another long break proved to be successful, and david garcia of xacobeo galicia took advantage of the situation. the original large group had disintegrated near the end, and he broke off from the remains of the group with three kilometres to go, to take the solo win by 17 seconds ahead of nick nuyens and juan manual garate. behind them - way behind them - the astana-led peloton took its time, having an easy ride on a sunny day, and came in 14 minutes later with contador still in the overall lead.on the tipping front this translated to no change to gc, sprint or mountain points. these stages will always provide a good opportunity for a breakaway. if you are down on gc, go for the outsider that may make it. if you tipped right today you could have made up 14 mins. if you tipped wrong, you would have ended up in the pack with the leaders anyway.
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