Race Report: On a horrendously hard stage, straight after the rest day, it was a Spaniard who took the win but the big news was that his team leader had made the move of the race and would take the overall. Mikel Landa finished a brutal stage with a well-earned victory; Fabio Aru wrestled the Red Jersey from the never-say-die Dumoulin while Chris Froome suffered horribly having crashed before the day started.Another moto incident saw Sergio Paulinho (Tinkoff-Saxo) taken out of the race and now team owner Oleg Tinkoff is threatening to pull his team out of the event… surely the UCI will have to step in now.Sergio Paulinho (Tinkoff-Saxo) taken out by a moto – 17 stitchesRest Day LegsThe rest day was a time for riders to take stock, lick wounds and get ready to come out fighting. Straight into not just the hardest stage of this tour but the hardest stage of any Grand Tour of recent years. One 2nd Category mountain, four 1st Cats and one Especial climb to sort out the main players from the early pretenders.Before the Flag DropsAnd it couldnt have started in worse fashion for this years Tour de France winner Chris Froome (Team Sky). A crash in the neutralized section left him chasing a bunch that was not waiting and was in fact splitting all over the road as they climbed away from Andorra La Vella up the 1st Cat ascent of Collada de Beixals.Romain Sicard (Europcar) and Darwin Atapuma (BMC) had...
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