Stage 20: Santo Estevo de Ribas > Puerto de Ancares, 186kms

The day's hopeful escape is led by Jerome Coppel - they're working hard to get away and stay away..!

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Somewhere high above the rivers of Cinsa and Cabe, the peloton settles down to its last road-stage in the Vuelta...

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Caja Rural is re-paying someone's generosity by doing all the chasing in the first hours...

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Jacopo Guarnieri leads Astana's chase in the third hour of racing - the peloton is seven-minutes beind...

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Maxim Mederel leads the escape over the Alto do Lago with 50-kilometres to go - and they still have a five-minute lead...

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The peloton is still led by Astana on the high sierras of Galicia...

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Team Sky has suddenly picked up the chase on the penultimate ascent, a nasty 1st-category...

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Niemiec is the last escaper left in front as the massive climb to Ancares begins...

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Team Sky is now leading the race up the Puerto de Ancares, the final battle is about to start..!

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Joaquin Rodrigues attacks on the narrowest and steepest part of the climb...

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Alejandro Valverde attacks Chris Froome and Alberto Contador and chases Rodriguez..!

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Froome starts to work, chasing Rodriguez and Valverde - but knowing Contador is stuck on his wheel..!

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Froome struggles to keep pace with Rodriguez, having caught and passed Valverde...

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As Froome wilts, Valverde surges again, this is quite a battle..!

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Rodriguez is about to be caught by Froome and Contador, who have now dropped Valverde for good with five-kilometres to go...

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Froome sets the pace ahead of Contador and Rodriguez, but his face shows the starin he's under...

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Froome and Contador are in a duel for the stage-win if not the G.C as well, but Contador is about to make his move in the last kilometre...

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Alberto Contador wins stage twenty and with it, virtually, the 2014 Vuelta a España..!

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Chris Froome finishes 16-seconds down on Contador, but he's virtually assured of 2nd-overall in the Vuelta...

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Alejandro Valverde loses 57-seconds at Ancares, but he too is virtually assured of 3rd-place overall.

Cadel Evans nears the finish with a loss of almost 29-minutes today, yet the Australian seems comfortable enough with his status in the Vuelta

Chad Haga is almost at the end of his first-ever grand tour in his first-ever season as a pro - bravo!

David Millar nears the finish of his last-ever Vuelta road stage after a Spanish experience going back to 1999 - now that's quite a career!