Afternoon all, it's the second week of what has already been a thrilling, tumultuous La Vuelta. Today, we have a time trial in Pau to contend with - which the geographically astute among you may have spotted, is not actually in Spain. The course is 36km long, contains a fair bit of up-down and round-the-houses, so promises to be lively and eventful from the start. First down the ramp is current last-placed rider, Lennard Hofstede of Jumbo-Visma in about 30 minutes.

Vuelta a España

Stage 10 | Flat | Men | 03.09.2019

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Updated 03/09/2019 at 15:42 GMT

Lennard Hofstede has rolled down the start ramp and is tackling the day's first climb.

It's quite a tough introduction, it must be said, with a climb almost immediately after the start.

The favourite for today, if it even needs to be said, is Primoz Roglic. The Slovenian rider has been imperious in TTs all season, notably clawing his way back onto the Giro podium with a final day charge through Verona to knock Mikel Landa out of third spot.

Roglic has won a staggering eight individual time trials this year... and another (former)top TTer reckons he's the favourite for the whole race.

This is really top stuff from Cillian Kelly, Twitter statistician of note. We won't ask exactly what his method is, but these numbers - if anywhere close to accurate - would see a seismic shift in the GC at the end of today.

Hablan Espanyol?

There were some absolutely horrible stories of the transfer post stage 9, including a grounded helicopter and a massive traffic jam.

The riders were delayed until 5am, after a brutal stage of climbing in torrential rain. Don't ever let anyone tell you professional cycling is a glamorous sport.

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