Froome extends his lead at the individual time trial
Britain blitzes time trial and extends lead to nearly 2 minutes as Kelderman moves up to third ahead of Zakarin, while Contador jumped ahead of Fabio Aru and Esteban Chaves to fifth
Overall race leader Chris Froome of Team Sky dominated Stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana, a 40km time-trial from the Circuito de Navarra to Logroño in northern Spain.
In the end he won by 29 seconds with a time of 47 min 00.51 seconds.
All eye's were on Contador, at the finish line, Contador arrived to a hero’s welcome, his time of 47 min 59.82 sec. In the end it would be the fifth fastest time, both Zakarin and Nibali narrowly overhauled him in the final moments.
Kelderman finished the day second, with Vincenzo Nibali, Inur Zakarin and Alberto Contador closely grouped in the minor placings.
Froome’s extended lead over Nibali to 1m 58 esc, and with just five stages to go until the Vuelta finishes in Madrid, solidyfying his claim a Tour-Vuelta double, given Team Sky's dominance on the roads of Spain so far.
The ride of the day was done by Bahrain-Merida’s Nibali, second overall and not noted as a particularly strong time-triallist he finished strongly to retain his second place overall.
2017 Vuelta a Espana Stage 16 Invidual Time Trial Top Ten Results
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0:47:00
2 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:29
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:57
4 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:59
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
6 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) FDJ 0:01:07
7 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:01:11
8 Lennard Kämna (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:30
9 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:41
10 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:01:49
2017 Vuelta a Espana GC after Stage 16
1 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 62:53:25
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:58
3 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:02:40
4 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:03:07
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 0:04:58
6 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:05:25
7 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:06:27
8 Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 0:06:33
9 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Orica-Scott 0:06:40
10 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac 0:07:06