Chris Froome kept his comfortable lead over Italian Vincenzo Nibali ahead of Saturday's decisive Spanish Vuelta stage up the challenging l'Angliru summit. Froome avoided trouble in Friday's 150-kilometre ride from Caso to Gijon, staying one minute, 37 seconds ahead of Nibali in the overall standings. Angliru is going to be rude, but it's an explosive and short stage, so we can expect fireworks from the start. Ottawa's Michael Woods is in seventh place overall, 6:33 off the pace. Saturday will be the last competitive stage before riders parade into Madrid to end the three-week Grand Tour race on Sunday.

Source: CBC News September 08, 2017 18:02 UTC