Alberto Contador won stage 20 stage of this year’s Vuelta a Espana today, solidifying his hold on the overall victory.
The Spanish rider finished alone on the summit of the Ancares pass at the end of today’s penultimate stage.
After responding to a number of attacks by Chris Froome (Team Sky), Contador proceeded to accelerate away from the British rider inside the final 500 meters – crossing the line 17 seconds ahead of his rival.
Despite his defeat today, Froome did gain significant time on third-placed rider Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), to all but ensure a podium finish at the conclusion of this year’s Vuelta tomorrow.
Stage 20 Results ESP 1 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TINKOFF-SAXO) 5:11:43 GBR 2 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) + 16 ESP 3 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) + 57 ESP 4 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 1:18 ITA 5 ARU, Fabio (ASTANA) + 1:21 FRA 6 BARGUIL, Warren (GIANT-SHIMANO) + 2:51 ITA 7 CARUSO, Giampaolo (KATUSHA) + 2:55 ESP 8 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC RACING) + 2:58 ESP 9 NAVARRO GARCIA, Daniel (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 3:15 ITA 10 CARUSO, Damiano (CANNONDALE) + 3:20 IRL 11 MARTIN, Daniel (GARMIN SHARP) + 3:22 ESP 12 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KATUSHA) + 3:26 ESP 13 HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ, Jesus (TINKOFF-SAXO) + 3:51 GER 14 NERZ, Dominik (BMC RACING) + 5:21 NED 15 KELDERMAN, Wilco (BELKIN) POR 16 CARDOSO, Andre Fernando S. Martins (GARMIN SHARP) ESP 17 NIEVE ITURALDE, Mikel (SKY) + 5:34 RSA 18 MEINTJES, Louis (MTN – QHUBEKA) + 5:40 FRA 19 SICARD, Romain (EUROPCAR) + 6:04 ESP 20 LANDA MEANA, Mikel (ASTANA) + 7:27 BEL 21 MONFORT, Maxime (LOTTO BELISOL) + 7:43 BEL 22 DE CLERCQ, Bart (LOTTO BELISOL) + 8:27 ESP 23 PARDILLA BELLON, Sergio (MTN – QHUBEKA) + 8:31 ESP 24 HERRADA LOPEZ, Jose (MOVISTAR) + 8:51 POL 25 NIEMIEC, Przemyslaw (LAMPRE – MERIDA) + 9:24 FRA 26 LE MEVEL, Christophe (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 10:28 ESP 27 ERVITI OLLO, Imanol (MOVISTAR) CRC 28 AMADOR BAKKAZAKOVA, Andrey (MOVISTAR) USA 29 TALANSKY, Andrew (GARMIN SHARP) + 10:56 SUI 30 ZAUGG, Oliver (TINKOFF-SAXO) + 11:04 CAN 31 HESJEDAL, Ryder (GARMIN SHARP) FRA 32 MEDEREL, Maxime (EUROPCAR) + 11:18 ESP 33 VERONA QUINTANILLA, Carlos (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) + 11:25 ESP 34 MATE MARDONES, Luis Angel (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) FRA 35 HARDY, Romain (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 11:28 DEN 36 SÖRENSEN, Chris Anker (TINKOFF-SAXO) ESP 37 LOSADA ALGUACIL, Alberto (KATUSHA) + 11:35 ERI 38 TEKLEHAIMANOT, Daniel (MTN – QHUBEKA) KAZ 39 ZEITS, Andrey (ASTANA) + 11:43 ESP 40 ARROYO DURAN, David (CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA) + 12:51
General Classification after Stage 20 ESP 1 CONTADOR VELASCO, Alberto (TINKOFF-SAXO) 81:12:13 GBR 2 FROOME, Christopher (SKY) + 1:37 ESP 3 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR) + 2:35 ESP 4 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin (KATUSHA) + 3:57 ITA 5 ARU, Fabio (ASTANA) + 4:46 ESP 6 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Samuel (BMC RACING) + 10:07 IRL 7 MARTIN, Daniel (GARMIN SHARP) + 10:24 FRA 8 BARGUIL, Warren (GIANT-SHIMANO) + 12:13 ESP 9 NAVARRO GARCIA, Daniel (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS) + 13:09 ITA 10 CARUSO, Damiano (CANNONDALE) + 13:15
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