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63rd Vuelta a España - GT, Spain, August 30 - September 21, 2008

Stage 2 - August 31: Granada - Jaén , 176.3km

Valverde celebrates his win
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) sprints away
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A well deserved drink
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Valverde wanted to share his joy
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The well-deserved podium kisses
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Sastre at the sign-in
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Bettini coming down the podium
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Tom Boonen is thinking about a stage victory
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Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and teammate Andreas Klöden
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Boonen rides to the start
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Alberto Contador (Astana) wants to win the whole race
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Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) stretching before the start
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) had a stage victory
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Pozzato (l) and Paolo Bettini share
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Joaquin Rodriguez (Caisse d'Epargne, left)
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The bunch waits for the start
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Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) deep in thought
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) uses the Vuelta
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Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) ready to roll
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Erik Zabel all smiles before the start
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Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) looks towards the start line
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Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) makes last adjustments
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre) wants to close out the season
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Liquigas is a multi-coloured team
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Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) rides towards the start
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Thanks to the prologue win
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Pozzato says hi to Valverde
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The bunch ready to kick off
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Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) and Carlos Sastre (Team CSC-Saxo Bank)
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Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) during his break attempt
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Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) during his solo break
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Martínez tried to stay away
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Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff Credit Systems) out of the saddle
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The Liquigas -led bunch
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Bennati and Pozzato
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Pozzato storms by
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Valverde jumps on the left
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Ricardo Serrano (Tinkoff Credit Systems) tries to get into the slipstream
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Valverde continues to hold the lead...
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... and realises before the line
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Valverde celebrates the win.
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Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) starts the Tour of Spain
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Carlos Sastre (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) grimaces
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Bettini was beaten and the Italian was disappointed
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A sweaty Boonen was happy to be in the finish
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Contador thought the race was very nervous today
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Pozzato lost the jersey
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Caisse celebrates
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Valverde was happy that wife and son
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Valverde on the podium
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His win gave Valverde the golden jersey also
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Valverde distanced everyone
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Valverde on the podium
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Valverde gets yellow.
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The peloton
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Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) drives the break
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Liquigas drives the day.
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German Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
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Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
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Xabier Zandio (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Race leader Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
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Sprawling landscape
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Alberto Contador (Astana) looks
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Jesús Rosendo (Andalucía-Cajasur) drives
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Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
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Spain's Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) took the overall lead
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