Hola and welcome to live coverage of stage 11 of the Vuelta a Espana - an intriguing 168.6km ride that is pretty much paella flat until the short and sharp decisive climb to Pena Cabarga - where Chris Froome rallied back to beat Juan Jose Cobo in 2011.

But "Froomey" had the final say before quite a theatrical punching of the air...

Here's the moment QUintana's attack saw him and Froome surge past Chaves and into the lead in the final kilometre.

Correctiom: Valverde was third, ahead of Konig, at 6 seconds, with Contador fifth on the same time.

The four bonus seconds will see Froome move into second place 54 seconds behind the Colombian, who will stay in red tonight. What a battle we have on our hands...

Five years after his victory here in the 2011 Vuelta, Chris Froome strikes again to give Sky their first victory of the race - just ahead of Nairo Quintana. Leo Konig took third place as well - great day for the British team.

Victory for Chris Froome of Team Sky!

Froome leads out the sprint...

A brief ceasefire for Froome and Quintana ahead of the final ramp - and the others are returning...

Chaves is past by Quintana and Froome! And now Froome attacks!

Now Quintana goes! Froome holds his wheel with Contador just behind...

Under the flamme rouge for Chaves - and it's Valverde who leads the chase.

No one seems willing to chase down Chaves and the Colombian has 15 seconds to play with - this stage may well be his, and he could make some inroads back to the top three in this race... that said, he's gritting his teeth and looks more of a gargoyle than his usual cherubic self.

This is a big attack from Chaves and no-one has taken it up as yet. Konig is the first to react with Valverde in his wheel and Froome just behind.

And here we go - and it's an attack by Esteban Chaves of Orica-BikeExchange!

We're onto that little downhill segment ahead of the final ramp to the line - a welcome break for the riders, but expect fireworks afterwards.

Hermans is about to be caught and soon he'll be riding alongside Andrew Talansky on the back of this main pack... Contador is on the wheel of Froome who is following the wheel of Quintana... near the front is David de la Cruz, who wore red for one day earlier in the race.

Hermans will get a combativity award for this but not much else. The pack is thinning out but it's still about 30 strong.

It's Ruben Fernandez who sets the tempo for Quintana while David Lopez comes to the front for Chris Froome.

Still 16 seconds for Hermans, the last man standing besides Domont...

Hermans is riding clear of Domont and the other remaining escapees. The Movistar train is zipping past the break one by one. Froome, in white, is about 10 riders back and measuring his pace.