Hesjedal wins ahead of favourites on Alto de Velefique, Valverde keeps gold jersey<br /><br /><br />Stage profile: http://www.lavuelta.com/09/imgrecorrido/12_perfil.gif<br /><br /><br />eneral classification after stage 12<br /><br />1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51:12:38<br /><br />2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:00:07<br /><br />3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:18<br /><br />4 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:51<br /><br />5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:00:53<br /><br />6 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:03<br /><br />7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:02:13<br /><br />8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:14<br /><br />9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 0:03:53<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://ll.broadbandsports.com/images/29652_cycling_stage12.flv.jpg" alt="Stage 12 - 179 km - Almería to Alto de Velefique - Vuelta a Espana 2009" title="Stage 12 - 179 km - Almería to Alto de Velefique - Vuelta a Espana 2009" width="150" height="90" alt="Stage 12 - 179 km - Almería to Alto de Velefique - Vuelta a Espana 2009"/>
