Chris Froome: 'I wasn't getting many time checks in Vuelta time trial. I assumed it was not good news'

Race leader surprised to see GC lead up to 1-58 after stage 16

Chris Froome on the podium after stage 16 of the Vuelta a España

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Chris Froome (Team Sky) who time trialled to victory on stage 16 of the Vuelta a España, was worried and presumed he would not win the stage to Logroño as he received limited time checks.

Froome, however, celebrated the stage and general classification time gains. He put 57 seconds into his nearest rival Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), who now sits second overall at 1-58.

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.