Vuelta a España stage 11 LIVE: The sprint team are set to battle the breakaway on the road to Lorca

Of the breakaway riders, Ethan Hayter is the standout performer of the Vuelta. He finished second in the opening time trial and briefly wore the green jersey.

130km to go

Visma aren't giving the break much time. The gap is at 1:15 currently.

The Vuelta peloton at the start of today's stage.

135km to go

1:10 between break and peloton.

It's actually Alessandro Covi, not David de la Cruz in the break.

Visma-Lease a Bike take it up at the front of the peloton.

Now Fernández has made it across to make it four out front.

148km to go

The first trio have a minute on the peloton already.

Sinuhé Fernández also on the move.

Attack by David de la Cruz, Ethan Hayter, and Domen Novak early on.

154km to go

The flag is waved and now the stage is underway!

A 6.5km neutral zone to start the stage.

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Check out our preview of stage 11 here.

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Today's stage starts in 20 minutes.

Former world champion Mads Pedersen is also out of the race.

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Ben Turner, who won a sprint stage last year and was fourth in Xeraco, won't be competing for the win. He left the Vuelta on yesterday's stage.

Will there be another sprint today? Matthew Brennan has won two of them so far this Vuelta, Bryan Coquard has taken another, and then Tronchon won yesterday.

Tuesday's stage 10 ended with a sprint finish in Elche de la Sierra.

Vuelta a España: Bastien Tronchon stuns field with stage 10 victory

And here's the map of the day.

Here's a look at the stage profile.

It should be a thrilling stage today with 1,200 metres of climbing and one classified climb filling the 153.8km stage.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 11 of the Vuelta a España.