Wednesday 4 March 2020 11:53, UK
Nairo Quintana won the 2016 Vuelta a Espana.
The Colombian beat Chris Froome into second place by 1min 23sec and Esteban Chaves into third by 4min 8sec.
Here is how the race panned out...
Stage 1: Saturday, August 20 – Ourense to Parque Nautico de Castrelo de Mino – 29.4km team time trial
Stage winner: Team Sky. Race leader: Peter Kennaugh (Team Sky).
Stage 2: Sunday, August 21 – Ourense to Baiona – 159km
Stage winner: Gianni Meersman (Etixx - Quick-Step). Race leader: Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky).
Stage 3: Monday, August 22 – Marin to Dumbria – 170km
Stage winner: Alexandre Geniez (FDJ.fr). Race leader: Ruben Fernandez (Movistar).
Stage 4: Tuesday, August 23 – Betanzos to San Andres de Teixido – 161km
Stage winner: Lilian Calmejane (Direct Energie). Race leader: Darwin Atapuma (BMC Racing).
Stage 5: Wednesday, August 24 – Viveiro to Lugo – 170km
Stage winner: Gianni Meersman (Etixx - Quick-Step). Race leader: Darwin Atapuma (BMC Racing).
Stage 6: Thursday, August 25 – Monforte de Lemos to Luintra – 163km
Stage winner: Simon Yates (Orica-BikeExchange). Race leader: Darwin Atapuma (BMC Racing).
Stage 7: Friday, August 26 - Maceda to Puebla de Sanabria – 158.3km
Stage winner: Jonas Van Genechten (IAM Cycling). Race leader: Darwin Atapuma (BMC Racing).
Stage 8: Saturday, August 27 – Villapando to La Camperona – 177km
Stage winner: Sergey Lagutin (Katusha). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 9: Sunday, August 28 – Cistierna to Alto del Naranco – 165km
Stage winner: David de la Cruz (Etixx - Quick-Step). Race leader: David de la Cruz (Etixx - Quick-Step).
Stage 10: Monday, August 29 – Lugones to Lagos de Covadonga – 186.6km
Stage winner: Nairo Quintana (Movistar). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 11: Wednesday, August 31 – Colunga to Pena Cabarga – 168.8km
Stage winner: Chris Froome (Team Sky). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 12: Thursday, September 1 – Los Corrales de Buelna to Bilbao – 193.2km
Stage winner: Jens Keukeleire (Orica-BikeExchange). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 13: Friday, September 2 – Bilbao to Urdax-Dantxarinea – 212.8km
Stage winner: Valerio Conti (Lampre-Merida). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 14: Saturday, September 3 – Urdax-Dantxarinea to Col d’Aubisque – 196km
Stage winner: Robert Gesink (LottoNL-Jumbo). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 15: Sunday, September 4 – Sabinanigo to Aramon Formigal – 118.5km
Stage winner: Gianluca Brambilla (Etixx - Quick-Step). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 16: Monday, September 5 – Alcaniz to Peniscola – 156.4km
Stage winner: Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC Racing). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 17: Wednesday, September 7 – Castellon to Camins del Penyagolosa – 177.5km
Stage winner: Mathias Frank (IAM Cycling). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 18: Thursday, September 8 – Requena to Gandia – 200.6km
Stage winner: Magnus Cort Nielsen (Orica-BikeExchange). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 19: Friday, September 9 – Xabia to Calp – 37km individual time trial
Stage winner: Chris Froome (Team Sky). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 20: Saturday, September 10 – Benidorm to Alto de Aitana – 193.2km
Stage winner: Pierre Latour (Ag2r-La Mondiale). Race leader: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
Stage 21: Sunday, September 11 – Las Rozas to Madrid – 104.8km
Stage winner: Magnus Cort Nielsen (Orica-BikeExchange). Race winner: Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
- Stage 8: The climb to the finish at La Camperona is savage and will give the general classification a major shake-up.
- Stage 14: A massive day in the Pyrenees that could create big gaps between the overall contenders.
- Stage 19: The long and flat time trial could have a decisive say on the overall outcome.
- 10, six and four seconds will be awarded to the top three on stages (except the time trials on stages one and 19).
- Three, two and one second will be awarded to the top three at intermediate sprints.
- Hugh Carthy (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA).
- Chris Froome (Team Sky).
- Peter Kennaugh (Team Sky).
- Scott Thwaites (Bora-Argon 18).
- Simon Yates (Orica-BikeExchange).
- Red: General classification.
- Green: Points classification.
- Blue and white polka dots: Mountains classification.
- White: Best all-round rider.
AG2R-LA MONDIALE
Country: France. Status: WorldTour
Team: Gediminas Bagdnoas, Jan Bakelants, Francois Bidard, Axel Domont, Quentin Juaregui, Pierre Latour, Sebastien Minard, Jean-Christophe Peraud, Christophe Riblon.
ASTANA
Country: Kazakhstan. Status: WorldTour
Team: Miguel Angel Lopez, Dario Cataldo, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Davide Malacarne, Luis Leon Sanchez, Michele Sacrponi, Gatis Smukulis, Alessandro Vanotti, Andrey Zeits.
BMC RACING
Country: United States. Status: WorldTour
Team: Tejay van Garderen, Darwin Atapuma, Jean-Pierre Drucker, Philippe Gilbert, Ben Hermans, Samuel Sanchez, Dylan Teuns, Danilo Wyss, Silvan Dillier.
BORA-ARGON 18
Country: Germany. Status: Pro Continental
Team: Scott Thwaites, Jose Mendes, Cesare Benedetti, Bartosz Huzarski, Silvio Herklotz, Christoph Pfingsten, Gregor Muhlberger, Michael Schwarzmann, Rudiger Selig.
CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA
Country: Spain. Status: Pro Continental
Team: David Arroyo, Hugh Carthy, Pello Bilbao, Jose Goncalves, Angel Madrazo, Lluis Mas, Sergio Pardilla, Eduard Prades, Jaime Roson.
CANNONDALE-DRAPAC
Country: United States. Status: WorldTour
Team: Andrew Talansky, Patrick Bevin, Simon Clarke, Joe Dombrowski, Davide Formolo, Ben King, Moreno Moser, Pierre Rolland, Davide Villella.
COFIDIS
Country: France. Status: Pro Continental
Team: Yoann Bagot, Loic Chetout, Jerome Cousin, Romain Hardy, Luis Angel Mate, Rudy Molard, Stephane Rossetto, Florian Senechal, Kenneth Vanbilsen.
DIMENSION DATA
Country: South Africa. Status: WorldTour
Team: Igor Anton, Kristian Sbaragli, Merhawi Kudus, Jaco Venter, Omar Fraile, Jacques Janse van Rensburg, Tyler Farrar, Nick Dougall, Nathan Haas.
DIRECT ENERGIE
Country: France. Status: Pro Continental
Team: Romain Sicard, Fabrice Jeandesboz, Perrig Quemeneur, Romain Cardis, Lilian Calmejane, Julien Morice, Ryan Anderson, Tony Hurel, Bryan Nauleau.
ETIXX – QUICK-STEP
Country: Belgium. Status: WorldTour
Team: Gianni Meersman, David de la Cruz, Pieter Serry, Zdenek Stybar, Niki Terpstra, Maxime Bouet, Gianluca Brambilla, Yves Lampaert, Martin Velits.
FDJ.FR
Country: France. Status: WorldTour
Team: Kenny Elissonde, Alexandre Geniez, Matthieu Ladagnous, Johan Le Bon, Lorenzo Manzin, Laurent Pichon, Kevin Reza, Odd Christian Eiking.
GIANT-ALPECIN
Country: Germany. Status: WorldTour
Team: Warren Barguil, Nikias Arndt, Koen de Kort, Johannes Frohlinger, Chad Haga, Tobias Ludvigsson, Sindre Skjostad Lunke, Tom Stamsnijder, Zico Waeytens.
IAM CYCLING
Country: Switzerland. Status: WorldTour
Team: Dries Devenyns, Clement Chevrier, Mathias Frank, Simon Pellaud, Vicente Reynes, Vegard Stake Laengen, Jonas Van Genechten, Larry Warbasse, Marcel Wyss.
KATUSHA
Country: Russia. Status: WorldTour
Team: Tiago Machado, Sven Erik Bystrom, Alberto Losada, Jhonatan Restrepo, Egor Silin, Sergey Lagutin, Matvey Mamykin, Rein Taaramae, Pavel Kochetkov.
LAMPRE-MERIDA
Country: Italy. Status: WorldTour
Team: Louis Meintjes, Yukiya Arashiro, Mattia Cattaneo, Valerio Conti, Mario Costa, Kristijan Durasek, Tsgabu Grmay, Ilia Koshevoy, Federico Zurlo.
LOTTONL-JUMBO
Country: Netherlands. Status: WorldTour
Team: Steven Kruijswijk, Robert Gesink, Enrico Battaglin, Martijn Keizer, Bram Tankink, Koen Bouwman, George Bennett, Victor Campanaerts, Jos van Emden.
LOTTO SOUDAL
Country: Belgium. Status: WorldTour
Team: Thomas de Gendt, Sander Armee, Bart De Clerq, Gert Dockx, Adam Hansen, Maxime Monfort, Tosh Van Der Sande, Louis Vervaeke, Jelle Wallays.
MOVISTAR
Country: Spain. Status: WorldTour
Team: Nairo Quintana, Alejandro Valverde, Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Moreno, Imanol Erviti, Jose Herrada, Jonathan Castroviejo, Jose Joaquin Rojas, Rory Sutherland.
ORICA-BIKEEXCHANGE
Country: Australia. Status: WorldTour
Team: Esteban Chaves, Simon Yates, Simon Gerrans, Sam Bewley, Magnus Cort Nielsen, Jack Haig, Damien Howson, Jens Keukeleire, Svein Tuft.
TEAM SKY
Country: Great Britain. Status: WorldTour
Team: Chris Froome, Peter Kennaugh, Michal Kwiatkowski, Michal Golas, David Lopez, Salvatore Puccio, Leopold Konig, Ian Boswell, Christian Knees.
TINKOFF
Country: Russia. Status: WorldTour
Team: Alberto Contador, Jesus Hernandez, Robert Kiserlovski, Yuri Trofimov, Sergio Paulinho, Ivan Rovny, Daniele Bennati, Manuele Boaro, Michael Gogl.
TREK-SEGAFREDO
Country: United States. Status: WorldTour