Vuelta a Espana
Magnus Cort won his second and Orica-BikeExchange's fourth stage of the 2016 Vuelta a Espana as Nairo Quintana safely finished in the bunch to claim overall honours ahead of Chris Froome. The stage 21 city circuit in Madrid allowed the classification winners to enjoy a flute of champagne before the racing kicked off as Quentin Jauregui (AG2R La Mondiale), Pete Kennaugh (Sky), Loic Chetout (Cofidis) and Koen Bouwman (LottoNL-Jumbo) provided entertainment as the breakaway.
Too many teams wanted a sprint finish and the breakaway was damned but that didn't stop Chetout and Jauregui giving it their all before the conclusion with Daniele Bennati (Tinkoff) and Gianni Meersman (Etixx-QuickStep) rounding out the podium behind Cort.
While stage 21 was an easier day in the saddle for the peloton, Saturday's stage 20 was the final opportunity to shake up the general classification following the stage 19 time trial reordering. A dashing ride by Esteban Chaves and selfless teamwork from his Orica-BikeExchange squad lifted the Colombian into third place, knocking Alberto Contador into fourth place. The stage was won from the breakaway with AG2R-La Mondiale's Pierre Latour taking the honours ahead of Darwin Atapuma (BMC).
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Along with the red jersey, Quintana also won the white combination classification with Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo) claiming the green points jersey, Omar Fraile the polka dot mountain classification, and BMC the team classification.
GP de Montreal
Greg Van Avermaet made up for a narrow loss to Peter Sagan at the GP de Quebec on Friday as the BMC rider got the better of the world champion for the victory. Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) rounded out the podium in third place.
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