Contador: I'm focusing on Rodríguez

As Joaquím Rodríguez (Katusha) claimed his third stage win of the Vuelta and opened up his overall advantage on the race’s first full high mountain stage, Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) says that he is no longer looking at Chris Froome (Sky) as the chief dangerman. Instead - logically - it is now Rodríguez whom he views as his greatest rival for the red jersey in Madrid.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.