Robin Carpenter, Xavi Cañellas, Pelayo Sánchez, Antônio Barbio and Asier Etxebarria are your doomed break. They only have 2 minutes' advantage and it's Unipuerto today so we shall see if the climbers try to break their power meters or if the pre-race raids have scared anybody today. Burgos-BH are leading the bunch, presumably to stop too much pace being added in what with Pelayo in the break. Glassdrive have the whole team massed ready for the climb, as do Efapel and Caja Rural.
Going through Covilhã, Glassdrive stick 5 men on the front and the pain is about to be brought it would appear.
García de Mateos out the back already!
Two of Glassdrive's men already peeled off?!
André Cardoso initiates the first hostilities, Fred Figueiredo covers it pretty effortlessly but only another couple of riders go with him, someone for Rádio Popular, didn't catch who. Mauri Moreira launches a counterattack to join the group.