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Hola and welcome to live coverage of Stage 11 of La Vuelta as the race returns to Spanish soil for an undulating 180km ride from Saint Palais to Urdax-Dantxarinea - ideal breakaway terrain with three lower category climbs and a technical finale.

Vuelta a España
Stage 11 | Semi mountain | Men | 04.09.2019
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Saint-PalaisDantxarinea
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Updated 04/09/2019 at 15:53 GMT


12:25
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A reminder of who leads all the different classifications: Roglic leads the overall and points classifications - although Quintana will wear the green jersey because the Slovenian is in red. That's a straight swap between the pair, with Roglic leading the Colombian by 89pts to 70pts. Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) still leads the youth classification but his gap over Tadej Pogacar is down to 54 seconds after the TT. Meanwhile, Angel Madrazo leads the KoM standings by 29pts to Geoffrey Bouchard's 21pts. The Spaniard was docked 4pts last week for drafting following a puncture.
165km
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More riders are trying to join the break: Deceuninck-QuickStep duo Zdenek Stybar and Rémi Cavagna, with Jonathan Lastra (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA). They're around 20 seconds down with another rider, Cyril Barthe (Euskadi-Muria), in hot pursuit. The peloton is two minutes back now, so it looks like this is how it's going to settle.
170km
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We now have 11 riders out ahead - so either that initial break was bolstered by the arrival of six more bodies, or a new move formed. They are: Jorge Arcas (Movistar Team), François Bidard (Ag2R-La Mondiale), Gorka Izagirre (Astana Pro Team), Lawson Craddock (EF Education First), Damien Howson (Mitchelton-Scott), Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier, Ben O’Connor (Dimension Data), Matteo Fabbro (Katusha Alpecin), Angel Madrazo (Burgos-BH), Alex Aranburu (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Mikel Iturria (Euskadi-Murias).
175km
That nameless five-man group looks to have been reeled in as the pack crests the top of the uncategorised hump that gave this stage a stinging start.
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A quick reminder of the little-known breakaway classification, which is being led by Angel Madrazo of Spain, who has notched 451km in front of the peloton so far in this race. He's followed by compatriot Jesus Herrada on 310km, then the Belgian Dylan Teuns on 276km, Spaniard David de la Cruz on 271km and Colombian Sergio Henao on 266km.
179km
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Attacks from the outset as five go clear!
180km
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They're off! The remaining 166 riders zip through the French Basque Country at the start of today's stage...
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Here's what's in store today...
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Here's the new-look general classification with Roglic sitting pretty at the top of the ski jump ramp with a gap of almost two minutes to his nearest rival, the veteran Alejandro Valverde, 10 years his senior.
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Yesterday, Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma) took control at La Vuelta after a storming time trial victory on Stage 10 moved him into red. He crushed the 36km course – oddly situated entirely in France, the third time in history this has happened in La Vuelta – to finish first in 47'05". Patrick Bevan took second in 47'30", but all eyes were fixed on a weary Nairo Quintana as the Colombian in red came home in 50'11" to wrap up the day's action.