Vuelta a España: Valverde slips to third overall

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) started stage 18 of the Vuelta a España in second place overall, three seconds ahead of Chris Froome (Team Sky) but ended the day in third place, shipping 13 seconds to the Briton. Valverde lead home Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) and Joaquim Rodríguez (Katusha) to win the sprint for the third place and pick up previous time bonifications and hasn't given up on reclaiming his second place.

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