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Vuelta Photo Essay: Misty mountain battle caps off week two

The second week of the Vuelta sees breakaways succeed and fresh faces win stages and even take the overall lead.

September 10, 2018 BrakeThrough Media

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2018 — Stage 10 of the Vuelta a España started in the historic Plaza Mayor of Salamanca. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — After the first rest day, the mood at the start was fun and light-hearted. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — The peloton rolled out of the start in the shadows of the Cathedral de Salamanca. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Italian national champion Elia Viviani took his second stage win of the Vuelta a España in Bermillo de Sayago. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Alessandro De Marchi escaped his breakaway companions to take the stage win in Luintra. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Alessandro De Marchi left nothing on the road to hold off the chasing group. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Alessandro De Marchi basked in the glory of his stage win. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — The day’s breakaway rolled through the opening climb with intermittent rain along the northern coast of Spain. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Stage 12 took the peloton along the northern coast en route to Faro de Estca de Bares. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Alexander Geniez took the victory from Dylan van Baarle on the line. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — A crash with an organization official just over the finish line took down Dylan van Baarle and race winner Alexander Geniez. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Jesus Herrada benefited from the day’s breakaway to take over the race lead heading into the weekend of three consecutive mountain top finishes. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Oscar Rodriguez delivered the team’s biggest win to date atop the brutally steep climb to La Camperona. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Nairo Quintana and Simon Yates battled it out in the last kilometer of La Camperona. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Enric Mas has emerged during this Vuelta as a new contender for the overall classification. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — At 19.5 percent with 800 meters to go, La Camperona pushed the riders to their limits. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Even on one of the steepest climbs of the Vuelta, Tosh van der Sande found the energy to have a little fun with the camera. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Fans were perched and waiting for the Vuelta a España to crest over the climb of the Alto Les Praeres. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Nairo Quintana was at it again on the Alto Les Praeres testing his challengers for the overall on the steep narrow slopes of the final climb. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Steven Kruijswijk gave it his all to bring back his rivals in the final two kilometers to Les Praeres. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — As the leaders accelerated, Rigoberto Uran could not match the pace and slipped out the back. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — After two hard days in the mountains, Jesus Herrada could no longer match the pace of the favorites on the climb to Les Praeres. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Frenchman Thibaut Pinot signed on with hopes for a great ride to Lagos de Covadonga. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Enric Mas surveyed his rivals as he signed on for the day’s stage. photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Lagos de Covadonga has become one of the most iconic mountain finishes of the Vuelta a España in recent years. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Bright sun was shining through the rolling fog in the minutes before the race arrived as fans gathered on the majestic climb awaiting the riders. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — The race exploded as Thibaut Pinot emerged from the fog clear of the favorites with less than 3km to go. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Race leader Simon Yates led the chase of Pinot with all his rivals in check minus Spaniard Alejandro Valverde. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Steven Kruijswijk and Alejandro Valverde chased in earnest to protect his second place overall on the climb of Lagos de Covadonga. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — Rising German star Emanuel Buchmann lost contact with the leaders but showed his promise for the future. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

2018 — The climb to Lagos de Covadonga took the riders into a sea of rolling fog across the mountain. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com

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