Saturday 26 January 2013 22:43, UK
Alberto Contador claimed a thrilling victory on stage six of the Tour de San Luis but was unable to shake off general classification leader Daniel Diaz, who now seems certain to secure overall victory on Sunday.
Result 1 Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff, 3:47.34 2 Daniel Diaz (Arg) San Luis Somos Todos, +2secs 3 Alex Diniz (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest, same time 4 Arnold Alcolea (Cub) Seleccion Cuba, +14 5 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini, same time 6 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC, +18 7 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana, +25 8 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +30 9 Joao Mendes (Por) Team NetApp-Endura, +34 10 Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, +42 General classification 1 Daniel Diaz (Arg) San Luis Somos Todos, 16:49.52 2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC, +17secs 3 Alex Diniz (Bra) Funvic Brasilinvest, +39 4 Alberto Contador (Spa) Saxo-Tinkoff, +1.04 5 Jurgen van den Broeck (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, +1.08 6 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli, +1.47 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana, +2.14 8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini, +2.17 9 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +2.19 10 Janier Acevedo (Col) Jamis-Hagens Berman, +2.20
