ANTEQUERA, Spain: Chris Froome saw his Vuelta a España lead cut to 59 seconds over Vincenzo Nibali after suffering a mechanical problem and crashing towards the end of Thursday’s 12th stage. Froome minimised the damage to his chances of a first Vuelta win by fighting back to finish 20sec adrift of the main group of general classification favorites, including Nibali. “It’s never nice to crash like that, but I’m just grateful that I’m not injured and everything is good to go tomorrow,” Froome told Spanish TV station Teledeporte. Marczynski cashed in as an early 14-rider breakaway was allowed to fight out the stage win. “It’s incredible, it’s my dream since I was a kid to win one stage on a big tour alone and today the dream became real,” said Marczynski.

Source: Manila Times September 01, 2017 15:22 UTC