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The Briton prevailed with a time of 47:00 and 'Superman' was 5:25 in the overall standings. Esteban Chaves is ninth at 6:40am. Christopher from (Sky) won stage 16 of the Valetta a Spain, an individual time trial between the circuit of Navarra in Los Arcos and Logrono, consolidating his leadership in the general.

From, who spent a time of 47 minutes on the 40.2km stage, beat Dutchman Wilcox Kellerman (Sun web), second to 29 seconds, and Italian Vincenzo Nibble (Bahrain), third to 57 seconds. The British rider, who was less to mark the fourth fastest time in the first intermediate step, 13 km from the start, before accelerating and eventually winning, consolidates his lead in the general.

"I'm in a great position now, but the race is not over and we have to keep fighting every day," From said after the stage. The red jersey now has an advantage of 1:58 over Nibble, second, and 2:40 over Kellerman, third, when entering a week with four mountain stages, in which the leader of the Sky awaits attacks. “It’s going to be brutal"

The first test will arrive on Wednesday in the 17th stage of the Valetta, 180.5 km, between Villa Diego and Los Machos, with a port of second category, another first and final in a special category high, reflected in a rise of 14 km in the Cantabrian mountains with ramps of 20 and up to 28%.

"Tomorrow is going to be brutal. The Machos is a wall and sure to be a big battle for the general," said the British cyclist, four times winner of the Tour de France. The Machos will be the prelude to the mythical Angler on Saturday in the penultimate stage of the Vuelta, which could end up also being judge of the Spanish round. The Spaniard Alberto Contour, who had lost time after his failed attack on Sunday at the summits of the Sierra Nevada, recovered on Tuesday by setting the fifth best time of the day to 59 seconds of the winner, which also aupó to the fifth position in the general, at 4:58 of From."I made a good time trial and most importantly, I think I have good legs for what remains of Vuelta" that ends Sunday in Madrid, said Contour after the stage “Day to day"The Spaniard, a three time winner of the Vuelta, still aspires to the podium, which marks Kellerman, just over two minutes of Contador in the general, but he is prudent. “The podium is very far, but we are going to go every day to see that we can get," Contador said, recalling that he has "five days of professional career", referring to his withdrawal after the Spanish round.The Spaniard looks to the stage on Wednesday and to the climb to Los Machos that "I have been told that it is a real barbarity, that it is crazy to climb, tomorrow we will go there as best we can."Contour snatched fifth place overall in the Colombian Esteban Chaves (Orica), who has been taking off in the rankings as the days passed, now placing in ninth place at 6:20 from .His compatriot Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) managed to maintain his sixth position in the general, but lost more than two minutes with respect to the leader, who now has 5:25.