Albasini wins 13th stage of the Tour of Spain

Swiss rider Michael Albasini won the 13th stage of the Spanish Vuelta, while Bradley Wiggins held on to the overall leaders red jersey for a third consecutive day.Albasini, of HTC-Highroad, sprinted ahead of the leaders in the last kilometer to finish the 158.2-kilometer (98.3-mile) mountain course from Sarria to Ponferrada to finish in 4 hours, 19 minutes, 39 seconds.Eros Capecchi, of Liquigas-Cannondale, came second with the same time, just ahead of Spaniard Daniel Moreno, who moved into ninth place overall.The race leaders finished in the peloton around a 1 minute, 30 seconds behind a group of 20 riders that broke away early in the stage and protected their lead until the finish line.Midway through the stage, defending champion Vicenzo Nibali opened up a lead of 2:30 over Wiggins, only to later be caught by the pack.The Italian rider did manage, however, to reduce Wiggins lead to just four seconds and move into second place overall.Saturdays 14th stage is a 175.8-kilometer (109.2-mile) mountain course from Astorga to La Farrapona.Taylor Phinney, of the United States, became the latest rider to pull out of the race due to exhaustion.Phinney, who came fifth in the 10th stages individual time trial, said that he had reached the breaking point and would now turn to preparing for the world championship.