Cycling : Canadian rider Michael Woods wins the stage 17 of La Vuelta

Canadian Michael Woods battled his way to victory on stage 17 of La Vuelta a Espana, while Alejandro Valverde reduced Simon Yates' overall race lead to 25 seconds. Fabio Aru, who won La Vuelta in 2015, crashed just before the closing climb and although the Italian was able to continue, he would ride to the finishing line bloody and bruised.