Chris Froome on the attack in the Vuelta a Espana

Chris Froome is seeking every opportunity to gain time of Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde in the remaining stages of the 2014 Vuelta a Espana

Chris Froome and Fabio Aru on stage eighteen of the 2014 Tour of Spain

(Image credit: Graham Watson)

Chris Froome (Sky) is picking his moments to attack his Spanish rivals with time running out in the 2014 Vuelta a España. Yesterday, he earned 20 seconds, moved to second place and helped himself to forget about crashing out of the Tour de France.

"There was some cat-and-mouse," Froome said, "but I found my right moment, attacked and caught the rest off guard."

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