Re: 2016 Vuelta a España, stage 17: Castellón > Mas de la Co
Doesn't he have a baby on the way? Could have something to do with that, either way he hasn't ridden well at all in this race and abandoning is probably for the best.
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They actually gave him a bottle of High West at first, but it seems that someone got wise to it and took the bottle away while Atapuma was being awarded.