Vuelta a Espana: Nairo Quintana regains red jersey while Britain's Chris Froome moves into third
Colombian Quintana showed his renowned climbing skills on the 188.7km haul from Lugones to Lagos de Covadonga to pass long-time stage leader Robert Gesink
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Your support makes all the difference.Nairo Quintana regained the red jersey at the Vuelta a Espana as a dramatic stage ten victory saw him open up a 58-second lead on Great Britain's Chris Froome.
Colombian Quintana (Movistar) showed his renowned climbing skills on the 188.7km haul from Lugones to Lagos de Covadonga to pass long-time stage leader Robert Gesink (Lotto NL Jumbo) with 2.5km remaining.
Gesink finished second, 24 seconds back, with Froome (Team Sky) a further second down, as previous race leader David de la Cruz lost three minutes and 15 seconds to Quintana.
Third-placed Froome, who is one second behind Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), is now almost a minute down on Quintana heading into the second week of the Vuelta.
It could have been worse for Froome as he lost contact with 10km left as general classification rivals Quintana and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) surged up the special category climb to the Lagos de Covadonga.
But the Tour de France winner rediscovered his rhythm and surged past Contador and others, and he was only edged out on the line by Gesink.
Movistar, however, are in good shape going into the Vuelta's first rest day on Tuesday.
"It was a day for the team and for Nairo," Movistar's Daniel Moreno Fernandez told Eurosport.
"That sort of category of climbs suits him, so many rhythm changes from the beginning to the end.
"At first Froome couldn't follow and the rhythm Nairo set out there was amazing.
"He just went off and did it alone, he's extremely strong.
"It looks much better for us than it was in the Tour de France."
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