Kessiakoff suffers with illness at Vuelta

Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) tries to limit his losses to Wiggins on the final climb.

Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) tries to limit his losses to Wiggins on the final climb. (Image credit: Sirotti)

Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) suffered on stage 14 of the Vuelta to La Farrapona Lagos de Somiedo. The Swede went into the stage just 9 seconds off the race lead but spent the night suffering from gastroenteritis, and ended up losing over a minute to his GC rivals. He now sits in 6th place, 1:23 down on race leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky).

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