Froome retains Vuelta red jersey with strong mountain finish

(Reuters) - Chris Froome survived the first of two successive mountain finishes on Saturday to hold on to the red jersey in the Vuelta a Espana, coming fourth in Stage 14 and only losing four seconds of his overall lead to nearest challenger Vincenzo Nibali.Polish rider Rafal Majka took the stage by an impressive margin of 27 seconds, picking up his first win at La Vuelta to go with three stage victories at the Tour de France, where he was King of the Mountains in 2014 and 2016.Majka, who came t