Cycling-Schleck 勝利,勝つs 残虐な Vuelta 行う/開催する/段階, Dumoulin favourite

MADRID, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Luxembourg's Frank Schleck dug 深い to 勝利,勝つ a 残酷に 山地の 16th 行う/開催する/段階 of the 小旅行する of Spain on Monday while Joaquim Rodriguez leapfrogged Fabio Aru at the 最高の,を越す of the 全体にわたる standings.

However, it was arguably Dutchman Tom Dumoulin, who is not recognised for his climbing prowess, who put in the most impressive 業績/成果 on the third of three 連続した 首脳会議 finishes as he again 避けるd losing too much time on his main 競争相手s and is now the (疑いを)晴らす favourite.

Dumoulin (巨大(な)-Alpecin) is just under two minutes behind Rodriguez in fourth 長,率いるing into Tuesday's 残り/休憩(する) day and is 推定する/予想するd to 殺到する into the lead after Wednesday's time 裁判,公判 in Burgos, a discipline he excels in.

"That was much better than 推定する/予想するd," Dumoulin told reporters.

"I didn't feel so good on the first (部類) climb, it went really 急速な/放蕩な, but I was never really in trouble and I thought 'ah we'll give it a go on the last climb'," he 追加するd.

"I had really good 脚s, to lose (only) 28 seconds is really, really good, still everything is open."

Rodriguez (Katusha), who won Sunday's 15th 行う/開催する/段階 to の近くに to within one second of Aru, finished almost nine minutes behind in ninth, trying 猛烈に to put some distance between himself and Aru who hung on 猛烈に.

Rodriguez finished two seconds ahead of Italian Aru to (人命などを)奪う,主張する the leader's red j ersey.

Trek rider Schleck, whose impressive victory (機の)カム 45 years after his father Johny won a Vuelta 行う/開催する/段階 in Madrid, was part of a small group that broke away 近づく the start of the 185-kilometre slog from Luarca to Ermita de Alba, which 含むd seven punishing climbs and some 注目する,もくろむ-watering gradients.

By the time the 35-year-old reached the final ascent after nearly six hours in the saddle, he had dropped all his 競争相手s except Rodolfo Torres (Team Colombia) and he 殺到するd away to cross the line one minute and 10 seconds ahead of the Colombian.

"I was very nervous, Torres was 堅い," said Schleck, who 行方不明になるd the 小旅行する de フラン with a 膝 傷害, said.

"I didn't really know much about Torres or what he could do."

Poland's Rafal Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo) is in third 全体にわたる, just over one and half minutes behind Rodriguez and Aru.

The three-week race ends on Sept. 13 in central Madrid. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Iain Rogers, editing by Martyn Herman)

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