Chris Froome did not make up ground on leader Nairo Quintana as attention focused on the sprinters in stage 16 of the Vuelta a Espana.The Tour de France winner finished in the peloton, alongside Quintana, after Luxemburgs Jean-Pierre Drucker won a dramatic bunch sprint at the end of the 156.4km stage from Alcaniz to Peniscola.The result leaves Froome, of Team Sky, three minutes and 37 seconds adrift of the Movistar rider in the general classification ahead of a rest day on Tuesday.Five stages then remain, with Froomes best chance of cutting into what is a significant gap expected to come in the time trial on Friday.Mondays action began amid some controversy after the 93 riders, including the majority of Team Sky, who missed the time cut in Sundays frantic stage to Sallent de Gallego being allowed to continue riding.Ordinarily they would have been prevented from carrying on, but, with the consequences being a dramatic reduction in the field to 71, commissaires used their discretion not to invoke the ruling.Debate over the fairness of that decision raged on among the riders and the teams, but the racing that followed was exciting.Drucker, of BMC, eventually emerged victorious in the closing stages after outsprinting Bora Argons Rudiger Selig and Nikias Arndt of Giant-Alpecin. 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"The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. Between both competitive Super Smash Bros. games, there have already been over 25 major tournaments to date, with hundreds of entrants or more and the worlds best players in attendance. With so many tournaments vying for player and audience attention, it can be hard to differentiate yourself and stake a claim in the scene. But the organization Smash United is hoping to make its mark with Clutch City Clash on August 6-7, and is doing so by putting players first.Clutch City Clash is Texas latest tournament and is arguably the highest-profile one to come out of Houston. Its headed by Keith LaLonde, co-owner of Smash United, who has had his ear to the ground listening intently to what players want.While Clutch City Clash isnt Texas most prestigious tournament, it has attracted a lot of top talent in its freshman effort. The likes of Cloud9s Joseph Mango Marquez to Echo Foxs Jason Mew2King Zimmerman made it out; international talent is present as well, such as mYinsanitys Mustafa Ice Akcakaya from Germany and Yuta Abadango Kawamura from Japan.In a bid to attract these elite players, Smash United took some controversial steps to smooth over their experience in what many might consider top-player privilege. For Melee, Clutch City Clash will take the top 16 players and float them through to the second day of competition. And while this may seem unfair, for Smash United theres a justifiable reason behind it.We think thats a step in starting a conversation towards a national circuit, said LaLonde. Im watching players get burnt out over and over... being so exhausted from traveling to all these three-day big events where they have to play a bazillion matches. There are advantages to lifting some pressure off top players for the tournament itself, as well. We can have a more established tournament schedule... and those players will still be able to maintain it.Clutch City Clash is aalso one of the first tournaments to address the changing metagame in Super Smash Bros.dddddddddddd for Wii U, the latest iteration in the Smash series. When the game first launched, playstyles were far more defensive, and, as a result, slower. But as the game has been updated and players have developed their skill, matches have started to move faster.Most tournaments scenes around the country use two stocks, or lives, said LaLonde. But we value the players opinions much more highly... especially around here, [they] really love three stocks. They feel its more of a fair game.Only playing with two stocks makes games a lot more volatile. Losing a stock early due to a small mistake greatly impacts a set. Were noticing more players around the country think that way after all of the upsets that are occurring at CEO and EVO for this game, said LaLonde. People want three stocks for a more consistent match, and were willing to give it to them.While Texas has always had a large Smash scene, it never commanded the same attention as other states. I think thats because Texas doesnt have the same storied history in the Melee scene in particular, said LaLonde.Texas did have a strong Brawl scene, the third game in the Smash series, and many of those top players have jumped over to Smash for Wii U. But Texas is seeing a major growth in Melee as well. The Melee scene is growing significantly, said LaLonde, especially in Houston.Ultimately, Smash United wants to support all Smash scenes. LaLonde sees enough players and enough support for all major Smash games to survive. And as for a Clutch City Clash 2? Heck yes theres going to be a CCC2, said LaLonde. We want to make this a once-a-year tournament. This is only the beginning and were in this for the long run. ' ' '