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The 164.8km run from Caravaca de la Cruz to
Alhama de Murcia ended with a thrilling descent after riders
climbed the Collado Bermejo. Trentin sealed his second stage win
by beating Rojas in a sprint, despite the Murcia-born rider's
desperation to win on home soil.
Italian Quick-Step Floors rider Trentin completed the stage in a
time of three hours, 34 minutes and 56 seconds, his team's
fourth stage victory of the Vuelta, ahead of Movistar's Rojas
and another Spaniard, Jaime Roson Garcia of Caja Rural.
"I really wanted it. I was thinking about this stage for a while
because the climb was hard, but it was a steady grind," Trentin
told reporters.
"It was something that I can handle pretty well. I knew the
downhill was really technical. For me it was good having Rojas
in the front group because he was really, really good going
down. I could just follow him."
Froome held his general classification advantage of 36 seconds
ahead of Colombian Esteban Chaves of Orica-Scott and BMC Racing
Team's Irish rider Nicolas Roche, the only mover in the top 10
after a late attack.
The descent conditions were tricky, with Cofidis rider Luis
Angel Mate crashing, but Roche took advantage to skilfully move
up the rankings, coming in 29 seconds ahead of the main field.
"It was a good day. It wasn't really a plan to go on the descent
until I saw Vincenzo (Nibali) open up a small gap. But I was
there with him and said, 'Let's go and see what happens'," Roche
told Eurosport.
(Reporting by Rik Sharma; Editing by Christian Radnedge)
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