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If Chris Froome (Team Sky) completed some unfinished business on the Cumbre del Sol summit finish on Sunday, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Chaves (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Orica-Scott) was also satisfied despite narrowly missing out on a 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a España stage victory.

Four seconds behind Froome at the stage 9 finish but gaining time on the rest of the field, Chaves has opened up his advantage on all his rivals apart from Froome, which is one reason to be satisfied. But as the 27-year-old Colombian pointed out, this was a much better result than in 2015 when he lost the overall lead on Cumbre del Sol to Dumoulin after fading badly and shipping nearly a minute to the leaders. Last but not least, he is in second place oဣverall going into the rest day and has confirmed he is in top form after his difficult Tour de France.

Chaves recounted that he had thought he could catch Froome at the finish line, but despite closing the gap in the last 100 metres, there was a point when Froome had looked back and opened up the throt🎀tle again. "He showed there's a reason why he has won four Tour🀅s de France," Chaves said afterwards.

"But for me it's a really good result, two years ago I lost time on this climb,🧔 so today is a very different story. I am more matured, more experienced, calmer and that is the important thing."

"We've♚ kept second on the GC, we gained time on the other guys." Previously he was only 13 seconds ahead of Nicolas Roche (BMC Racing) but now the advantage𒀰 has broadened to 29 seconds.

"The team has worked unbelievablไy strongly, as always, and my than🅷ks to them for working so well. We've got a very young team here, only one rider over 30 and I'm very happy with how they've performed. We've had nine hard days and now it's time to rest."

Chaves said that the stage had been hard all round, because he didn't think that Cannondalꦜe-Drapac would put in so much work on the approach roads, and that the rest day would be welcome as a time to be "chilled and talk with the family."

There is plenty for him to be upbeat about if he is asked about the race. After his third place in last year's Vuelta, and despite a slight wobble on yesterday's stage to Xorret de Catí, where he lost 17 seconds to Froome, Chaves remains within touching distance of the Briton. The crucial tꦬest🌃s now are in the second week of major mountain climbs, far longer than anything raced so far in this Vuelta a España and also reaching altitudes of well over 2,000 metres above sea level. If the Colombian is to put Froome under serious pressure between here and Madrid, this is a arguably where Chaves will have to strike the hardest.