Welcome back to live coverage of the 2012 Vuelta a Espana. After a well earned rest day, the race resumes on Tuesday with a largely flat 190km stage 10 from Pomteareas to Sanxenxo. The route starts with a Cat.3 climb and then hugs the Galician coastline ahead of a likely bunch sprint.

There's no change in the general classification: Rodriguez will enter tomorrow's time trial with a 53-second lead over Froome and one minute over Contador.

John Degenkolb takes the win for Argos Shimano! That's number four for the green jersey. Bouhanni is second and Bennati third...

Koen de Kort leading out the green jersey nicely, five bodies back. RadioShack are on the front though going into the last few hundered metres...

Rollin pulls off the front because Bouhanni is nowhere to be seen. He almost takes out Lagutin in the process. Careful now. RadioShack there now for their man Daniele Bennati...

FDJ-BigMat have taken up the pace setting today, with Rollin pulling the peloton along. Is this the day Nacer Bouhanni wins his inaugural Grand Tour win?

Vacansoleil are feeling the pressure - the two other Dutch teams are doing well, with Argos taking three stages and Rabobank having three riders in the top ten.

Uran and Zandio drop back, their work done for the day. Stannard is on the front, with Vacansoleil's Sergey Lagutin in his wheel.

Olympic silver medallist Rigoberto Uran is driving a fast tempo on the front, grimacing in pain. Flecha and Stannard are on his wheel, tugging along Froome and Swift.

Liquigas, working for Elia Viviani, are keeping well back at the time being. Sky are still dictating the pace.

Valverde is being protected by Pablo Lastras on the front of the pack. Meanwhile their team-mate, the defending champion Juan Jose Cobo is off the back. He's had a decidedly average race. How did he win last year's Vuelta is anyone's guess.

Sjy is forcing a split in the peloton, with about 30 dropping off the back. Dominique Rollin of FDJ-BigMat is riding right behind the Sky train, which is being led by Zandio, Flecha and Uran.

The question is whether or not Sky are working for Swift or simply protecting Chris Froome. Swift's form suggests it could be the latter - but you never know, if Swift is feeling good he may go for the win.

It's got quite nervy in the peloton as Team Sky take their cue and edge forward onto the front. They're hoping for a win for Ben Swift, who so far has been disappointing in the bunch finishes. It is, however, much cooler over here in Galicia and so the youngster may be feeling his legs again.

It's all Katusha now, with one green helmet from Movistar trying to get in on their train. On the back of the peloton, it's Adrian Palomares, who was in the break earlier today, and Cam Meyer of GreenEdge.

GreenEdge have no taken a breather, although Daniel Teklehaymanot is still there on teh front ahead of Lars Boom and some Rabobankers. Katusha are there too as the pace slacks off a little.

They rampaging along at almost 60km/h. Perhaps GreenEdge think they will exhaust Argos Shimano out by driving it hard early on. It's an odd tactic - but a welcome one after such a slow start to this stage.

This is really a ferocious pace being set by GreenEdge. They are taking this very far out - and the peloton is really stretching out. Perhaps they are pre-empting a sea breeze ahead?

Orica-GreenEdge have six men on the front as the pace increases. Katusha come to the front too, working hard to keep their man Rodriguez out of trouble. It's going to be a fast run into the finish now.

With a shake of the hands, Javier Aramendia and Adrian Palomares are caught by the peloton after riding 156km off the front of the pack, building up a maximum lead of 6:42.

Palomares and Aramendia won't give up despite the fact that the peloton is just a matter of metres behind... they deserve a pat on the back - but if only they had been joined by some other escapees, then the break may have had more chance of staying out.