Welcome to live coverage of stage 20 of the Vuelta a Espana - a second day in the Basque Country with a 185km lumpy ride from Bilbao to Vitoria.

Spain's Juan Jose Cobo finishes the stage safely and he's now all but assured the overall win: there are two bonus sprints tomorrow, but each worth just six seconds. Accidents apart, he should win.

And that's a very simple win for Daniele Bennati ahead of Astata's Enrico Gasparotto and Liquigas's Damiano Caruso.

They're all safely through a last tight left-hander. Bennati has a great lead out here...

Under the kite they go: it's game on for the bunch sprint.

The speed is really high as Leopard move back to the front.

A tight right hand 90 degree bend after the 2km-to-go banner. It's QuickStep now on the front.

It's all over for Sastre - but at least his man Cobo is safely inside the last 3km. Now they just have to negotiate the bonus seconds at the finish.

Sastre is really suffering - if he looks over his shoulders, he'll see the bunch breathing down his neck.

Leopard back on the front as Sastre rides with just 10 seconds to play with. It's curtains for Carlos.

Cobo is right on the wheel of Froome - the red jersey cannot let his rival pick up any bonus seconds.

The gap is just 14 seconds now as Barredo is swept up. It's going to be a big bunch sprint - with no doubt Bennati or Sagan picking up the spoils.

This would be an extraordinary result were Sastre to hold on here - but it's going to be hard. This isn't his type of terrain and he's no spring chicken.

Carlos Sastre attacks! The veteran Geox man breaks drops his namesake and goes for a long one.

The riders enter the outskirts of Vitoria, capital of the Basque Country. The two leaders have 23 seconds now.

Now Astana are coming to the front, which seems odd given their lack of sprinter. Well, they have Enrico Gasparotto, but he's hardly a Sagan now is he? That said, if JJ Haedo can win a stage on the Vuelta...

News just in: the second intermediate sprint point was changed during the stage. That will explain all the commotion. Spanish duo Barredo and Sastre have 40 seconds on the bunch.

Barredo has now been caught by that lone Geox rider, who is Carlos Sastre. They have 24 seconds on the chasing pack, whose pace has dropped considerably.

Ah, that makes sense now: it seems that the second intermediate sprint had changed its position from the race pack and profiles. It was meant to be at the bottom of the penultimate Cat.3 climb, but instead it appears here on this plateau. Perhaps Froome broke clear earlier thinking it was closer than it really was? Anyway, Barredo takes the six seconds, the lone Geox rider the four, and Bradley Wiggins takes third and recoups two seconds.

Perhaps Froome was just testing Cobo to see if he could find a chink in his armour? Anyway, it's all back together now. Barredo is still out in front by 31 seconds.

Froome was sat right behind the Leopard Trek riders and then jumped off the front, prompting an immediate reply from Cobo. They call a truce, but one Geox man rides on up the road just in case Froome gets any more ideas. They don't want the Brit to get any bonus seconds at the finish...