12 сентября 2014 17:29

Astana racer wins Vuelta stage 18

Fabio Aru. Photo courtesy of "Astana" team.

Italian cyclist Fabio Aru, who races for Kazakhstan team Astana, has won the 18th stage of the prestigious Vuelta a Espagna, Tengrinews cites Vesti.kz.

Fabio Aru from Astana completed the 157 kilometre stage in 3 hours 47 minutes and 17 seconds. Briton Chris Froome of Sky came second, one second (+1 second) behind the leader, and Spaniard Alejandro Valverde of Movistar came third, 13 seconds behind the leader. Captain of Russian Katyusha Joaquim Rodriguez finished fourth.

This is the second win for Aru during the Vuelta. Previously, he won the 11th stage of the race.

In the general classification the leadership is with Spaniard Alberto Contador of Tinkoff-Saxo, followed by Froome and Valverde. Fabio Aru is fifth, losing more than three minutes to the leader.

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