Name: Vuelta a Espana 2017
Start: 2017-08-19T00:00:00Z
End: 2017-09-10T00:00:00Z
Location: Nîmes

Stage 21: Froome seals overall Vuelta a Espana victory

Matteo Trentin claimed his fourth stage of the Vuelta a Espana as Chris Froome sealed victory in Madrid to close out the Spanish Grand Tour. There was a slight reshuffle in the GC as Alberto Contador enjoyed the closing kilometers of his career and subsequently dropped from fourth to fifth place.

For Froome, the overall win capped off a six-year quest for the Spanish Grand Tour after his second place by 13 seconds in 2011. The Sky rider won four Tour de Frances following his maiden Grand Tour podium and before 2-17 had three runner-up results to his name. After winning the fourth Tour in July, Froome made history in Madrid as the first rider to do the Tour-Vuelta double since the race moved to its late-summer time slot.

Froome also won the points and combination classifications with Davide Villella (Cannondale-Drapac) winning the mountains classification. Astana won the team classification and its Colombian climber Miguel Angel Lopez was the best young rider.

Stage 21 Brief Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors	3:06:25
2	Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) FDJ
3	Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb
4	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Cannondale-Drapac
5	Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
6	Magnus Cort (Den) Orica-Scott
7	Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
8	Sacha Modolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
9	Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
10	Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) FDJ

Final General Classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky	82:30:02
2	Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida	0:02:15
3	Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin	0:02:51
4	Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb	0:03:15
5	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Trek-Segafredo	0:03:18
6	Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky	0:06:59
7	Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac	0:08:27
8	Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team	0:09:13
9	Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo	0:11:18
10	Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:15:50

Overview

The organisers of the Vuelta a España continue to provide a punishing parcours for the final Grand Tour of the season. The 2017 edition is packed with summit finishes - including the legendary Angliru on the penultimate stage.

The mountains begin early, with stage 3 traversing Andorra en route from the opening stages in Nîmes to the first stage on Spanish soil in Catalunya on stage 4.

It's not going to be a beach holiday for the bunch, however, as a transfer to Valencia sees another lumpy stage with a category 3 finish in Ermita Santa Lucía on stage 5.

The serious climbing comes at the end of the second week, as the race heads into the Sierra Nevada with two major summit finishes before the second rest day.

An 800km transfer awaits the riders after this test, as they fly to the other side of the country to Logroño for a flat stage, then two minor summit finish stages (17 & 18) and one lumpy stage leading into the decisive Angliru finish.

2017 Vuelta a Espana start list

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Final GC of the 2016 Vuelta a España

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team	83:31:28
2	Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky	0:01:23
3	Esteban Chaves (Col) Orica-BikeExchange	0:04:08
4	Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team	0:04:21
5	Andrew Talansky (USA) Cannondale-Drapac	0:07:43
6	Simon Yates (GBr) Orica-BikeExchange	0:08:33
7	David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step	0:11:18
8	Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team	0:13:04
9	Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac	0:13:17
10	George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo	0:14:07