British rider Cummings wins 13th Vuelta stage

FERROL, Spain: Britain’s Stephen Cummings of BMC won the 13th stage of the Tour of Spain yesterday while Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez held on to the overall leader’s red jersey.
Cummings launched an attack in the final kilometer of the relatively flat 172.8-kilometer (108-mile) ride from Santiago de Compostela to Ferrol and crossed the finish line ahead of Australia’s Cameron Meyer of Orica.
Spain’s Juan Antonio Flech of Sky finished third.
The three were part of a group of seven riders who spent most of the course ahead of the rest of the peloton but Cummings, who broke his pelvis in February in the Tour of the Algarve, managed to outmaneuver them in the final moments.
Rodriguez kept his place on top of the overall standings as well as his 13 second advantage over his nearest rival, Spain’s Alberto Contador who is returning to competition after a two-year doping ban.
Britain’s Christopher Froome, the runner-up at this year’s Tour de France, is third in the overall standings, 53 seconds behind the leader.
The Tour of Spain continues on Saturday with a 149.2-kilometer ride from Palas de Rei and Puerto de Ancares.
The race finishes on September 9 in Madrid.
The Tour of Spain is one of cycling’s three ‘major tours’ along with the Tour de France and the Giro d’Italia.
Leading results from the 13th stage of the Tour of Spain on Friday:
1. Stephen Cummings
(GBR/BMC) 4h05min 02sec
2. Cameron Meyer (AUS/GEC) at 0:04.
3. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/SKY) 0:04.
4. Simon Clarke (AUS/GEC) 0:14.
5. Linus Gerdemann (GER/RSH) 0:14.
6. Thomas De Gendt (BEL/VAC) 0:14.
7. John Degenkolb (GER/ARG) 0:40.
8. Allan Davis (AUS/GEC) 0:40.
9. Ben Swift (GBR/SKY) 0:40.
10. Lloyd Mondory (FRA/ALM) 0:40.
Overall
1. Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP/KAT) 48h56min 17sec
2. Alberto Contador (ESP/SAX) at 0:13.
3. Chris Froome (GBR/SKY) 0:51.
4. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/MOV) 1:20.
5. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 2:59.
6. Daniel Moreno (ESP/KAT) 3:29.
7. Nicolas Roche (IRL/ALM) 4:22.
8. Andrew Talansky (USA/GRM) 5:17.
9. Laurens ten Dam (NED/RAB) 5:18.
10. Bauke Mollema (NED/RAB) 6:01.