Hello and welcome to the decisive stage of this year's Vuelta a Espana - a 97km mountain schlep in Andorra that features six categorised climbs and will decide the destiny of the red jersey. Can Simon Yates hold on? We'll find out over the next few hours...

So, Simon Yates will be joined by Enric Mas and Miguel Angel Lopez on the final podium, as Steven Kruijswijk and Alejandro Valverde drop to fourth and fifth.

Here was the top eight in today's stage - with Quintana and Valverde completing the top 10 over three minutes down.

Quintana and Valverde come over the line 3'09" down and so the Spaniard will drop to fifth on GC. A terrible day for Movistar.

I thought Yates might celebrate or punch the air, but he crossed the line with a faint smile and then same to an almost stand-still. He was clearly at the limit of his powers - but the job is done.

Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) crosses the line around 20 seconds down to secure his maiden Grand Tour victory.

Lopez launches his sprint but Mas closes the door and then takes the win. Victory for Enric Mas (Quick-Step Floors).

It's impossible to call this one... and it looks like Mas is going to lead ut out...

Mas and Lopez are already starting to play games - chatting to each other and playing cat and mouse...

Under the banner they go and our two leaders still have 20 seconds.

Lopez won two stages in last year's Vuelta so this could be his third. Mas, meanwhile, has never finished higher than third place in a Vuelta stage, so he should change that today. Unless Yates turns things round...

Yates is closing the gap - could he be up for a second stage win? Meanwhile, Uran and Pinot drop Kruijswijk...

Kelderman has now been dropped as Kruijwsijk, Uran and Pinot continue the chase. Poor Valverde, he's pedalling squares and has Quintana constantly slowing up for him.

De la Cruz has been dropped by the chasers. They trail the two leaders by 58 seconds but have 1'35" on the collapsing Movistar duo. But they're of no interest to Kruijswijk - he needs to cut the lead of Lopez and Mas or wave goodbye to his podium place. And then remember there are bonus seconds up for grabs too...

As things stand, Valverde is down to fifth and Kruijswijk down to fourth. Mas is second ahead of Lopez. Yates, who will win this Vuelta, is 20 seconds behind the two leaders.

Quintana finally notices that Valverde has gone, so he drops back to pick him up. But they're well back now and it's now Kruijswijk who leads the chase with Pinot, Uran and Kelderman. They are about to catch De la Cruz.

Valverde has been dropped! Quintana has no idea and continues tapping out a tempo on the front of the chase group... disaster for Movistar.

Yates has Mas and Lopez in his sights. You sense that he may well go for this and not give any gifts.

Yates is 10 seconds down and the Valverde chasing group are 50 seconds down. De la Cruz is 42 seconds down so in no man's land.

Yates has been dropped again by the two others - he seems to be caught in two minds as to whether he should go for this, or take it easy.