Andorra la Vella — Chris Froome climbed into the leader’s red jersey at the Vuelta a Espana on Monday despite missing out on the stage three win to Vincenzo Nibali. Four-time Grand Tour winner Nibali took the mountainous 158.5km ride from Prades to Andorra la Vella in 4hr 01min 22sec ahead of Spaniard David de la Cruz, with Tour de France champion Froome in third. However, that was enough to move the Briton into the overall lead, 2sec ahead of De la Cruz, Ireland’s Nicolas Roche and American Tejay van Garderen. It was another disappointing day for three-time Vuelta winner Alberto Contador in his final race before retirement as he finished more than 2min down on the leaders to trail Froome by 3min 10sec overall. The rest of the general classification favourites finished together, as after a team time trial in the opening stage and a long flat ride from Nimes to Gruissan on Sunday, the race exploded into life as it passed from France into Andorra. Froome is aiming to become just the t...
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