Sander Armee (Lotto-Soudal) wins stage 18 Vuelta a Espana.

Sander Armee (Team Lotto-Soudal) solo's to stage victory in Alto de Santo Toribio de Liébana, Vuelta a Espana.

 Chris Froome (Team Sky) stays in red leaders jersey after surging clear and distance his closer rival Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida).  

As is so often the case in the third week of a Grand Tour, there were two races for the price of one on stage 18 of the Vuelta, as a 20-man break forged clear after a little over an hour of racing and fought it out for stage victory, while Froome, Nibali et al traded blows in the battle for GC honours further down the road.

Newest overrall top ten General classification result

 1, Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 72:03:50,
2, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:37,
3, Wilco Kelderman (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:02:17,
 4, Ilnur Zakarin (Russia) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:29,
5, Alberto Contador Velasco (Spain) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:34,
6, Miguel Angel Lopez (Colombia) Astana Pro Team 0:05:16,
7, Michael Woods (Cannada) Cannondale-Drapac 0:06:33,
8, Fabio Aru (Italy) Astana Pro Team 0:06:33,
9 Wout Poels (Netherland) Team Sky 0:06:47,
10, Steven Kruijswijk (Netherland) Team LottoNL-Jumbo 0:10:26.