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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Chaves (168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Orica GreenEdge) is growing in strength and experience with each stage that passes at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Vuelta a Espana. The Colombian rider continues to impress as he rides with the focus and calm demeanour of a veteran, despite the stress and expectations of being a GC contender. Leading into the final week of the Vuelta, he is currently in fifth place 1:34 minutes down on overall leader 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Aru (Astana) and ten seconds down on third plac🧔ed Rafal Majka (Tin🦩koff-Saxo).

Heading into the finish on stage 15, Chavez was able to dig into✤ his reserves in order to remain with Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Mikel Landa (Astana) in order to keep his fifth place on GC.

"The last climb was really fast" Chaves said after finishing seventh. "The M⛄ovistar guys started to attack in the first three kilome⛄tres.

"In the final I was riding a good temp✤o. The last kilometre was really steep and Purito [Rodrigue𝐆z] attacked and I don't see him, I stayed still and tried to save my position. It's a good progression for me."

Orica GreenEdge believed in Chaves upon his return after his horrific accident in 2013, signing him withouཧt knowing whether he would be able to ride at the level he had shown before. After winning stages last year at the Tour of California, and Tour de Suisse, this year has solidified what his team was confident about all along – that his talent was always there and in time his form would return.

Stage 16 is yet another difficult climbing stage with 5000 metres of climbing the order of the stage beforeಌ the peloton enjoys the final rest day of the three week race. 

"Esteban rode a really good final climb and all of the boys did a really good job positioning him in that climb," sport director Neil Stephens sai⭕d. “He wasn't obsessed with anybody and he rode his own pace.

"Tomorrow is, perhaps going to be the hardest day of the Tour of Spain. It's a solid day right throughout with an extremely hard final climb. If we can walk away with a similar position t𓂃o💛 what we are now, it'll be a great day."