stage 14

spaniard alberto contador put a golden mark on this vuelta with a counter-attack of ezequiel mosquera's strong effort to arrive solo and win stage 14 atop the puerto de san isidro. he added further time into his overall classification lead with both sastre and valverde dropped in the final four kilometres. leipheimer climbed well to stick in second spot and help further solidify his second on gc position.

in the tipping stakes, team rapido came away with the stage win after most of the tipsters used up their contador in the previous stage. team becstars lost the most today dropping 15 min and falling down the leaderboard. a few mountain and sprint points were gained, but not enough to affect the overall.