Hello and welcome to libve coverage of Stage 14 of La Vuelta - a mountainous 171km slog from Cistierna to Les Praeres which includes five categorised climbs including the gruelling Cat.1 summit finish. It's the second of three mountaintop showdowns that could well decide who wins this Vuelta and we have it live from start to finish on Eurosport TV and here online.

Vuelta a España

Stage 14 | Mountain | Men | 08.09.2018

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CistiernaLes Praeres

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Updated 08/09/2018 at 15:42 GMT

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16:42

Here's how Yates took the win and returned to the race summit...

16:40

And confirmation that Yates is back in red - leading Valverde now by 20 seconds. What a race this is.

16:30

Here was the top 10 today after that compelling finish on this new climb on La Vuelta.

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Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) was fourth at five seconds while Nairo Quintana (Movistar) ended up in sixth another second back. The gaps were small but they were telling.

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Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) takes second place ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) just a couple of seconds down.

0km

Victory for Simon Yates of Mitchelton-Scott who punches his chest as he takes the win on this gravely goat-track of a climb. What a finish that was - and he'll be back in red tonight.

0.2km

Lopez attacks and takes Valvarde with him - but Yates is on the final hairpin. Pinot catches Quintana...

0.3km

Lopez now leads the chase with Quintana and Valverde but the others have been distanced.

0.7km

Now Yates attacks! The Briton rides clear on this narrow goat track.

1km

Pinot pulls through with Kruijswijk and Yates as they pass under the flamme rouge. Eight riders together before this final rise to the line. Uran is back, too.

1.2km

Lopez is refusing to do any work, which frustrates Quintana. And now Yates leads the chasers back on.

1.5km

Quintana accelerates and takes Lopez with him as the road flattens out a little. They have a 10-seconds gap now. Quintana will be in red tonight if it continues like this.

1.8km

Now Quintana puts in an acceleration out of the saddle but Lopez has it covered. They have a small gap - very small - on Kruijswijk, Valverde, Yates, Pinot and Mas. The two groups are about to join forces but the likes of Bennett, Buchmann, Formolo are well down, while Uran is about 30 metres back.

2km

The gradient is pushing 20% now as Kruijswijk is caught. Quintana and Lopez have ridden clear while Uran and Pinot have been dropped. No, Pinot is there with Yates, but they're suffering. Kruijswijk and Valverde are closing the gap.

2.2km

Kruijswijk is dancing out of the saddle now as Valverde leads the chase while looking over his shoulder. Behind him it's Mas, Yates, Quintana, Lopes, Uran, Buchmann and Pinot in that order.

2.5km

Kruijswijk is pulling off a huge coup. He's extended his lead but has he gone too deep, too early? The likes of Pinot, Kelderman, Buchmann, Formolo, Uran are still there behind, and Bennett I think. No Bennett, but Mas and Lopez.

3km

Kruijswijk has Carapaz and Valverde chasing with a third Movistar man, Quintana, just a bit further back and alongside Yates in a group of around 10 riders.

3.5km

Steven Kruijswijk has ridden clear as the pack explodes on this double-digit brute.

4km

It's show time - we're onto the Cat.1 Alto Les Praeres (4km at 12.5%).

4.5km

They're now on the short-but-sharp descent that plummets the riders down to the foot of this climb. It's twisting and perilous - and virtually all the big guns are here. Game on!

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