nick parrott, bbc news.
britain's simon yates has
all but assured himself victory
in the vuelta a espana by finishing
third in saturday's 20th
and penultimate stage.
the michelton—scott rider
survived an arduous final mountain
stage and will take a lead of one
minute 46 seconds into sunday's
final processional stage to madrid.
yates is set to complete
an unprecedented clean sweep of this
year's grand tours by british riders
after chris froome's giro d'italia
win and geraint thomas's victory
at the tour de france.
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