Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara won the 11th stage of the Vuelta a Espana while Italian Vincenzo Nibali took the overall lead of the race. RadioShack Leopard's Cancellara was 37 seconds faster than German Tony Martin in the 38.8km time trial stage on Wednesday. Astana's Nibali, who was stung by a wasp in training on Tuesday, finished fourth and secured a 33-second lead over Nicolas Roche.
"I felt terrible when I woke up this morning and little by little it's getting better," Nibali said. "I'm just going to defend the lead day by day, not thinking too far ahead. There's still five really big mountain stages to come."
Ireland's Nicolas Roche, riding for team Saxo-Tinkoff, finished sixth which moves him up to second in the general classification with Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of Movistar completing the top three.
RadioShack's American rider Chris Horner, who held the overall lead after winning the 10th stage, dropped to fourth in the general classification after finishing 20th in the time trial. The 41-year-old rider also had an insect problem as a bee flew into his mouth at the start of the stage. "It was disturbing and scary. I couldn't get it out. I also tried to swallow it. Eventually, I coughed it up," Horner said. "I figured if I lost around a minute on Nibali, it'd be OK."
With five more big mountain stages coming up, here are the outright general classification win odds at Bet365:
Vincenzo Nibali - 4/7
Chris Horner - 5/1
Alejandro Valverde - 6/1
Joaquim Rodriguez - 11/1
Nicolas Roche - 16/1
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