Race Report: Seven categorized climbs with a summit finish, the perfect day for the light climbers to rid themselves of Tom Dumoulin before his specialty of the time trial. Well, it didnt quite turn out that way, although the big Dutchman is now nearly 2 minutes off the overall lead. Frank Schleck won the stage, at one point his group had a lead of 22 minutes, but the Luxemburger held out for a much needed win.Another tough day in Spain, seven categorized climbs. Two Cat 3, three Cat 2 and one Cat 1, with the Especial Cat Ermita de Alba to finish the day off. 185 kilometers that Aru, Rodriguez and Quintana will want to put time into Tom Dumoulin before Wednesdays time trial in Burgos. Dumoulin said at the start. I feel pretty well. Im still looking good for GC but today is the hardest of the three consecutive mountain stages, especially with the penultimate climb. It is where they will put up the pace. My goal is to lose as little time as possible. Today is more important than the TT in Burgos. I need to limit the losses. Quintana is looking better and better.Break gone from the startThe break went as soon as the flag for Kilometer 0 was dropped: KOM, Omar Fraile (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) had to be there, he was joined by Carlos Verona (Etixx – Quick-Step), Pierre Rolland (Europcar), Frank Schleck (Trek), and Rodolfo Torres (Colombia), they soon built up a solid lead and...
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