2 nd ▁week ▁of ▁racing . ▁However ▁he ▁b ounced ▁back ▁on ▁the ▁next ▁stage , ▁which ▁was ▁a ▁mainly ▁flat ▁time ▁trial . ▁He ▁finished ▁ 8 th ▁on ▁the ▁stage ▁but ▁was ▁later ▁pen al ised ▁due ▁to ▁p acing . ▁A ru ▁finally ▁with d rew ▁from ▁the ▁race ▁on ▁Stage ▁ 1 9 . ▁A ru ▁explained ▁he ▁had ▁suffered ▁from ▁a ▁gl uten ▁and ▁da iry ▁int ol er ance ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁but ▁never ▁got ▁to ▁the ▁bottom ▁of ▁it . ▁A ru ▁and ▁his ▁personal ▁coach ▁Paolo ▁T iral ongo ▁made ▁his ▁training ▁too ▁hard , ▁and ▁spent ▁too ▁much ▁time ▁at ▁alt itude ▁which ▁meant ▁his ▁body ▁was ▁fat igu ed ▁already ▁going ▁into ▁the ▁G iro ▁d ' Italia . ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁racing ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁July , ▁at ▁the ▁Tour ▁de ▁Wall onie , ▁and ▁finished ▁ 1 0 th ▁overall . ▁A ▁week ▁later ▁at ▁the ▁Tour ▁de ▁Pologne , ▁A ru ▁finished ▁ 1 0 th ▁overall ▁once ▁again . ▁He ▁started ▁the ▁V uel ta ▁a ▁España ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁favour ites . ▁However ▁his ▁form ▁was ▁fl uct u ating , ▁and ▁he ▁was ▁over ▁ 1 0 ▁minutes ▁behind ▁Simon ▁Y ates , ▁starting ▁stage ▁ 1 7 . ▁On ▁the ▁stage , ▁A ru ▁crash ed ▁before ▁the ▁final ▁clim b ▁which ▁ri pped ▁his ▁short s . ▁A ru ▁react ing ▁an gr ily ▁while ▁calling ▁for ▁a ▁new