Alberto Contador powers towards Vuelta triumph as Dan Martin slips to seventh
Alberto Contador
Alberto Contador all but crowned victory in the Vuelta a Espana as the Tinkoff-Saxo rider pulled away from Chris Froome on the final climb of the Tour to claim his second stage win.
With only Sunday's time trial in Santiago de Compostela to come, the Spaniard has a lead of one minute 37 seconds over Team Sky's Froome, who surely knew as he watched his rival dance clear that he would have to settle for second.
