"Superman" Lopez took the podium in third place, Eric Más won the second and Yates celebrated his first championship.

In stage 20 of the Tour of Spain, disputed between Escaldes-Engordany (Andorra) and Coll de la Gallina with 97.3 kilometers, the shortest in the history of the Vuelta, Simón Yates reaffirmed his leadership in the general classification, remaining as the virtual champion for the Mitchelton-Scott team.

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The Colombian Miguel Angel "Superman" Lopez del Astana, managed to get on the podium after finishing third in the general classification, after finishing second in the stage. Enric Más was left with second place on the podium, representing the Quick-Step Floors team. Alejandro Valverde, the figure of the Movistar Team, lost the third place to Lopez, highlights El Heraldo.

How did they do it?

Simon Yates

After losing the Giro d'Italia to a dominant Chris Froome in Bardonecchia, the rematch of Simon Yates came with his first victory in a big one: the Tour of Spain. The preparation, supported by the philosophy "the best defense is a good attack" that he announced from the beginning, gave him the victory at age 26, Marca points out.

His strategy of long wait holding the united attacks of Nairo Quintana and Alejandro Valverde, led him to become a kind of pattern, that with his hand told those who were ahead to keep moving forward to prevent everyone who went with him from benefiting from times, which would give him the opportunity to attack near the end of the stage and be able to expand the difference with the second in the general, thus maintaining the leader's Red Maillot, review El País de España.

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With Yates winning the Vuelta España, British cycling topped the big three with Chris Froome triumphant in the Giro d'Italia and Geraint Thomas champion of the Tour de France.

"Superman" López

With the impulse obtained by his Astana teammates Omar Fraile and Darío Cataldo and the collaboration of Nibali, "Superman" López tried his first ambush at Yates 37 kilometers from the finish line. On the descent to Comella, after an attack by Nairo Quintana, who went from third place to eighth overall, Lopez had another push attacking Yates, discounting a few seconds of difference, says El Mundo de España.

Three kilometers from the end, veteran Valverde could not hold his third place and was overtaken by Lopez. Likewise, the latter lost to Enric Mas who won the stage 20 victory at the end. Thanks to this, he achieved the position two on the podium, while Lopez, was left with third place at 2.4 minutes from Yates. Rigoberto Urán was seventh, adds the Spanish media.

The stroll through La Castellana

After three weeks of cycling battle with a champagne toast and the applause of hundreds of spectators, Yates made the stage 21 of the Vuelta España that left Alcorcón to finish in Madrid. The same was done by Enric Mas and the Colombian "Superman" López, who got his second podium, after doing it in the Giro d'Italia when he finished third.

The winner of the last stage was Elia Viviani for Quick-Step Floors, "dominator of the sprinters in this edition with three wins with Peter Sagan", highlights AS.

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Translated from: 'Vuelta a España: Simón Yates se coronó campeón y “Superman" López subió al podio'