Hesjedal wins ahead of favourites on Alto de Velefique, Valverde keeps gold jersey


Stage profile: http://www.lavuelta.com/09/imgrecorrido/12_perfil.gif


eneral classification after stage 12

1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51:12:38

2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:00:07

3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:18

4 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:51

5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:00:53

6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:03

7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:02:13

8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:14

9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0:03:53