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Alberto Contador on verge of title

Updated: September 8, 2012, 3:12 PM ET
Associated Press

MADRID -- Alberto Contador kept the overall leader's red jersey and is closing in on his second Spanish Vuelta title after Denis Menchov won Saturday's punishing 20th stage.

Alejandro Valverde and Joaquin Rodriguez, Contador's closest pursuers in the general classification, finished ahead of the Spanish leader but the difference wasn't enough to close the gap.

Contador finished 4 minutes, 15 seconds behind Menchov to run his overall time to 82:14:52, which was 1:16 quicker than Valverde ...

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