Hola and welcome to live coverage of stage 14 of the Vuelta a Espana - a 215km ride into the Cantabrian mountains that featured three categorised climbs including the summit finish atop the Alto Campoo at Fuente del Chivo.

It's that man Cherel who takes 5pts for crossing the summit in pole position, with Rojas second with 3pts and Puccio third for 1pt. None of these men are a threat to the current polka dot jersey, Omar Fraile of Caja Rural. The Spaniard had 55 points, with Ruben Plaza (Lampre-Merida) in second place on 27 points and a third home rider, Astana's Mikel Landa, on 25 points.

The best placed rider in this break is Frenchman Cherel, who is a full hour down on Aru on GC and so there's no panic from Astana whatsoever. Remember, Aru leads Joaquim Rodriguez by 27 seconds in the overall standings with Dutchman Tom Dumoulin in third a further three seconds back.

The leaders are onto the Cat.3 Puerto Estacas de Trueba. Andrei Zeits and Alessandro Vanotti set the tempo back on the front of the peloton for their Astana team-mate Fabio Aru, the red jersey.

We join the race ahead of the first categorised climb and that break of five riders now has six minutes to play with over the peloton.

After another attack by Alessandro De Marchi (BMC) a small group formed featuring Salvatore Puccio (Sky), Mikael Cherel (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Carlos Quintero (Colombia), with Jose Joaquin Rojas (Movistar) in pursuit.

One rider particularly eager to be part of the break today has been Alessandro De Marchi (BMC). The Italian was in an early nine-man attempt and has been trying his luck throughout a fast opening hour of racing during which 46km were covered.

Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) joins Sanchez as a DNF today.

Samuel Sanchez (BMC) withdrew from the race early today after struggling to keep in touch with the pack. BMC have had a fairly rotten race since winning the opening time trial in Marbella, the nadir being the abandonment of their leader Tejay Van Garderen.

Numerous attempts were made to form an early break - all thwarted by the bunch over the undulating opening section of this stage.

170 riders took to the start in Vitoria for the longest stage of this year's Vuelta a Espana.

One non-starter today: Geoffrey Soupe (Cofidis).

Yesterday we witnessed a Lampre-Merida master-class as Portugal's Nelson Oliveira won from a large break of 24 riders that also included two team-mates. There was no change at the top of the standings, but Nairo Quintana was edged out of the top ten by Gianluca Brambilla and Romain Sicard, who both starred in the break.