![Chris Froome endured a close Tour de France, and the same is happening at La Vuelta.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170903031819im_/https://www.fairfaxstatic.com.au/content/dam/images/g/y/8/m/2/b/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gy8lsr.png/1504247650268.jpg)
Froome concedes ground on hard day out at Vuelta
Tomasz Marczynski picked up a second stage win in this year's Spanish Vuelta by coasting to victory in stage 12 with a gap of 52 seconds, while Chris Froome saw his overall lead reduced by 20 seconds after enduring a hapless finale.