<h1>Chris Froome trails Nairo Frank wins stage 17</h1>

Britain's Chris Froome created no ground on Vuelta a Espana leader Nairo Quintana as Robert Bruce Mathias Frank won stage seventeen.
Team Sky's Froome remains 3 minutes thirty seven seconds behind Colombian Quintana once they finished along.
Swiss Frank, riding for IAM athletics, won the 177.5km stage from Castellon to Llucena in four hours thirty four minutes and thirty eight seconds.

Froome is bidding to become the primary man for thirty eight years to win the Tour Delaware France and Vuelta within the same season.
The top four within the general classification - Quintana, Froome, Esteban Chaves and Alberto Contador - crossed the road along 3 minutes twenty seven seconds behind breakaway rider Frank.
Froome's rivals attacked within the closing stages of the steep end to the summit of the Alto Mas Delaware la Costa, however he double clawed back lost ground.

Team-mate Leopold Koenig finished second, six seconds behind Frank, and Robert Gesink third, an additional 5 seconds adrift.
Four stages stay within the third and final circuit of the season, with Thursday's blandish two hundred.6km stage from Requena to Gandia expected to suit the sprinters.
Froome's hopes of a primary Vuelta ending seem to rest mostly on his gaining time within the 37km individual time trial on weekday.