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The day after a particularly demanding stage, the riders had to come back on the road this Sunday with another tough task to complete. At the end of the 109 km, a giant was waiting for the riders: the Alto de l'Angliru. This emblematic pass of the Vuelta has been ridden regularly since 1999.
Guillaume Martin secures his lead
With such a difference in altitude, everything predicted this final to be decided between the favourites. And it happened. For the Cofidis team however, the objective was the same as the day before: to keep on reinforcing Guillaume Martin's polka-dot jersey as best climber.
Martin succeed the mission by passing in the head of the first 4 climbs of the day! " There was a great collective work, Pierre-Luc Périchon for example accompanied Guillaume during all his missions", underlines one of the sports directors, Jean-Luc Jonrond." The contract is therefore 100% fulfilled!"
The leader of Cofidis scored 26 points today, bringing his total to 76 points. His closest rival, Sepp Kuss has only 25 pts. But there is only one mountain stage left, next Saturday on the day before the last stage in Madrid. The work done by the team during the whole week has thus paid off: Guillaume managed to consolidate his lead.
Long transfer on the programme
The day is not over yet. This Sunday evening, the team will have to ride around 320 km to reach La Coruña where the second rest day will take place. After that, it's time for the last week of the competition. It will start on Tuesday with the only individual time trial of this Vuelta, between Muros and Mirador de Ezaro (33,7 km).
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