Vuelta a España (2016) Photos; Stage 15: Sabiñanigo → Formigal, 120 km |
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| Stage winner and race leader from earlier in the week, David de la Cruz. He was part of the key break today and finished 5th. | share this photo |
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| Pensive Chris Froome was expecting something | share this photo |
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| Contador and Froome during the sign-in interviews | share this photo |
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| Alberto Contador in good spirits | share this photo |
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| Valvarde and Contador going over the Movistar and Tinkoff plan one more time | share this photo |
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| All quiet, everyone knows their role | share this photo |
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| Tinkoff jumped on the attack right from the start of this short 118 km stage | share this photo |
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| A second attack led by Alberto Contador cemented the winning break and left Chris Froome adrift for the rest of the race | share this photo |
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| Nairo Quintana's Movistar joined forces in the attack with Tinkoff | share this photo |
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| Contador and Quintana extending their lead in the break over Chris Froome who was dropped | share this photo |
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| Radioing for help; Chris Froome in trouble with no teammates left to chase | share this photo |
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| The final climb to Formigal | share this photo |
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| Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR) dropped everyone except Gianluca BRAMBILLA (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) on the final climb | share this photo |
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| Behind feline, contador and elissonde with 1 km to go | share this photo |
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| Brambilla jumps Quintana in the final 100m | share this photo |
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| Gianluca BRAMBILLA (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) wins a thrilling stage | share this photo |
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| But, Nairo Quintana was the real winner putting 2:40 into Chris Froome | share this photo |
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| A great effort to solidify his race lead | share this photo |
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| 3rd Fabio FELLINE (TREK - SEGAFREDO) + 25s, 4th Kenny ELISSONDE (FDJ) + 28s, 5th David DE LA CRUZ (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) + 31s | share this photo |
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| Further down the hill, Chaves and Scarponi dropped Froome | share this photo |
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| 6th Alberto CONTADOR (TINKOFF) + 34s and is now just 5s out of third | share this photo |
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| 9th Esteban CHAVES (ORICA-BikeExchange) + 1:53 | share this photo |
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| Chris Froome and Simon Yates in the final km | share this photo |
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| 18th Christopher FROOME (SKY) + 2:40 and 19th Jean-Christophe PERAUD (AG2R LA MONDIALE) | share this photo |
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| A horrible day for isolated Chris Froome | share this photo |
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| Omar Fraile post race | share this photo |
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| Valvarde was in shock too | share this photo |
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| Simon Yates | share this photo |
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| Your Stage 15 winner, Gianluca BRAMBILLA (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) | share this photo |
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| Most combative rider Alberto Contador lit up the first half of the stage and is now just 5s out of third place | share this photo |
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| Other than winning the stage, today could not have gone any better for race leader Nairo QUINTANA (MOVISTAR) who now leads Chris Froome by 3:37 | share this photo |
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| Alberto Contador post stage | share this photo |
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| The gruppetto finshed well outside the allowed time but they were not disqualified | share this photo |
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| Leo Konig reflects on a bad day for Team Sky and his personal performance. He lost over an hour on GC after starting the day in 5th! | share this photo |
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Vuelta a España (2016) Photos; Stage 15: Sabiñanigo → Formigal, 120 km |
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