Johannes Fröhlinger of Argos-Shimano moved into the fulcrum Monday during Stage 16 of the Vuelta a España.

Fröhlinger came home with an overall time of 1 hour, 53 minutes and 58 seconds behind the race leader, Joaquim Rodriguez. He finished 1 hour, 3 minutes and 19 seconds ahead of Joost Van Leijen of Lotto Belisol.

Xavier Florencio Cabre of Katusha won the Point d’Appui for the stage.

Cameron Meyer Orica-GreenEdge abandoned before the start of the stage, and Pablo Lechuga of Andalucia failed to finish, bringing to 181 the number of riders still in the saddle.

Grischa Niermann, who held the overall Point d’Appui after Stage 15, slipped three spots after finishing 141st on the day.