Tom Dumoulin hammered round Burgos and took back the overall lead in the Vuelta a Espaa on Wednesday. We have all the results, rider quotes and video from Spain and the Tour of Britain, plus a report from the Tour of Alberta. More contract news, Giro ’16 time trial in Chianti, medical up-date on Kris Boeckmans and some Vuelta music.TOP STORY: Two Grand Tours in One Season?Last winter Oleg Tinkoff was encouraging riders to go for the ‘Triple’ – Giro/Tour/Vuelta. Alberto Contador said he would attempt the Giro/Tour ‘Double’ and that didn’t go so well and now as we look at the overall standings in the Vuelta we see that Tour de France finishers are probably not the ones who will win the Vuelta a Espaa. It’s possible that Joaquim Rodriguez could make a big come back and win in Spain, but he did finish over an hour and a half down on Chris Froome at the Tour. If things stay as they are, the Movistar pair have come close, Quintana 2nd and 5th and Valverde 3rd and 6th. So it looks like the ‘Double’ is a feat from the past and the ‘Triple’ an impossibility. Tom Dumoulin: A multi Grand Tour winner or a Wiggins Mark II?Vuelta a Espaa 2015Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) snatched the overall leaders red jersey at the Vuelta when he distanced his main rivals in the final of a punishing Stage 16 won by Frank Schleck (Trek). Schleck was the strongest of an early breakaway group,...
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