When the day dawned before the start of La Vuelta's Stage Fifteen, the riders saw exactly what they lived the day before, dark skies and rain. It was warmer, but they had to steel themselves for the possibility that the 224.9km ride from Andorra to Peyragudes in France, the queen stage of the race, would be contested completely in rain.

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On the toughest day of the Vuelta thusfar, the riders were gifted with the worst weather conditions of the race thus far. The short 155.7km (96.7km) stage that started in Bagà crossed three mountains en route to the mountain summit finish of Collada de la Gallina in Andorra.

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The discussion before the start of stage thirteen of the Vuelta was about whether or not sprinters could get back after the tough first-category climb that tops out with 50km remaining of the 169km (105mi) stage from Valls to Castelldefels.

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Eleven stages into the Vuelta and general classification time gaps are starting to get huge.

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The stage after a day off often means the racers take several kilometers to warm up and get reacquainted with going hard. Stage eleven, a 38.8km (24.1mi) individual time trial starting and finishing in the Roman city of Tarazona, did not afford riders that luxury.

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Manuel Fumic turned his season around at the 2013 MTB World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, RSA by winning Bronze in the Team Relay with his German team and silver in the prestigious Elite XCO race.

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The first third of this year's Vuelta closed with a spectacular climbing stage. This tenth leg of the race took the racers south from Torredelcampo to Alto Hazallanas on an 186.8km (116.1mi) ride. 

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This  year's Vuelta has featured several classics-style finishes. Short finishing hills where the entire race comes down to the final few kilometers where the riders with the best punch can knock off a few seconds on their rivals.

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After seven days of racing where the gaps were measured in seconds, the eighth stage of this year's Vuelta offered gaps of minutes. The 167km (104.4mi) from Jerez de la Frontera to Alto de Peñas Blancas marked a dramatic transition from flatter roads to mountain roads.

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Closing out the first week of the Vuelta was the 206km (128.75mi) ride from Almendralejo to Mairena de Aljarafe. It was one of the longest stages of the race, but also one of the flattest. And, as the mountains beckon tomorrow, a last chance for the sprinters, unless they're unable to scale the climb in the upcoming days.

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