matti breschel of team csc-saxo bank topped a rough sprint in madrid to close out the 63rd vuelta. breschel finished ahead of alexandre usov of ag2r and davide viganò of quick step.contador of finished safely in the peloton to put his name on a short list of riders who have won all three grand tours. he topped the classification after three weeks of racing by 46 seconds over teammate leipheimer and 4:12 over sastre to take his third grand tour to win after the tour de france in 2007 and the giro d'italia this may.
in the tipping comp, damnchickens held on to the top spot with team escalon only 35 sec behind and team rapido rounding out the podium.
in the sprinters competitions, the same three teams took the podium.
the mountain comp was taken out by team creditless onthedole, with team escalon only 3 points behind and damnchickens taking the minor placing.
this stage marks the end of the grand tours this year, but this week also contains the world championships so i will run a men's time trial and road race tipping comp, so stay tuned.
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