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2013 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 19 Results (News Wires)

American veteran Christopher Horner took the lead of the Vuelta a Espana in a mountainous 19th stage won by Joaquim Rodriguez on Friday.

Entering the day 3 seconds behind overnight leaderVincenzo Nibali, the 41-year-old Horner pulled away from the Giro d’Italia champion over the final uphill ascent to the finish line to claim a 3-second lead with just two days left.

Rodriguez used an explosive burst of speed to get his first stage victory of this edition with a winning time of more than 4 hours.

The penultimate stage is an 88-mile course that takes riders over three major summits before a last ascent of a special-category climb to the Alto de l’Angliru peak before the traditional finish in Madrid on Sunday.

Stage 19 Brief Results:

  1. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain / Katusha) 4:16:13″
  2. Diego Ulissi (Italy / Lampre) +11″
  3. Daniel Moreno (Spain / Katusha)
  4. Samuel Sanchez (Spain / Euskaltel)
  5. Chris Horner (U.S. / RadioShack) +14″
  6. Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar)
  7. Michele Scarponi (Italy / Lampre) +16″
  8. Leopold Koenig (Czech Republic / NetApp) +20″
  9. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana)
  10. Nicolas Roche (Ireland / Saxo – Tinkoff) +23″

General Classification After Stage 19:

  1. Chris Horner (U.S. / RadioShack) 77:56:05″
  2. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana) +3″
  3. Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar) +1:06″
  4. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain / Katusha) +1:57″
  5. Nicolas Roche (Ireland / Saxo – Tinkoff) +3:49″
  6. Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy / AG2R) +6:00″
  7. Leopold Koenig (Czech Republic / NetApp) +6:38″
  8. Thibaut Pinot (France / FDJ.fr) +7:02″
  9. Samuel Sanchez (Spain / Euskaltel) +7:45″
  10. Daniel Moreno (Spain / Katusha) +11:05″
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