Brambilla, Rovny ejected from Vuelta a España for fighting

The Vuelta a España became more than just a fight with the legs when Omega Pharma-Quickstep rider Gianluca Brambilla and Ivan Rovny (Tinkoff-Saxo) engaged in a prolonged slapping match while in the day's breakaway on stage 16 from San Martín del Rey Aurelio to La Farrapona. Lago de Somiedo on Monday.

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