Tour de France champion Chris Froome (Team Sky) believes that Wednesday's stage of the Vuelta a España, which contains no fewer than six categorised climbs, will be the toughest stage of a Grand Tour he's ever faced.
Froome currently sits eighth in general classification, 1-18 down on race leader Tom Dumoulin, having shown impressive form on stage nine's summit finish after struggling two days prior and dropping out of the top-10.
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