Vuelta stage 10 - Bradley Makes Room for Froome

I know we've all been enjoying the Vuelta, but it's worth remembering that there are other professional cycling races available. One of these is the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, which just finished up on Sunday and was won by little Levi Leipheimer.

Although I may live in the USA, like Pro Cycling and enjoy a challenge, I failed to muster much enthusiasm for the race. There were tough stages and big names, but much like the Tour of California, the USA PCC suffers from being on at the same time as a real race. I did make a few attempts to watch some of the action, but the high altitude and presence of trees made my already jerky computer feed all but unwatchable.

It seems the race should be back next year, so maybe they'll have those difficulties ironed out and I might give a fuck. But probably not.

Anyhooze, back to the Vuelta. Here's how the league looked heading into the individual time trial today.

And here's how it looked after the time trial today.

So no big changes in the Tour de Pance top ten. But the same can't be said about the Vuelta top ten.

The eagle-eyed among you will notice that after the time trial, it's none other than Wiggins side-kick, Chris Froome who is leading the race, thanks to a great ride against the clock.

Bradley didn't do badly. But he was 23 seconds slower than his team-mate today, and now slots into third spot behind Jakob Fuglsang. With 2 riders in the top 3, things are looking good for Team Sky. However there's still a lot of racing to come, and plenty of quality riders within a few minutes of the lead. Everybody on the Vuelta will be having a nice rest-day tomorrow. The action starts again on Wednesday with another mountain-top finish. I'd imagine there'll be some teams looking to put Sky under pressure.