at the front of the race: Erviti, Van Avermaet, Zingl, Cheula, Le Mevel, Moreno, Ten Dam and Finetto Mauri.

Le Mevel is the first to reach the top on the 4.4km slope.

Two men have broken away from the pack now. Javier Moreno and Christophe Le Movel are competing for pole position.

Here is a reminder of the 11 leading men: Biel Kadri (AG2R), Javier Moreno (Andalucia), Imanol Erviti (Caisse d'Epargne), Romain Zingle (Cofidis), Giampaolo Cheula (Footon), Christophe Le Mével (FDJ), Manuele Mori (Lampre), Mauro Finetto (Liquigas), Greg Van Avermaet (Omega Pharma), Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) and Anders Lund (Saxo Bank).

11 leading men are at the foot of the Rat Penat. the start of the hill will be the toughest as the gradient can be up to 20%.

Offredo Yann has left the Vuelta a Espana. There has been no inury reported, and he may be choosing to preserve his energy and physical condition for the World Championships in Melbourne.

The escapees now have an advantage of 4:08.