2014 Vuelta a España

69th Edition: August 23 - September 14, 2014

Stage 20 Results

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Stage 20, Saturday, Sept 13: Santo Estevo de Ribas de Sil - Puerto de Ancares, 185.7 km

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Alberto Contador wins stage 20. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: Today was the Vuelta's last stage in the high mountains. Only the final stage with its 9.7 km individual time trial remains. It was the last real chance to make a big difference in the standings and Alberto Contador showed he is the Vuelta's best climber by winning the stage alone.

Four riders went clear at the 42nd kilometer: Jerome Coppel (Cofidis), Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre), Wouter Poels (Omega Pharma) and Maxime Mederel (Europcar). None presented a GC threat. Over the several difficult climbs the riders in break were absorbed by the pack. Niemiec was the last to be caught, staying away until the final climb, the special category ascent of the Ancares.

On the Ancares, with 8 kilometers to go, Joaquin Rodriguez was the first of the big GC men to attack. His effort looked good and he soon had a half-minute lead.

Alejandro Valverde gave chase, drawing Contador, Chris Froome and Fabio Aru.

Froome unleashed a series of vicious attacks that allowed him to catch, pass and drop everyone but Contador. Contador rode on Froome's wheel, letting the Sky rider to the work.

After the the pair had gone under the Red Kite, in an impressive display of power, Contador got out of the saddle and simply left Froome behind. Contador crossed the line 16 seconds ahead of Froome for his second summit win this Vuelta. He now leads Froome by 1min 37sec, probably enough to withstand whatever assault Froome mounts in tomorrow's 9.7 km time trial.

Valverde came in 57 seconds later, cementing his third place in the GC.

Complete Stage 20 results:

Winner's average speed: 35.744 km/hr

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	5hr 11min 43sec
2	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	@ 16 seconds
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 57''
4	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	+ 1' 18''
5	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	+ 1' 21''
6	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 2' 51''
7	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 2' 55''
8	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	+ 2' 58''
9	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 3' 15''
10	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3' 20''
11	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	+ 3' 22''
12	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 3' 26''
13	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 3' 51''
14	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	+ 5' 21''
15	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
16	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp
17	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	+ 5' 34''
18	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 5' 40''
19	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	+ 6' 04''
20	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team	+ 7' 27''
21	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol	+ 7' 43''
22	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 8' 27''
23	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 8' 31''
24	José Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 8' 51''
25	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	+ 9' 24''
26	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 10' 28''
27	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team
28	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team
29	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	+ 10' 56''
30	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 11' 04''
31	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp
32	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	+ 11' 18''
33	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 11' 25''
34	Angel Mate Luis	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
35	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 11' 28''
36	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo
37	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha	+ 11' 35''
38	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka
39	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team	+ 11' 43''
40	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 12' 51''
41	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY	+ 14' 36''
42	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha	+ 14' 53''
43	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha
44	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge	+ 15' 16''
45	Philip Deignan	Team SKY
46	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 15' 18''
47	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida
48	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
49	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
50	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
51	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale
52	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
53	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha
54	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 16' 43''
55	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	+ 18' 12''
56	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 19' 02''
57	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 19' 13''
58	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY
59	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 20' 24''
60	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	+ 20' 58''
61	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling
62	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
63	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling
64	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
65	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
66	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka
67	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp	+ 21' 53''
68	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 25' 12''
69	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol
70	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	+ 25' 46''
71	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol
72	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
73	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar	+ 25' 53''
74	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	+ 26' 16''
75	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka
76	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	+ 26' 20''
77	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team
78	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr
79	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling
80	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
81	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team
82	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr
83	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing	+ 26' 34''
84	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
85	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp	+ 26' 51''
86	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge
87	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
88	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha
89	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	+ 26' 57''
90	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
91	Luke Rowe	Team SKY
92	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha
93	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	+ 28' 01''
94	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 28' 17''
95	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
96	Dan Craven	Team Europcar
97	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge
98	Jose Rodolfo Serpa	Lampre Merida
99	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
100	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale
101	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale
102	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team
103	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale
104	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
105	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano
106	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale
107	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano
108	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
109	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
110	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
111	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge
112	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
113	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge
114	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling
115	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team
116	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 28' 33''
117	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 28' 54''
118	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 29' 35''
119	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team
120	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge	+ 30' 23''
121	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing
122	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo
123	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
124	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team
125	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka
126	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar
127	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
128	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
129	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar
130	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
131	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling
132	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida
133	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo
134	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team
135	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida
136	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale
137	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka
138	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol
139	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka
140	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling
141	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
142	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	+ 30' 31''
143	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 30' 41''
144	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 31' 04''
145	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 31' 26''
146	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 31' 32''
147	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 31' 36''
148	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano
149	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
150	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka
151	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol
152	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team
153	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida
154	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 31' 39''
155	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	+ 32' 03''
156	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 33' 14''
157	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	+ 33' 04''
158	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 33' 42''
159	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	+ 34' 59''

GC after Stage 20:

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	81hr 12min 13sec
2	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	@ 1min 37sec
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 2' 35''
4	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	+ 3' 57''
5	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	+ 4' 46''
6	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	+ 10' 07''
7	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	+ 10' 24''
8	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 12' 13''
9	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 13' 09''
10	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 13' 15''
11	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 16' 25''
12	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	+ 19' 59''
13	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	+ 24' 29''
14	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 25' 00''
15	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 25' 36''
16	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol	+ 30' 03''
17	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 31' 14''
18	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	+ 37' 22''
19	Angel Mate Luis	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 41' 51''
20	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 52' 04''
21	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 54' 24''
22	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 55' 04''
23	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 57' 23''
24	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 04' 53''
25	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 06' 56''
26	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 10' 59''
27	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 11' 08''
28	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 11' 31''
29	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 22' 45''
30	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 1h 30' 36''
31	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 33' 44''
32	José Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 1h 36' 40''
33	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 37' 15''
34	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 41' 05''
35	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	+ 1h 41' 15''
36	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h 43' 06''
37	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	+ 1h 43' 45''
38	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 47' 00''
39	Philip Deignan	Team SKY	+ 1h 48' 42''
40	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 1h 50' 20''
41	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 51' 22''
42	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha	+ 1h 54' 03''
43	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY	+ 1h 57' 14''
44	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 58' 00''
45	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h 58' 55''
46	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 1h 59' 06''
47	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2h 01' 26''
48	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 2h 04' 23''
49	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team	+ 2h 05' 57''
50	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 2h 06' 24''
51	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	+ 2h 13' 28''
52	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h 15' 09''
53	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	+ 2h 15' 13''
54	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2h 18' 19''
55	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2h 19' 07''
56	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 2h 20' 53''
57	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 2h 21' 47''
58	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2h 24' 10''
59	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2h 28' 35''
60	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 2h 30' 42''
61	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 38' 01''
62	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 2h 39' 55''
63	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	+ 2h 40' 14''
64	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 2h 41' 08''
65	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	+ 2h 43' 31''
66	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 2h 45' 54''
67	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 2h 45' 58''
68	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 2h 47' 38''
69	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge	+ 2h 50' 14''
70	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2h 50' 46''
71	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY	+ 2h 52' 55''
72	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha	+ 2h 55' 58''
73	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	+ 3h 00' 52''
74	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 3h 01' 00''
75	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	+ 3h 03' 00''
76	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	+ 3h 04' 14''
77	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	+ 3h 07' 00''
78	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 3h 08' 28''
79	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	+ 3h 09' 02''
80	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	+ 3h 09' 23''
81	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3h 09' 43''
82	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 3h 11' 32''
83	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	+ 3h 12' 27''
84	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 3h 14' 11''
85	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 3h 14' 15''
86	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp	+ 3h 16' 22''
87	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3h 18' 32''
88	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	+ 3h 18' 36''
89	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	+ 3h 18' 37''
90	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 3h 23' 16''
91	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 3h 23' 19''
92	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar	+ 3h 23' 30''
93	Jose Rodolfo Serpa	Lampre Merida	+ 3h 27' 41''
94	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	+ 3h 29' 33''
95	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha	+ 3h 29' 43''
96	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 3h 32' 39''
97	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 3h 32' 46''
98	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 3h 32' 49''
99	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 3h 34' 38''
100	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	+ 3h 37' 04''
101	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 3h 38' 44''
102	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol	+ 3h 39' 17''
103	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 3h 39' 28''
104	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 3h 39' 29''
105	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	+ 3h 40' 12''
106	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	+ 3h 40' 35''
107	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 3h 41' 15''
108	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	+ 3h 47' 09''
109	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 3h 47' 34''
110	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 3h 48' 42''
111	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	+ 3h 48' 49''
112	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	+ 3h 49' 11''
113	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	+ 3h 52' 00''
114	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha	+ 3h 52' 04''
115	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing	+ 3h 52' 27''
116	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	+ 3h 52' 32''
117	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 3h 52' 38''
118	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp	+ 3h 53' 05''
119	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 3h 54' 45''
120	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 3h 55' 29''
121	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 3h 57' 50''
122	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 4h 01' 45''
123	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 4h 01' 59''
124	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 4h 03' 46''
125	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 4h 03' 48''
126	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4h 05' 44''
127	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	+ 4h 09' 10''
128	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 4h 10' 14''
129	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	+ 4h 12' 56''
130	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 4h 15' 48''
131	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	+ 4h 16' 42''
132	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4h 18' 20''
133	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4h 19' 28''
134	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 4h 19' 45''
135	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 4h 20' 19''
136	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge	+ 4h 21' 16''
137	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 4h 24' 44''
138	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	+ 4h 25' 08''
139	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 4h 26' 34''
140	Dan Craven	Team Europcar	+ 4h 27' 04''
141	Luke Rowe	Team SKY	+ 4h 28' 50''
142	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	+ 4h 28' 53''
143	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	+ 4h 29' 40''
144	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 4h 33' 28''
145	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	+ 4h 35' 21''
146	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	+ 4h 36' 46''
147	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge	+ 4h 36' 59''
148	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar	+ 4h 39' 15''
149	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 4h 41' 21''
150	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	+ 4h 45' 05''
151	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 4h 47' 52''
152	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 4h 48' 30''
153	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr	+ 4h 49' 44''
154	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4h 52' 26''
155	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 4h 52' 31''
156	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 4h 53' 30''
157	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	+ 5h 02' 37''
158	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 5h 14' 11''
159	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 5h 22' 34''

Points Classification:

1	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	169 points
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	146
3	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	145
4	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	139
5	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	117
6	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	105
7	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	103
8	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	85
9	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	64
10	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	61
11	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	60
12	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	56
13	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	55
14	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	48
15	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	44
16	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	43
17	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	38
18	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	36
19	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	34
20	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	34
21	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	34
22	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	33
23	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	33
24	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	31
25	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	28
26	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	28
27	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	26
28	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	25
29	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	21
30	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	21
31	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	20
32	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	20
33	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	20
34	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	20
35	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	19
36	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	18
37	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	18
38	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	16
39	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	16
40	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	16
41	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	15
42	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	15
43	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	14
44	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	14
45	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	14
46	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	13
47	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	12
48	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	12
49	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	12
50	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	12
51	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	11
52	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	11
53	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	11
54	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	11
55	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	11
56	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	10
57	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp	10
58	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	10
59	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	9
60	Esteban Chaves Rubio	Orica GreenEdge	9
61	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	8
62	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	7
63	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	7
64	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	7
65	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	7
66	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	6
67	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	6
68	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	6
69	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	5
70	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr	5
71	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	5
72	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	5
73	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	4
74	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka	4
75	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	4
76	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	4
77	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	4
78	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	4
79	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	4
80	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	4
81	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo	3
82	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	3
83	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	3
84	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	3
85	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	3
86	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	3
87	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	3
88	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	3
89	Luis Angel Mate	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
90	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	2
91	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
92	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	2
93	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	2
94	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
95	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	2
96	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	1
97	José Herrada	Movistar Team	1
98	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY	1
99	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	1
100	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	1
101	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	1
102	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	58 points
2	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	45
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	40
4	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	33
5	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	33
6	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	20
7	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	19
8	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	19
9	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	18
10	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	18
11	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	16
12	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	15
13	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	13
14	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	11
15	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	11
16	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	11
17	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	9
18	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	8
19	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	8
20	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	7
21	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	7
22	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	7
23	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	7
24	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	6
25	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	6
26	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	5
27	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	4
28	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	4
29	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	4
30	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	4
31	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	3
32	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	3
33	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	3
34	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	3
35	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	3
36	Luke Rowe	Team SKY	3
37	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr	3
38	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	2
39	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	2
40	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	2
41	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY	2
42	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	2
43	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	2
44	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	2
45	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	2
46	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	1
47	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	1
48	Philip Deignan	Team SKY	1
49	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha	1
50	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	1
51	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	1
52	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	1
53	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1
54	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	1

Team Classification:

1	Team Katusha	243hr 43min 48sec
2	Movistar Team	@ 39min 9sec
3	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 40' 11''
4	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	+ 51' 34''
5	Team SKY	+ 1h 06' 32''
6	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 07' 00''
7	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 15' 27''
8	BMC Racing Team	+ 1h 17' 23''
9	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2h 12' 29''
10	Lotto Belisol	+ 2h 54' 54''
11	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2h 55' 16''
12	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 2h 55' 38''
13	Lampre - Merida	+ 2h 56' 10''
14	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 3h 05' 58''
15	Team Europcar	+ 3h 11' 47''
16	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 3h 56' 48''
17	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 4h 28' 59''
18	Orica GreenEdge	+ 5h 21' 06''
19	Trek Factory Racing	+ 6h 00' 12''
20	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 6h 15' 56''
21	FDJ.fr	+ 7h 00' 38''
22	IAM Cycling	+ 8h 50' 37''

Stage 20 photos:

Alberto Contador in the Red Jersey on the attack. Photo ©Sirotti

Chris Froome chasing. Photo ©Sirotti

Alejandro Valverde riding to third. Photo ©Sirotti

Fabio Aru and Joaquin Rodriguez. Photo ©Sirotti

A well-deserved stage win for Alberto Contador. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner and GC leader Alberto Contador. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 20 live updates:

Weather in Murias (near the finish) at 2PM local time: 23C (73F), partly cloudy with the wind from the west-southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). Forecast is for the temperature to climb to 26C (78F) with a 50% chance of scattered thunderstorms.

The Start: This is the last day in the high mountains with an above-categorization finish at Puerto de Ancares. Tomorrow is the final stage, an individual time trial. Three riders did not start: Filippo Pozzato, Pieter Sierry and Dario Cataldo, who crashed badly yesterday. Cataldo wanted to stay in the race, but doctors prevented his riding today.

Km 66, 120 km to go: We've got a break of four riders who have a gap 5min 28sec: Jerome Coppel (Cofidis), Przemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre), Wouter Poels (Omega Pharma) and Maxime Mederel (Europcar). The quartet went clear at about the 42nd kilometer. It was initially a trio, but Poels bridged up to the escape.

Km 70, 116 km to go: The gap has grown to 7min 40sec. The other rides are very aware of Chris Froome's improving form. Sky teammate Phillip Deignan said that the final climb will be where the race's big showdown will be and he believes Froome can win the Vuelta.

Km 85, 100 km to go: This is interesting. None of the riders in the break presents a GC threat. The best placed is Niemiec, 27th and more than an hour down. But... there are enough KOM points in play (40) today that he could take the classification from Luis Leon Sanchez. I believe Niemiec would have to win each climb, including the finish at Ancares, to take the dots.

The KOM standings at the start of today's stage:

1	Luis León Sánchez Luis	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	58 points
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	30
3	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	24
4	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	20

The quartet's gap has ballooned out to 10min 33sec.

While we're at it, here's the GC at the start of the stage:

1	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	76hr 0min 40sec
2	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	@ 1min 19sec
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 1' 32''
4	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	+ 2' 29''
5	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	+ 3' 15''
6	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	+ 6' 52''
7	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	+ 6' 59''
8	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 9' 12''
9	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 9' 44''
10	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 9' 45''

Km 89, 97 km to go: The results of the intermediate sprint at Sarria: 1st Jerome Coppel, 2nd Wouter Poels, 3rd Przemyslaw Niemiec. Gap is 10min 55sec.

Km 102, 84 km to go: The riders on on the day's first climb, the second-catgory Alto de Vilaesteva. The efforts of Sky and Astana has brought the break's gap down to 8min 12sec. To recap, the riders in the break: Jerome Coppel (Cofidis), Prsemyslaw Niemiec (Lampre), Wouter Poels (Omega Pharma) and Maxime Mederel (Europcar).

Astana rider Daniil Fominykh has abandoned the Vuelta.

Km 113, 73 km to go: The order over the Vilaesteva: 1st Wouter Poels, 2nd Maxime Mederel, 3rd Jerome Coppel. Since Niemiec was not in this leading trio, he no longer endangers Luis Leon Sanchez's hold on the KOM classification. The only riders who could take the KOM from Sacnhez are Alejandro Valverde and Alberto Contador.

Currently the break is 6min 47sec ahead of the peloton.

Km 122, 64 km to go: It's raining as the riders climb the third category Alto de O Lago. The leading trio are 6min 40sec ahead of the peloton. On the descent of the Vilaesteva three riders fell on the wet road: Jacques van Rensburg, Esteban Chaves and Ramon Sinkeldam. All three remounted without any serious problems.

Km 132, 54 km to go: The order over the Alto de O Lago: 1st Przemyslaw Niemiec, 2nd Jerome Coppel, 3rd Wouter Poels. The four riders in the break are currently 5min 55sec ahead of the Astana/Sky led pack.

46 km to go: The riders are on a steep uncategorized climb before a descent to a first-category climb. The break has a lead of 4min 51sec. The peloton looks together and not particularly strung out.

Km 145, 41 km to go: Sky is leading the pack on a high-speed descent of the O Lago, 3min 44sec behind the break.

37 km to go: Gap is 3min 41sec, Sky still leads the peloton with Astana right behind them.

31 km to go: The riders on on the first category Folgueiras. Wouter Poels has been dropped form the break. The lead trio has 2min 40sec. Luis Leon Sanchez punctured, but he is chasing back on. Sky still has lots of muscle at the fornt of the peloton.

27 km to go: It doesn't look good for the break. They have only 1min 29sec now while Sky's Kiryienka pounds away at the front of the peloton. Contador stays near the front with three teammates close by. The peloton is really strung out now on the climb.

Km 26: The riders in the break are attacking each other, but have come back together. Gap is 1min 23sec. Contador looks to be about the 7th man in the peloton.

23 km to go: The gap up to the break of Van Rensburg, Chaves and Sinkeldam is only 48 seconds. The peloton is down to about 30 riders. It looks like all the big GC guys are there.

21 km to go: Contador just nosed to the front as the pack went over the Folguerias, 40 seconds behind the break.

Order over the Folguerias: 1st Przemyslaw Niemiec, 2nd Maxime Mederel, 3rd Jerome Coppel.

Sky is taking the point as the pack descends.

18 km to go: Niemiec has taken off alone on the descent. Coppel is chasing.

11 km to go: Coppel couldn't close the gap and has been caught by the pack. Niemiec remains 17sec in front of the Sky-led pack as they climb the Puerto de Ancares. Froome rolled ahead of the pack at the Murias intermediate sprint, snagging a couple of bonus seconds.

9 km to go: 18% gradient! Philip Deignan leads Sky. Looks like about 12 riders in the Froome, Valverde, Rodriguez, Aru, Contador group. Niemiec has been caught.

Lead group is down to 8 riders.

8 km to go: Joaquin Rodriguez attacks. He seems to draw no response. He's got 14 seconds. Now Valverde goes after him, taking Warren Barguil with him.

Barguil can't stay with Valverde. Now Froome closes up to Valverde with Contador and Aru. The four have formed an elite chase group, 21 seconds behind Rodriguez.

Aru is dropped and then claws his way back on. Froome is settng the pace with the other three on his wheel.

6 km to go: Rodriguez is doing something big today. He has grown his gap to 31 seconds. Aru is dropped from the Froome group.

Froome took a vicious pull and Valverde is dropped. He has just Contador on his wheel.

5 km to go: Froome/Contador have closed to within 7 seconds of Rodriguez. Froome attacks again but can't drop Contador.

Rodriguez has been caught.

Froome goes again but Rodriguez and Contador hangs on. Valverde has recovered a bit and seems to be holding his gap of 13 seconds and not losing more ground.

4 km to go: Froome stares at his power meter as he leads Contador and Rodriguez.

Rodriguez is dropped. It's now a big fight between Contador and Froome for the 2014 Vuelta a España.

3 km to go: The road flattens and Froome continues to lead Contador. Valverde has caught and passed Rodriguez and is 19 seconds behind Froom/Contador.

2 km to go: Froome still has Contador on his wheel. Aru has caught Rodriguez.

Under the Red Kite: Valverde is now more than a minute behind. Froome tries again to drop Contador, but the Spaniard is still there.

The Finish: It gets steeper. Bam! Contador attacks! He's gone. He flies away to what looks like what will be a stage victory.

He does it. Alberto Contador wins stage 20, looks like about 15 seconds ahead of Froome. Valverde comes in about a minute later.

Stage 20 map and profile

Stage 20 map

Stage 20 profile

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