MTN-Qhubeka’s Steve Cummings secured his second top-10 finish in a Grand Tour time-trial this season when he finished ninth at La Vuelta a España on Wednesday.
Giant Alpecin’s Tom Dumoulin blitzed through the 39km course to take the stage win and the overall race lead.
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British star Cummings said the course was not overly technical.
“It was just a power course really but it was kind of hard to judge because it was uphill to start and then headwind, so no real rest.
“You had to put a bit more effort going out than coming back but not too much because it was still a long way to go.
Cummings finished 10th in the opening time-trial at the Tour de France earlier this year.
