Juan Jose Cobo Acebo(Geox-TMC)vince in solitaria la 15esima tappa, quella con arrivo sul mitico Angliru:dietro di lui resistono,Menchov, Poels e Froome staccati di 48".
Cede Wiggins, che perde la maglia rossa a favore proprio di Cobo,mentre crolla Nibali: a 2'36''......
Dopo “El Chava” Jimenenz, vincitore nel 1999,Gilberto Simoni (2000),Roberto Heras (2002) e Alberto Contador (2008),L'Alto de l’Angliru celebra il coraggio e il talento di Juan Josè Cobo,quarto corridore spagnolo di sempre a vincere su unadelle montagne mitiche della Vuelta di Spagna.
Classifica di tappa
1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC 4:01:56
2 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:00:48
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC
4 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:01:21
6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
7 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 0:01:35
8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek
9 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
11 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:01:41
12 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 0:01:52
13 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:02
14 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:02:17
15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:37
16 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:02:43
17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team
18 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek
19 Sergio Pardilla Belllón (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:01
20 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:03:22
21 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:03:32
22 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:03:52
23 Beñat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:04:31
24 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:04:54
25 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
26 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 0:05:08
27 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:05:27
28 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Pro Team Astana 0:05:38
29 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana
30 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:05:56
Classifica generale
1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC 59:57:16
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:20
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:00:46
4 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:36
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek 0:02:37
6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC 0:03:01
7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0:03:06
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:03:27
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:03:58
10 Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:04:13
11 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team 0:04:32
12 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:50
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 0:05:17
14 Sergio Pardilla Belllón (Spa) Movistar Team 0:05:56
15 Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:06:08
16 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 0:06:42
17 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:07:50
18 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:08:02
19 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 0:09:13
20 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:16
21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Geox-TMC 0:10:07
22 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 0:14:24
23 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 0:15:05
24 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:17:23
25 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 0:18:22
26 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 0:22:33
27 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:22
28 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 0:26:51
29 Tiago Machado (Por) Team RadioShack 0:28:56
30 Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo Bank Sungard 0:29:14