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Dumoulin gets the red jersey of leader of the Vuelta but still in a handkerchief
The Dutch won the time trial of Burgos
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Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) comply with the provisions of his favorite stage of the Vuelta of Spain, the individual time trial of Burgos, a day marked in red by the Dutch rider since he was aware of his chances of victory in the Spanish round.
Dumoulin won not only win, but regained the red jersey of leader who gave way in the hard days of mountain. However, Dumoulin can not claim victory until Madrid has almost within reach. The fabulous lap of Fabio Aru (Astana) -decimus to 1'53"- leaves the overall of the Vuelta in just 3 seconds, a tiny difference to the difficulty of the next steps... or even by the presence of bonuses. Worse was to Joaquim Rodriguez, who gave the first place overall after losing 3'06" to the stage and left more than 1 minute in general.
The first major reference in the finish line marked the Polish Maciej Bodnar (Saxo-Tinkoff), a specialist against the clock and his compatriot and fellow leader Rafal Majka. His 47'05" were immovable until the arrival of Dumoulin own. In fact, Bodnar up second at 1'04" from the Netherlands. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), with a great individual performance, was third at 1'08". Tom Dumoulin red begin their defense on Thursday in the 18th stage of the Vuelta, a broken road and 204 kilometers between Riaza and the Port of Cheese (1st category) at the end of this difficult day tour.
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