He's win give the team there first world tour victory. day to take an historic stage win for the Irish Professional Continental team on their Grand Tour debut.
Chris Froome (Team Sky) was forced onto the defensive on the steep slopes of the Alto de los Machucos on stage 17 of the Vuelta a España as he struggled to handle the double-digit gradient of the narrow cow track and was dropped by all his overall rivals.
The riders enjoyed the warm conditions at the start in Villadiego, perhaps knowing that the clouds were low and roads wet on the climb to the finish on Los Machucos.
General overrall top ten classification from stage 17
1, Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Team Sky 67:44:03,
2, Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:16,
3, Wilco Kelderman (Netherland) Team Sunweb 0:02:13,
4, Ilnur Zakarin (Russia) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:25,
5, Alberto Contador Velasco (Spain) Trek-Segafredo 0:03:34,
6, Miguel Angel Lopez (Colombia) Astana Pro Team 0:04:39,
7, Michael Woods (Cannada) Cannondale-Drapac 0:06:33,
8, Wout Poels (Netherland) Team Sky 0:06:40,
9, Fabio Aru (Italy) Astana Pro Team 0:06:45,
10, David de la Cruz (Spain) Quick-Step Floors 0:10:10.
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