Nairo Quintana (Movistar) is poised to win the Vuelta a España after holding off Chris Froome (Team Sky) in the final mountain stage won by Pierre Latour (ag2r-La Mondiale).

The Briton attacked repeatedly in the finale of the last climb to Alto de Aitana but he was unable to drop the red jersey, who, barring a crash, will win his second Grand Tour after the 2014 Giro d’Italia on Sunday.

Esteban Chaves (Orica-BikeExchange) jumped away from the favourites’ group on the penultimate climb to leapfrog Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) into third overall.

Omar Fraile (Dimension Data) will win the polka dot jersey by a single point after he leapfrogged Kenny Elissonde by being first at top of the opening climb. Fabio Felline (Trek-Segafredo) is now leading the points classification after taking third place in the stage.

Here are onboard highlights from the stage:

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