Strong showing by Pardilla and Janse van Rensburg on 18th Vuelta stage
Fabio Aru (Astana) just pipped Chris Froome to the line to win the 18th stage of the Vuelta a Espana. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) led the famous Spanish trio (Rodriguez,Contador) home some 13″ later in 3rd place. Our Spaniard, Sergio Pardilla did a great ride to finish the stage in 11th position while our South African climber, Jacques Janse van Rensburg did superbly to finish 20th even after playing a support role to Pardilla. The 18th stage was to be the fastest of the Vuelta so far as riders were averaging close on 50km/h for the first 2 hours of racing. A number of moves triedRead More →