The red jersey of the leader of the Vuelta changes owner but not team, after a long hard stage of 167 km from Verin to Manzaneda. 19 cyclists took part in a spurt and gained more then six minutes of advantage: they crossed the finishing line, after an hard climb, with three minute on the group.



Christofer Froome, met with difficulties during the last climb, so his red jersey ended up on the shoulders of his captain Bradley Wiggins, who is now the leader of general classification, with 7 seconds on Froome and 11 on Nibali.