Cycling-Froome loses ground in Vuelta stage (Reuters)
MADRID, Aug 28 (Reuters) – Tour de France champion Chris Froome lost ground in the first big mountain test on the Vuelta, suffering in the final ascent of the seventh stage won by Dutchman Bert-Jan Lindeman on Friday. The Briton, looking to achieve a rare Tour-Vuelta double, lost almost half a minute to the big guns in the 18.7-km climb to the Alto de Capileira at the end of a 191.1-km ride from Jodar. Lindeman, of the Lotto-Jumbo team, won the stage ahead of Belarussian Ilia Koshevoy (Lampre). …