Date: 08-09-2010
11º stage
Distance: 208.4 km
Road – Stage
Departure: Vilanova i la Gletrú, Spain
Arrival: Pal, Andorra

Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) surged back into the overall lead in Wednesday’s climbing stage
into Andorra just a day after losing it on time bonuses.
2010 Vuelta a Espana, stage 11: Igor Anton fights his way to a stage win and back into the lead.
This time, the Basque climber left no doubt that he could be the man to beat as the Vuelta a España,
taking his second stage victory and recapturing the lead with an impressive showing up the final ramps
of the 208.4km 11th stage in the Vuelta’s first mountaintop finish.
Antón gapped overnight leader Joaquim RodrÃguez (Katusha) with 3km to go in the final,
10km climb to the Valnord/Pal summit and then edged past dogged veteran
Ezequiel Mosquera (Xacobeo-Galicia) to win.
Antón won three seconds ahead of Mosquera and took a 45-second lead on Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) in the overall.
Vuelta Stage 11 result
1 ANTON, Igor (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 5h 25' 44''
2 MOSQUERA, Ezequiel (Xacobeo-Galicia) + 3''
3 TONDO, Xavier (Cervelo TestTeam) + 10''
4 URAN, Rigoberto (Caisse d'Epargne) + 16''
5 NIBALI, Vincenzo (Liquigas-Doimo) + 23''
Vuelta overall standings after Stage 11
1 ANTON, Igor (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 47h 37' 15''
2 NIBALI, Vincenzo (Liquigas-Doimo) + 45''
3 TONDO, Xavier (Euskaltel-Euskadi) + 1' 04''
4 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin (Katusha) + 1' 17''
5 MOSQUERA, Ezequiel (Xacobeo-Galicia) + 1' 29''
Igor Antón (Euskaltel-Euskadi) looking pretty good in the mountains,
and good for top of the podium in Madrid.
Cheers,
BrentonO
Lone Rider- I rode on the long, dark road... before I danced under the lights.