ALTO DE AITANA , Spain (AP) — Nairo Quintana is poised to win the Spanish Vuelta after protecting his lead over Chris Froome in a grueling penultimate stage in the southern mountains on Saturday.
Barring an accident or incident on the final stage's traditional arrival in Madrid, the Colombian riding for Movistar will add the Vuelta to the 2014 Giro d'Italia on his Grand Tour list of honors.
Pierre-Roger Latour of France won the 193-kilometer (120-mile) stage traversing three category-two ascents from Benidorm to a special-category finish at the Alto de Aitana summit in over five hours.