Chris Froome loses time to rivals after crashing during Vuelta a España stage 12

Setback for Vuelta a España leader Chris Froome after an incident during stage 12 saw him distanced from the group of general classification rivals - Tomasz Marczynski wins stage solo

Chris Froome on stage 12 of the 2017 Vuelta a Espana

(Image credit: Yuzuru Sunada)

Chris Froome (Team Sky) suffered a setback on stage 12 of the 2017 Vuelta a España on Thursday, after crashing twice and losing time to his race rivals.

Froome suffered two crashes in quick succession, seeing him lose contact with a group containing all of his general classification rivals in the final 10km of the race.

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