• Joaquim Rodríguez takes over at top of overall standings
• Dumoulin strong favourite before Wednesday’s time trialLuxembourg’s Frank Schleck dug deep to win a brutally mountainous 16th stage of the Vuelta a España on Monday while Joaquim Rodríguez leapfrogged Fabio Aru at the top of the overall standings.
However,it was arguably the Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, who is not recognised for his climbing prowess, or who do in the most impressive performance on the third of three consecutive summit finishes as he again avoided losing too much time on his main rivals and is now the clear favourite.
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Source: theguardian.com