Stage 16 is the most important of this year's Vuelta, featuring two Cat.1 climbs before a HC summit finish in Valgrande-Pajares.
Vuelta a España
Stage 16 | Men | 03.09.2012
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Updated 03/09/2012 at 15:45 GMT
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Yesterday, Spain's Antonio Piedra secured the biggest win of his career at Lagos de Covadonga as Chris Froome lost more ground in the mountainous stage 15. The unheralded Piedra attacked from a 10-man breakaway on the final climb of the 186.5km stage in northern Spain to take a first ever Vuelta stage win for his Pro Continental second tier Spanish team Caja Rural.