Stage 21

The road

At the start

Madrid, and a red jersey that held

Nairo Quintana answered everything Chris Froome threw at him on the Aitana and carries 1:23 into Madrid, with Esteban Chaves and Alberto Contador thirteen seconds apart over the last place on the podium. Fabio Felline has the points jersey, Omar Fraile the mountains. Today is 105 kilometres from Las Rozas and then nine laps of a 5.8-kilometre circuit in the capital.

How it was won

1. 153 km to go

   Nine laps of Madrid to go

   As the shadows lengthen over the capital, Jauréguí, Kennaugh, Chetout and Bouwman escape with a little under nine laps of the 5.8km circuit left and provide the evening's entertainment.

2. 2At the line

   Quintana's first Grand Tour

   Bennati opens from distance and Magnus Cort Nielsen, patient on Keukeleire's wheel, produces a fine finishing effort inside the last 200 metres for his second win of the race. Behind, Nairo Quintana rolls home in red — the first Colombian to win the Vuelta a España, ahead of Froome and Chaves.

The result