Bardet carries Tour panache into Vuelta a Espana

After explaining on the eve of the Vuelta a Espana that the Spanish Grand Tour was "a voyage into the unknown", Romain Bardet showed no inhibitions on the first mountain stage of the race on Monday, racing in his usual aggressive manner.

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