最後6km 精彩GC 攻防
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Route：Burgos - Peña Cabarga 186.5km
1 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling
2 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo-Tinkoff
3 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol
花了18km 才整合出兔子海：Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Simon Clarke (Orica-GreenEdge), Caleb Fairly (Garmin-Sharp), Angel Vicioso (Katusha), Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol), Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural), Mickaël Chérel (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Argos Shimano), Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky), Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Cannondale), Martin Kohler (BMC), Ben Gastauer (Ag2r-La Mondiale), Chris Anker Sörensen (Saxo-Tinkoff), Grega Bole (Vacansoleil-DCM), Matteo Bono (Lampre-Merida)
先講一下Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol)，連兩天做先鋒...對於一個正航行在偉大航道上的車手，真的非常積極進取
前三名都在這群兔子裡
Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) 不畏陡坡，頻頻攻擊，終於最後45km 單飛
歷經煎熬，壓線...Vasil Kiryienka (Team Sky) 把solo win 獻給他生涯的第一位directeur sportif Daniele Tortoli (最近剛過世)
接著，讓我們來看一下GC favorites 的釁鬥
雖然坎爺先行告退去準備世錦賽，但RadioShack Leopard 轎夫群依舊犀利，把peloton 高速帶進Peña Cabarga (5.9 km @ 9.2%, max 20%)
經過Movistar 轎夫忠心的帶頭，以及Katusha 三劍客聯手在回頭彎攻擊，peloton 四分五裂
GC favorites 也只剩Valverde, J-Rod, Horner, 泥巴裡還算咬住
Horner 在20% 夭壽坡扣扳機 (其實是漸漸的拉爆眾人)
最後，Horner 領先泥巴裡進終點...刷掉25s
看泥巴裡苦戰後的虛弱樣，真是不妙
賽後泥巴裡表示：Horner demonstrated again that he is a level above all of us in the climbs. The rhythm he was setting up the climb was too hard for me, so I tried to limit the damage. With tomorrow and Saturday for Anglirú, Horner is set up to win this Vuelta.
當VeloNews 問泥巴裡相不相信這隻41 歲老禿鷹沒吃藥，他笑了：I know that when I am almost 42, I still won’t be racing. Horner is demonstrating that he has great condition. He hasn’t raced many days and he’s coming here fresher than all of us. He’s been climbing better than anyone. If he doesn’t have a crisis or a bad moment, it will be hard to beat him.
這篇VeloNews 賽後訪談寫得Q 半仙心有慼慼，值得一看！
關於Chris Horner，看看Cameron Wurf (Cannondale) 怎麼描述他
GC 1, 2 只差3s ...
Q 半仙猜：
1. 泥巴裡會在Stage 19 出擊，用優異的心肺功能試圖拖垮對手，要是成功，又能在Stage 20 損管得宜，就能一路笑回馬德里
2. 倘若Horner 頂得住Stage 19 的衝擊，在Stage 20 再拿出天外飛仙，火袍就換人穿了
