Tom Pidcock stands to finish on the podium of the Vuelta a Espana on Sunday after surviving the final mountain test as Jonas Vingegaard rode away to take a stage 20 win that seals his overall victory.
Pidcock, defending an advantage of 39 seconds over Jai Hindley, wrestled his bike up gradients in excess of 20 per cent to the summit of the Bola del Mundo - the last 3km of which were ridden on broken concrete in a brutal test of stamina at the end of three weeks.
