In the Vuelta a la Rioja, José Herrada took all the mountains premiums, then the bunch swallowed the break, and I assume there was probably some wind or some such, because Orica-GreenEdge have forced a split, and now there is a front group of 14 containing all 7 GreenEdge riders (!!!). They may not have it their own way, however, because the rest of the group is still pretty strong. There are four Movistar riders - Vladimir Karpets, José Herrada, Rubén Plaza and Alejandro Valverde - and three Euskaltels - Mikel Astarloza, Juanjo Lobato and Jorge Azanza.
They now have 36" ahead of the bunch but there's still quite some way to go.