The big day is here. Clear skies, the wind is gone, it's time to crown a winner of the 2014 Vuelta a Burgos. Only the strong are going to survive today.

The favourites are: Arroyo, Iglinski and Rodrigues.

Evonik should be looked at to control most of the pace having 1-2 in GC at the moment with Hansen and Joeaar.

Although both really don't stand a chance against the climbers.

Nicacio is in the best position (3rd overall) to capture the overall victory.



It's a 7-man breakaway that gets away.

Lewis
Esquivel
Umerbekov
Semple
Menchov (Best placed in GC: +2'44" )
Chamorro
Bajadali

They all have their sights on the KoM jersey with plenty of points available today. The have to catch Navarro who has 18. Chamorro doing his best to protect his teammate.





Menchov is only rider to contest the sprint points all day and picks up 18 bonus seconds. So he needs 2'26" to win.

Cat 2. Climb #1
1 Esquivel
2 Umerbekov
3 Chamorro
4 Menchov
5 Semple

Cat. 3 Climb #2
1 Semple
2 Umerbekov
3 Esquivel

The peloton allows them to extend their advantage to 8 minutes before starting the hard chase.



Cat. 2 Climb #3
1 Chamorro
2 Bajadali
3 Umerbekov
4 Esquivel
5 Lewis

The peloton lead by Evonik has closed the gap to 2'30".



Cat. 2 Climb #4
1 Menchov
2 Lewis
3 Esquivel
4 Umerbekov
5 Bajadali

Close fight between Chamorro, Umerbekov, and Esquivel for the KoM.

Going to come down to the cat. 1 climb... If they reach it. The peloton is breathing down their necks.



4000 meters from the top Chamorro makes an attack for it with the breakaway splitting apart as the peloton is 30 seconds behind them.



Attack out of the peloton! A long range attempt by Txurruka (+2'14" GC). The favourites look around at each other, what to do about this move?

Evonik is running out of helpers to control the pace.



As Txurruka is riding away, three more riders decide to attack as well:

Diniz (+1'35" GC)
Bakhin (+3'43" GC)
Sorensen (+2'02" GC)

This just got interesting real fast. Iglinksi and Taciak both get one of their helpers involved in the action early on.



Chamorro does get to the top first which guarantees he will win the KoM competition by surpassing his teammate on the final stage.

But it's the action behind him everyone wants to see. The recent attackers have mingled in with the remains of the breakaway. About 40 seconds ahead of the peloton, which no longer contains...



The overall leader Hansen or Joeaar. They have both been dropped.

Not much of a surprise, although their manager would have wished they stay in contract for a littler longer. Also in this group is 8th overall Khatuntsev.

Even further back is 5th overall Oba.



Sighs of relief as Bonsucro and ONCE drags everyone back as we start the next cat. 2 which sets up to the climb to the finish.



Let the attacks start again! We are in for a treat today with no GC leader to control the race.

Txurruka, Chamorro, Bakhin, Diniz and Sorensen have worked too hard to give up now. They all put in another dig and get a nice 20 second gap. Seems like a wasted effort though as Bonsucro and ONCE are just toying with them at this point.



They do hold on to the top of the climb though, 11kms to go.



Txurruka thinks better of his move and decides to drop back to assist Nicacio, and in doing so Bakhin, Diniz and Sorensen follow his lead in return to the peloton.

The peloton seems a little confused as to why the gave up so easily. Their tempo eases up at the base of the climb waiting for somebody to make the first move because no wants to be the pacemaker up the climb.



Chamorro is using this to his full advantage! He decided to keep going when Txurruka stopped and now has a 2 minute gap on the peloton with 7kms to go! Chamorro started the day +6'01" on GC, so the peloton doesn't seem worried.

Then again strange the favourites would get this close to the finish and let the stage win slip away like this. Chamorro does deserve it after a ride like this though.



Not so fast! Top favourite Arroyo (+1'07" GC) finally decides enough is enough and shows his cards. This is a monster of an attack! He is followed by:

Dabrowski (+5'47" GC)
Woods (+1'28" GC)
Rosa (+5'10" GC)
Richardson (+2'02" GC)

Did none of the other favourites get a glimpse of Arroyo? David can't believe it when he looks back and doesn't see Nicacio, Iglinski, Fernandez, or Rodrigues on his back wheel.



Bonsucro decides to give chase with Camargo. The other favourites are looking around, they know they should attack since Arroyo is getting away but are content to let Camargo pull the group up the climb.



Arroyo is around Chamorro to take the lead. The gap back to the peloton is one minute. He has pulled on virtual yellow. 5kms to go.

Nothing from the other GC contenders yet. They are running out of time.



Bonsucro is giving it their all to keep Nicacio in the fight for yellow, but ONCE is making a mockery of them by telling Castano he can launch an attack now.

Arroyo is easily riding off in the distance. Incredible.

Fernandez follows Castano's attack.



3kms to go. Iglinski can't wait any longer and catches Castano and Fernandez as they reach the group of Woods, Rosa and Richardson.

Nicacio has jumped across as well.

In front of them is still:

+45" Chamorro and Dabrowski
+1'20" Arroyo

What is left of the peloton is only 15 seconds behind them as well.



Castano and Iglinski break away from Fernandez and Nicacio who are then joined by Raisin. Castano doing his best to set a false tempo so he doesn't bring Iglinski up to his leader Arroyo.

1700 meters to go. While...



Arroyo is already under the banner and heading to the line.



He put his stamp of authority on this stage. Start the clock, but it's pretty obvious he has already won the 2014 Vuelta a Burgos.



Dabrowski picked out the right move and is reward with a 2nd place, he had lost too much time earlier in the tour to get a good GC results however.

He finishes 1'22" behind Arroyo (confirming the Spaniard has indeed won).



Chamorro gets passed by Iglinski and Castano right before the line. He will happily take his 5th place for his efforts.

Iglinski finishes 2'08" behind Arroyo but stayed with Castano ensuring him a 2nd overall place beating Arroyo's team mate in GC by 3 seconds.



Then it's Fernandez, Raisin and Nicacio. They finish with the same time meaning their overall place is in the reverse order: Nicacio 4th, Raisin 5th and Fernandez 6th. Fernandez wins the points competition.

The peloton comes to line as one big group a few seconds behind them.

The rest of the top 10 in GC is sorted out in this order:

7th Taciak, 8th Paulinho, 9th Parra Bustamante and 10th Bochman.

Rodrigues finishes 11th overall after being invisible today. Very disappointing after starting off the tour with a stage win three days ago.

Gökhan Hasta is the best young rider finishing 25th overall, 4'46" behind Arroyo. While ONCE takes the team competition over Live Nation.

Thanks for watching. Adios from Spain.

1	David Arroyo	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	4h28'25
2	Jaroslaw Dabrowski	Team Live Nation	+ 1'22
3	Maxim Iglinski	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 2'08
4	Carlos Castaño	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Juan Ernesto Chamorro	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
6	Delio Fernandez	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 2'46
7	Saul Raisin	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
8	Pedro Nicácio	Bonsucro	s.t.
9	Víctor Hugo Orozco	Alpina - Avianca	+ 3'13
10	Diego Rosa	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	s.t.
11	Edwin Parra Bustamante	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
12	Simon Richardson	Team ASDA-Savers	s.t.
13	Mateusz Taciak	Team Live Nation	s.t.
14	Vitor Rodrigues	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
15	Moises Dueñas	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
16	Francisco Colorado	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
17	Michael Woods	Team ASDA-Savers	s.t.
18	Jonathan Camargo	Bonsucro	s.t.
19	Sérgio Paulinho	Bonsucro	s.t.
20	Gilber Zurita	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
21	Amets Txurruka	Bonsucro	s.t.
22	Chris Anker Sørensen	Team Live Nation	s.t.
23	Alex Diniz	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
24	Mirsamad Poorseyedi	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 3'41
25	Peilun Wu	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
26	Sho Hatsuyama	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 3'52
27	Evgeny Bakhin	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	s.t.
28	Alberto Losada	Bonsucro	s.t.
29	Francis De Greef	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	s.t.
30	Gökhan Hasta	Team Live Nation	s.t.
31	Vassilis Adamou	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
32	Lasse Bøchman	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	s.t.
33	Saeid Safarzadeh	Wounded Warrior Racing	s.t.
34	Mark Galedo	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
35	Richard Antonio Carapaz	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
36	Denis Menchov	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 4'44
37	César Rojas Villegas	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
38	Kenny De Ketele	Wounded Warrior Racing	s.t.
39	Craig Lewis	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 5'21
40	Jack Haig	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 5'50
41	Royner Grover Navarro	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
42	Marco Salas	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	+ 6'03
43	Deiber Esquivel	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	+ 6'22
44	Manuel Senni	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 7'04
45	Nikita Umerbekov	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 7'51
46	Daniele Dall'Oste	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Adam Semple	Team ASDA-Savers	+ 8'35
48	Andrew Bajadali	Wounded Warrior Racing	+ 8'55
49	Josef Cerny	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Mihran Avetisyan	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	+ 10'10
51	Wolfgang Burmann	Wounded Warrior Racing	s.t.
52	John Devine	Wounded Warrior Racing	s.t.
53	Dainius Kairelis	Control Team	s.t.
54	Sakari Lehtinen	Team Live Nation	s.t.
55	Gert Joeaar	Evonik - Signal Iduna	s.t.
56	Sebastian Henao	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
57	Dominique Mayho	Wounded Warrior Racing	s.t.
58	Serafin José Blanco	Team Live Nation	s.t.
59	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	s.t.
60	Haritz Orbe	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	s.t.
61	Marvin Orlando Angarita	Alpina - Avianca	s.t.
62	Mihkel Räim	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	s.t.
63	Christian Mager	Evonik - Signal Iduna	+ 11'27
64	Andris Vosekalns	Evonik - Signal Iduna	s.t.
65	Miguel Angel Benito	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Aleksei Saramotins	Evonik - Signal Iduna	s.t.
67	Lasse Norman Hansen	Evonik - Signal Iduna	s.t.
68	Ajay Pandit Chhetri	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 14'57
69	Rustom Lim	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
70	Aurélien Passeron	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
71	David Vitoria	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
72	Masatoshi Oba	Siam Cement - Lenovo	s.t.
73	Johnson Arnold	Wounded Warrior Racing	+ 15'29
74	William Germán Rodríguez Parra	Alpina - Avianca	+ 16'37
75	Fabio Sabatini	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 16'44
76	Eric Young	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
77	Lluis Mas	Bonsucro	s.t.
78	Jens Debusschere	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Cristian Omar Clavero	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
80	Sébastien Rosseler	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 20'10
81	Alex Meenhorst	Team ASDA-Savers	+ 20'53
82	Romain Guillemois	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 21'14
83	Aleksandr Serebriakov	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	s.t.
84	Dario Antonio	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	s.t.
85	Patrick Oyakaua	Bonsucro	s.t.
86	Libin Chen	Dell - 361° Racing	s.t.
87	Viktor Renäng	Team Live Nation	s.t.
88	Artur Gajek	Maloja Mountain Nomads	s.t.
89	Christian Ranneries	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 22'04
90	Joost Van Leijen	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 22'16
91	Matt Rowe	Team ASDA-Savers	s.t.
92	Freddy Cruz	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 23'24
93	Ian Stannard	Team ASDA-Savers	s.t.
94	Anton Kaus	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 23'50
95	Matthew Brammeier	Team ASDA-Savers	s.t.
96	Aleksei Schmidt	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	s.t.
97	Eloy Teruel	Evonik - Signal Iduna	s.t.
98	Willi Willwohl	Evonik - Signal Iduna	s.t.
99	Christopher Stevenson	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	s.t.

1	David Arroyo	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	15h40'23
2	Maxim Iglinski	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 2'14
3	Carlos Castaño	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	+ 2'17
4	Pedro Nicácio	Bonsucro	+ 2'18
5	Saul Raisin	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 2'39
6	Delio Fernandez	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 2'54
7	Mateusz Taciak	Team Live Nation	+ 3'02
8	Sérgio Paulinho	Bonsucro	+ 3'18
9	Edwin Parra Bustamante	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 3'27
10	Lasse Bøchman	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 3'30
11	Vitor Rodrigues	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 3'33
12	Moises Dueñas	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 3'34
13	Mark Galedo	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 3'47
14	Francisco Colorado	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 3'50
15	Michael Woods	Team ASDA-Savers	+ 3'54
16	Alex Diniz	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 4'01
17	Jonathan Camargo	Bonsucro	+ 4'08
18	Alberto Losada	Bonsucro	+ 4'28
19	Chris Anker Sørensen	Team Live Nation	s.t.
20	Simon Richardson	Team ASDA-Savers	s.t.
21	Mirsamad Poorseyedi	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 4'30
22	Víctor Hugo Orozco	Alpina - Avianca	+ 4'31
23	Amets Txurruka	Bonsucro	+ 4'40
24	Sho Hatsuyama	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 4'45
25	Gökhan Hasta	Team Live Nation	+ 4'46
26	Richard Antonio Carapaz	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
27	Gilber Zurita	Alpina - Avianca	+ 4'53
28	Kenny De Ketele	Wounded Warrior Racing	+ 5'15
29	Jack Haig	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 5'55
30	Jaroslaw Dabrowski	Team Live Nation	+ 6'10
31	Denis Menchov	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 6'23
32	Evgeny Bakhin	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	+ 6'48
33	Juan Ernesto Chamorro	Alpina - Avianca	+ 7'16
34	Diego Rosa	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 7'36
35	Peilun Wu	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 8'37
36	Vassilis Adamou	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 8'48
37	Marco Salas	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	+ 9'04
38	Gert Joeaar	Evonik - Signal Iduna	+ 9'31
39	Josef Cerny	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 9'39
40	Aleksandr Khatuntsev	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	+ 10'04
41	Saeid Safarzadeh	Wounded Warrior Racing	+ 10'27
42	Craig Lewis	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 10'36
43	Lasse Norman Hansen	Evonik - Signal Iduna	+ 10'40
44	César Rojas Villegas	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	+ 10'43
45	Haritz Orbe	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 10'55
46	Mihran Avetisyan	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	+ 11'07
47	Marvin Orlando Angarita	Alpina - Avianca	+ 11'09
48	Nikita Umerbekov	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 11'10
49	Royner Grover Navarro	Alpina - Avianca	+ 11'24
50	Aleksei Saramotins	Evonik - Signal Iduna	+ 11'53
51	Adam Semple	Team ASDA-Savers	+ 12'37
52	Francis De Greef	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 12'46
53	Andris Vosekalns	Evonik - Signal Iduna	+ 12'55
54	Manuel Senni	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 13'48
55	Masatoshi Oba	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 14'40
56	David Vitoria	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 15'33
57	Christian Mager	Evonik - Signal Iduna	+ 15'40
58	Aurélien Passeron	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 15'57
59	Ajay Pandit Chhetri	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 16'28
60	Mihkel Räim	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	+ 16'32
61	Sakari Lehtinen	Team Live Nation	+ 16'43
62	Sebastian Henao	Alpina - Avianca	+ 16'48
63	Deiber Esquivel	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	+ 17'01
64	Daniele Dall'Oste	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 17'43
65	Cristian Omar Clavero	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 18'17
66	Eric Young	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 18'43
67	Rustom Lim	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 19'48
68	William Germán Rodríguez Parra	Alpina - Avianca	+ 20'42
69	Sébastien Rosseler	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 21'21
70	Jens Debusschere	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 21'36
71	Miguel Angel Benito	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Fabio Sabatini	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 21'50
73	Aleksandr Serebriakov	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	+ 22'06
74	Matt Rowe	Team ASDA-Savers	+ 22'52
75	Andrew Bajadali	Wounded Warrior Racing	+ 23'08
76	John Devine	Wounded Warrior Racing	+ 23'37
77	Lluis Mas	Bonsucro	+ 23'42
78	Alex Meenhorst	Team ASDA-Savers	+ 24'03
79	Dominique Mayho	Wounded Warrior Racing	+ 24'28
80	Wolfgang Burmann	Wounded Warrior Racing	+ 24'36
81	Serafin José Blanco	Team Live Nation	+ 25'12
82	Joost Van Leijen	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 25'58
83	Artur Gajek	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 26'16
84	Viktor Renäng	Team Live Nation	+ 26'17
85	Romain Guillemois	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 26'36
86	Ian Stannard	Team ASDA-Savers	+ 26'57
87	Patrick Oyakaua	Bonsucro	+ 27'00
88	Dario Antonio	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	+ 27'18
89	Aleksei Schmidt	Team Ameriabank-Novatek	+ 29'14
90	Christian Ranneries	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 30'33
91	Eloy Teruel	Evonik - Signal Iduna	+ 30'42
92	Libin Chen	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 31'05
93	Willi Willwohl	Evonik - Signal Iduna	+ 32'25
94	Freddy Cruz	Dell - 361° Racing	+ 32'53
95	Johnson Arnold	Wounded Warrior Racing	+ 33'09
96	Christopher Stevenson	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 34'03
97	Matthew Brammeier	Team ASDA-Savers	+ 34'06
98	Dainius Kairelis	Control Team	+ 34'16
99	Anton Kaus	Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 39'21

1	Delio Fernandez	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	10	58
2	Lasse Norman Hansen	Evonik - Signal Iduna	0	55
3	Vitor Rodrigues	Siam Cement - Lenovo	2	51
4	Maxim Iglinski	Maloja Mountain Nomads	16	46
5	David Vitoria	Maloja Mountain Nomads	0	40
6	Aleksei Saramotins	Evonik - Signal Iduna	0	27
7	Jaroslaw Dabrowski	Team Live Nation	20	26
8	Ian Stannard	Team ASDA-Savers	0	25
9	David Arroyo	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	25	25
10	Gert Joeaar	Evonik - Signal Iduna	0	24

1	Juan Ernesto Chamorro	Alpina - Avianca	52	52
2	Nikita Umerbekov	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	26	26
3	Deiber Esquivel	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	26	26
4	Amets Txurruka	Bonsucro	22	22
5	Denis Menchov	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	22	22
6	David Arroyo	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	20	20
7	Craig Lewis	Dell - 361° Racing	18	18
8	Royner Grover Navarro	Alpina - Avianca	0	18
9	Jaroslaw Dabrowski	Team Live Nation	14	14
10	John Devine	Wounded Warrior Racing	0	14

Gökhan Hasta	Team Live Nation	15h45'09 (1)
Richard Antonio Carapaz	ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	+ 0 (2)
Jack Haig	Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 1'09 (3)
Juan Ernesto Chamorro	Alpina - Avianca	+ 2'30 (4)
Diego Rosa	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 2'50 (5)
Peilun Wu	Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 3'51 (6)
Vassilis Adamou	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 4'02 (7)
Josef Cerny	Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 4'53 (8)
Lasse Norman Hansen	Evonik - Signal Iduna	+ 5'54 (9)
Haritz Orbe	Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 6'09 (10)

ONCE-Eroski Cycling Team	47h08'32 (1)
Team Live Nation	+ 31 (2)
Bonsucro	+ 1'20 (3)
Euskaltel-Bavaria Continental Team	+ 2'27 (4)
Alpina - Avianca	+ 3'27 (5)
Siam Cement - Lenovo	+ 3'30 (6)
Dell - 361° Racing	+ 3'59 (7)
Maloja Mountain Nomads	+ 4'55 (8)
Team ASDA-Savers	+ 7'36 (9)
Lierse SK - Pizza Ullo Cycling Team	+ 8'21 (10)
Team Ameriabank-Novatek	+ 18'38 (11)
Evonik - Signal Iduna	+ 25'21 (12)
Wounded Warrior Racing	+ 30'27 (13)
Team Carlsberg - Danske Bank	+ 35'10 (14)