Dan Martin too no chances on the wet roads of Santiago and ended in 122nd, 1' 54" down - but he'll end the Vuelta in 7th overall...
Fabio Aru will end his Vuelta in a fine 5th-place overall, but he took no chances in Santiago and ended in 104th place, 1' 41" down...
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Alberto Contador won the Vuelta overall, despite finishing in 101st place in Santiago, 1' 40" down..!
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Dani Navarro took 85th at 1' 33" in Santiago, but ended his Vuelta in 10th place overall...
Amets Txurruka saw his TT chances go out the window when the second big shower of the evening came down on him...
Warren Barguil raced well on the wet roads to take 70th at 1' 17" - his Vuelta ended in 8th overall...
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Damiano Caruso took 68th at 1' 15" in Santiago, and ended his Vuelta in 9th overall...
Chris Froome looks frigid with concentration in Santiago - he took 63rd at 1' 13" to secure 2nd-place overall...
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Joaquin Rodriguez took 56th at 1' 08" in Santiago, beating Valverde, Froome and Contador in the process - but his Vuelta ended in 4th place overall...
Sammy Sanchez ended his Vuelta in 6th overall after taking 48th place at 1' 03" in Santiago...
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Alejandro Valverde defended his 3rd-place overall by taking 32nd place at 55-seconds, in Santiago...
Greg Henderson's 16th place in Santiago, at 28-seconds, came as part of a private contest against two other Kiwis...
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Sam Bewley took 13th, at 22-seconds of the winner, beating Kiwi Greg Henderson by six-seconds...
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Kirstof Vandewalle looked spectacular when taking 11th place at just 19-seconds on dry roads...
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Jasper Stuyven looked mean and lean as he raced to 9th place in Santiago, 18-seconds off the pace...
Alexey Lutsenko raced on still-wet roads and managed a remarkable 8th at 18-seconds..!
Maciej Bodnar smashed his way around the dry course to take 7th place, 18-seconds down...
Sergei Chernetsky took 6th place at 18-seconds...
After suffering his way around Spain for three weeks, Jimmy Engoulvent hammered to a brilliant 5th place in Santiago, just 17-seconds down...
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Vasil Kiryienka sped to 4th place in Santiago, 17-seconds down, after three weeks hard graft for Team Sky..!
Rohan Dennis raced on wettening roads to a brilliant 3rd place, just nine-seconds down on the winner..!
Jesse Sergent took a brilliant 2nd-place in Santiago, beating the other three Kiwis but missing the stage-win by just eight-seconds..!
Adriano Malori blasted around the dry course to win the last-stage TT..!
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Alberto Contador's pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela is over - and he got there first..!
Alberto Contador celebrates his third Vuelta a España victory with Chris Froome and Alejandro Valverde