El descanso le cayó muy bien a Chris Froome quien respondio al ataque de Nairo Quintana sobre el final de la etapa once disputada entre Colunga y Peña Cabarga sobre 168.8 kiometros y con llegada en montaña.

Cuando Nairo intento atacar en los ultimos kiloemtros buscando ampliar su diferencia sobre el campeon del Tour de France, el britanico salto a la rueda y no le dio espacio. es mas termino imponiendose en la jornada y con el bono por la victoria redujo a 54 segundos la diferencia con el Colombiano de Movistar y lider de la vuelta a España, quien había dicho que tenia que sacarle al menos 3 minutos a Froome.

Froome managed to kick away and win the stage, just as he did in his breakthrough season back in 2011 but Quintana kept the leader’s red jersey and indicated that he is ready to take on Froome whenever the road heads into the mountains.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) finished third, just six seconds back, with Leopold König (Team Sky) and Alberto Contador (Tinkoff) in the same time. Esteban Chaves (Orica-GreenEdge), who tried to revive his overall chances with a solo attack, finished eighth at 19 seconds.

Thanks to the time bonuses awarded at the finish, Froome moved up to just 54 seconds back on Quintana, with Valverde third overall at 1:05.

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