Nibali wins 2010 Vuelta as Farrar takes final stage

Vincenzo Nibali wins overall, Vuelta a Espana 2010, stage 21

published 19 September 2010

Vuelta a Espana 2010, stage 21 photo gallery by Graham Watson>>

The real Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) appeared to be missing in the Vuelta a Espana's final stage on Sunday in Madrid. Cavendish failed to show the same acceleration that won him three stages over the last three weeks and lost to American Tyler Farrar (Garmin).

Vuelta a España winner, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Doimo) became teh first Italian to win the Spanish race for 20 years. Nibali will depart for Australia on Tuesday as part of Italy's nine-man team. His mind will be on the Vuelta a España, though, because over the last three weeks he evolved from one of the many Grand Tour hopefuls to an actual winner. At 25 years old, there are many voices singing his praise and talking about the possibility of him dethroning Alberto Contador at next year's Tour de France.

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Nibali wins 2010 Vuelta as Farrar takes final stage

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