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Taaramäe loses red to fall

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The Este Rein Taaramäe has lost the overall leadership of the 76th Spain tour through a mass crash. The 34-year-old was involved on Wednesday in a crash well twelve kilometers before the target of the fifth stage, the large parts of the field had brought to fall. Although the Peloton throttled the pace for a few kilometers, Taaramäe did not come back. Beneficer was the hitherto two-placed Frenchman Kenny Elisonde, who took over the red jersey of the leader and lies five seconds in front of the Slovenian defending champion Primoz Roglic. Jakobsen as second again The 184.4-kilometer portion of Tarancon to Albacete was won in a hectic mass sprint of Jasper Philipsen. The Belgian prevailed in front of the Dutch Fabio Jakobsen as well as the Italian Alberto Dainese and celebrated his already second daily victory at the previous Vuelta. In the momentary fall on an otherwise quiet stage, no driver was seriously injured after the first impressions. However, the Frenchman Romain Bardet must...

Vuelta: Roglic of climbing

The Este Rein Taaramäe has replaced the Slovenian favorites Primoz Roglic as a total tip rider at the Spain tour of the wheel professionals. The 34-year-old by Team Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert decided by the third stage over 203 km from Santo Domingo de Silos on the 1500 m high Picon Blanco after a short solo on the summit for himself. Roglic came 1:48 minutes to Taaramäe as a seventh. Ranked three of the overall standings with 30 seconds behind the new carrier of the red jerseot, however, the time-catching Olympic champion from the Jumbo Visa team continues to have good chances of a third Vuelta triumph successively. Taaramäe started the crucial attack two kilometers below the target. Ten years after his first stage victory at the Spain tour, the Routinian held his two co-offsers Americans Joe Dombrowski (UAE-Team Emirates) and Kenny Elissonde (Trek-SegaFredo). Domobrowski secured two seconds back two ranked in front of Elissonde (0:36 minutes back). As the best German, the Essen Ben ...