Before the start of the participants, the organizers were forced to reduce the distance by six kilometers due to adverse weather conditions, and instead of the final kilometers on the top of the Monta Mountain, which are considered the most severe , Cyclists have completed the race at an altitude of 1435 meters near Chale-Reynar.

Stage became successful for two Belgians Thomas de Gendt (Lotto-Soudal) did not lose with an early attempt to break away from competitors, on the finisher ahead of his compatriot Serzh Paules (Team Dimension Data) Only for two seconds. The Spaniard Daniel Navarro (Cofidis) arrived in the third with the past 14 seconds.

An interesting episode occurred with the leader of the overall standings Christopher Frum (Team Sky). Approximately for a kilometer before the finish line in front of him and several more cyclists fell a motorcycle with an operator, which was damaged by the British bike. Instead of waiting for the "engineering" of his team, Christopher ran ahead and only in a few hundred meters of his "caught up" spare transport. Not only that Fruma was ahead of more than a minute one of his main competitors, Colombian Najora Kintan, so also the Briton could receive the penalty minutes for violating the regulations of the competition.

It's good that the organizers have not become strictly judged by the general leader Host and took into account the time he drove to fall. Thanks to this, Christopher not only retained the yellow T-shirt, but also increased the advantage over the closest pursuers by British Exchange and Colombian Nayo Quintana (Movistar Team) to 47 and 54 seconds, respectively.

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