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Vuelta a España 2013: Stage 16

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Stage 16 of the Vuelt🤡a a España, 146.8 kilometres from Graus to Aram&oacไute;n Formigal.

The final instalment of the Vuelta's Pyrenean triptych sees the race revisit the site of its first ever summit finish, the category 1 Formigal (15.8km at 4%). Over the past t﷽wo days, Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) has affected the air of a man utterly at ease with the burden of race leadership but has yet to garland his race with a true show of force. Chris Horner (RadioShack-Leopard) remains just 50 seconds behind, while Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) lingers in third place, at 1:42.

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The eight had 42 seconds at the foot of the day's first climb, the category 3 Puerto de la Foradada. There was plenty of movemen𒁃t in the main field on the climb, however, as first Rigoberto Uran (Sky) and Rafal Majka (Saxo-Tinkoff) and later Michele Scarponi (Lampre-Merida) led sizeable delegations off the front of the peloton and across to the escapees.

Nicolas Edet (Cofidis) led Hansen over the top of the climb, and by the time they reached the bottom of thꦍe descent, there were some 23 riders together off the front of the race, including Scarponi, Majka, Uran, Bauke Mollema (Belkin), Boasson Hagen, Flecha, Benat Inxtausti (Movistar) and Eros Capecchi (Movistar).

Mindful of Movistar's emissaries in the break, Astana diligently set about shutting down the move and the race all came back together after 50 kilometres. All of this took place at a leg-searing pace, of course, and the bunch covered a remarkable 46 kilometre✱s in the first hour of racing.

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The 12km-long ascent of the Cotefablo is followed by a rapid descent before the race reaches Biescass and this is where things start to get very interesting, and our man Alasdair Fotheringham has alerted us to a potential ambush climb before the summit fini🎃sh to Formigal. With 25 kilometres to go, the race swings left off the main road and onto♎ a narrow, twisting road up through Tramacastila de Tena. Although uncategorised, this is very steep and potentially very difficult little climb, and it’s followed by a sinuous descent back down to the main road.

The final climb to Formigal is far from the toughest in this Vuelta, although it is not without its difficulties. After a steady start on the main road, the race will cross a dam and tackle on four kilometres on a steeper, narrower road. With 11 kilometres to go, it settles into a somewhat steadier cl🅘imb, although the road surface poses its own difficulties. An easier section follows, before the final 6km-long kick up to the ski station at the top. Again, the gradient is not the hardest in and of itself, bu𒐪t the road surface makes things a little tougher than they otherwise might be.

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The general classification pict🎶ure before today's stage is as f⛎ollows:

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Thanks in no sm🍒all part to the stiff pace being imposed in the peloton, the average speed after two hours of racing was some 44kph. On paper, this may be far from the toughest mountain stage in this year's Vuelta, but there will be some very tired legs in the red jersey by the time it hits the final ascent.

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There are ꧃a dozen riders or so caught in the no-man's land between the red jersey group and the leaders, but it does not appear that any of Nibali's red jersey rivals have managed to ♎leap aboard that chasing group.

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The escapees include Amets Txurruka (Caja Rural), Juan Antonio Flecha (Vacansoleil-DCM), Dominik Nerz (BMC), Chris Anker Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Nico Sijmens (Cofidis), Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp-Endura), Rigoberto Uran (Sky), Martin Kohler (BMC), Sylvester Sz🔴myd (Movistar), Benat Inxtausti (Movistar), Christian Meier (Orica-GreenEdge), Warren Barguil (Argos-Shimano), Vladimir Gusev (Katusha), Niki Sorensen (Saxo-Tinkoff), Ben Gastauer (Ag2r-La Mondiale) and Juan Manuel Garate (Belkin). There's a good mix of climbing talent and raw horsepower here as the r✅oad begins to climb gently towards the foot of the final climb to the finish.

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Warren Barguil (Argos-Sꦺhimano) is full of confidence after his fine stage win on Friday, and the French youngster is setting a determined tempo at the head of the race on a long, steady uphill section.

Ahead of the sharp uncategorised climb through Tramacastilla de Tena, the break has three minutes in hand on the peloton. Incidenta♒lly, Mikael Cherel, and not Ben Gastauer, is the Ag2r man in this move. Gastauer is in a small chase group some 50 seconds down on the leaders.

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Once again, Barguil is the man on the front of the break when the gradient begins to bite, and the brea෴k is starting to fragment under his forcing.

Rꦅigoberto Uran (Sky) and Juan Manuel Garate (Belkin) are also among the strongest men in this break, at least on the evidence of this brief stiffening of the gradient ahead of the climb proper.

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Juan Manuel Garate (Belkin) attempts𝐆 to open a lead on the descent,b but he is soon brought to heel. Once the road starts to climb again, however, a split appears in the break. Barguil, Uran, Txurruka, Garate, Kohler, Cherel, Inxtausti and Martinez have a small lead over the rest of the break.

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The break regroupe𓂃d just as the final climb to Formigal began, but the attacking will surely splinter its unity once the 🀅climb begins in earnest.

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Barguil is in full flight and peda𓂃lling with considerable fluidity here but there is still a long way to th♋e finish and there are some quality riders giving chase just behind.

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Uran is looking around for help in the chasing group, which now contains ten ride𓄧rs or so. The stylish Barguil casts a glance over his shoulder to gauge the progress of the chasers, who are a couple of bends below him on this climb.

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Back in the 🦄red jersey group, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) launches his long-awaited acceleration. Nibali doesn't bat an eyelꩲid and lets his Astana team shut down the move.

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Nicolas Roche is꧋ the next man to attack in the red j🦩ersey group, and as soon as he is caught, Joaquim Rodriguez rips his way clear and opens a small gap. The red jersey group is two kilomerres from the finish.

Up front,ജ Barguil appears to be suffering with cramp and Uran is 🌠closing alone as they approach the red kite.

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Behind, Horner goes after Rodriguez and Nibali appears to be in difficulty. He is unable to follow Horner and strugglꦬes when Valverd⛎e puts in a big acceleration.

As Uran and Barguil play cat an𝕴d mouse in the final 500 metres, Nerz and Bartosz Huzarski (Net App-Endura) arrive at their coattails. This could be🌠 a four-man sprint for the line...

Uran opens the s⭕print and that's enough to hold off the two chasers. It'𒁃s Uran versus Barguil...

Warren Barguil (Argos-Shimano) wins the stage, just ahead of Uran. What a dramatic finish, and there are plenty 🌠of fireworks in the fight for red too...

Valverde, Horner and Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) have left a struggling Nibali beh🌜ind and are bridging up to Rodrigue🐻z.

Horner and Valverde and opening a decent gap on Nibali, who is showing weakness for the very first time in this Vuelta a Espana. The red jersey group completely fragmented in these final two kilometres and Nibali has been leftꦯ isolated.

Rodriguez crosses the line 1:43 do🧸wn on Barguil, while Horner, Valverde and Pinot come home just three seconds further back.

The remants of the red jersey ꩲgroup are edging up the finishing straight in ones🌃 and twos, and a tired Nibali crosses the line 2:08 back on Barguil. Nibali defends his red jersey, but Horner appears to have  slashed 25 seconds or so off his lead.

In theꦆ overall standings, Horner has closed to just 🌃28 seconds behind Nibali.

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Thanks for joining us for our live coverage from the Vuelta a España today. A full report, results and pictures will be available here in due course, and stay with Cyclingnews for all the reaction to a fascinating afternoo🐓n that saw Vincenzo Nibal🥃i offer some hope to his rivals as the Vuelta heads into its second rest day.

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