Cycling: Barguil wins again, Horner cuts Nibali lead

Sep 10, 2013
Cycling: Barguil wins again, Horner cuts Nibali lead
Frenchman Warren Barguil managed to win his second Vuelta a Espana stage in just four days while race leader Vincenzo Nibali's advantage was cut to 28 seconds. Argos-Shimano's Barguil, just 21 years old, held on to take the 146.8km stage in a photo finish from Sky's Rigoberto Uran. Race leader Nibali struggled on the climb to the finish and his lead was reduced by 22 seconds with just five stages left. The Italian rider's closest rival, American Chris Horner, broke away from him with around 3km remaining and Spaniard Alejandro Valverde also managed to do some damage, remains in third place overall but he also gained time on Nibali and is now just one minute 14 seconds behind the Giro d'Italia winner. Stage 17 will take place on Wednesday and it will be a fairly flat one, then stage 18 on Thursday will feature a first category climb at the finish, Friday's stage 19 will be a hilly one while the decisive battle will be on Saturday when the riders will have to face stage 20 which features a first category climb before the most difficult ascent of this year's race, the 12,2 kilometers to L'Alto de L'Angliru. Who will win this year's race is still anybody's guess, with the top three riders in the general classification very close to each other in terms of delays and form as well. Here are the outright odds at the moment at Bet365: Vincenzo Nibali - 13/20 Chris Horner - 21/10 Alejandro Valverde - 8/1 Joaquim Rodriguez - 14/1 Nicholas Roche - 100/1
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