Race Report: The stage was decided on the hard and short finishing climb where Nairo Quintana attacked first. He didn’t have the timing though and as he wilted, Esteban Chaves came through for the biggest win of his career, the red jersey and all the other jerseys too. Nibali out of la Vuelta for holding onto his team car.It was a short stage through the south of Spain finishing on the steep slopes of the Alto de la Mesa. IAM Cycling had a terrible day as both David Tanner and Matteo Pelucchi abandoned after crashing. Vincenzo Nibali also crashed and had a long chase to get back on before the final climb, unfortunately he had done too much work and drifted back as soon as the attacks started. In the front it was a surprise attack from Nairo Quintana that led to a break containing Tom Dumoulin, Nico Roche and Louis Meintjes going clear. Meintjes and, surprisingly, Quintana could not stand the pace but it was a late attack from Esteban Chaves that ultimately broke the race apart. Only Dumoulin could stay with him and when the Colombian went again inside the final kilometer the Dutchman couldn’t hold on. Chaves took a brilliant victory and the red leader’s jersey, KOM jersey, points jersey and combination jersey.***Nibali out of Vuelta for clinging to team car***Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) was ruled out of the Tour of Spain for clinging to his team car in order to return to the peloton after being...
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