Vuelta a España stage 12 Live – Mountain top finish set to shake up GC standings

25km to go

This was the scene for much of today in the peloton but now we’re seeing other GC teams begin to set the pace.

A few more hills to tackle and the break will be on the final climb.

Mauri Vansevenant took the full 20 points. He was followed over by Verona, Tejada, Meintjes and Castrillo, taking 17,15,13 and 10, respectively.

The leaders rolled through the intermediate sprint without much competition.

We’re struggling to find confirmation of who took the maximum points so far.

40km to go

“Where are we heading?” we hear you ask! 

The Estación de Montaña Manzaneda. It last featured in La Vuelta 13 years ago, when David Moncoutié with a 6km solo on stage 11.

Ten minutes between the lead group and the bunch currently. 

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale could be attempting to remove any chance of bonus seconds for their GC rivals.

50km to go

An attack from Narváez, perhaps to up the pace in the break.

As mentioned earlier, Carlos Rodríguez moved into the white jersey yesterday.

However, the Spaniard only leads Florian Lipowitz by six seconds, meaning the jersey is well in play on today’s stage.

Max Poole (DSM-Firmenich PostNL), third on yesterday’s stage, could be one to watch for today’s finale.

Adam Yates could be in danger of losing his polka-dot jersey today. 

There are 10 points up for grabs at the finish today, with the UAE Team Emirates rider currently tied-leader with Wout van Aert, and Primož Roglič four points behind.

Wout van Aert is back at the doctor’s car.

25km to go until the intermediate sprint in Sas de Penelas.

This finishing climb might be too tough for the Ecuadorian national champion, though.

A second day in the break for Jhonatan Narváez. He’s got his teammate Óscar Rodríguez in there for company today too.

Kevin…