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27th Vuelta a Murcia - 2.1

Spain, March 7-11, 2007

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Stage 3 - March 9: Pto. Lumbreras - S. Pedro Pinatar, 146 km

Australians take over in Murcia

Australian sprinters have taken the victory and the leader's jersey in today's stage three of the Vuelta a Murcia, where winds have finally eased up, letting the race take place unlike yesterday. While Rabobank's Graeme Brown was able to throw his bike over the finish line just ahead of his fellow countryman Baden Cooke (Unibet.com), Spaniard Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) finished only third in front of his home crowd. The Unibet rider nevertheless made up for his second placing by taking the yellow jersey from Valverde's teammate Jose Joaquin Rojas.

How it unfolded

A nervous stage start that saw many breakaway attempts fail for as long as one hour of racing into stage three, but finally three riders managed to create a gap between them and the peloton: José-Angel Gomez-Marchante (Saunier Duval-Prodir), Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Julian Sanchez (Relax-Gam). But seeing the high value of the escaped riders, the bunch didn't let them drive off too fa away, and the maximum lead was 2.40 minutes with 55 kilometres to go.

Just before the stage finish in San Pedro del Pinatar, the leading trio was caught, even though Sanchez put on the turbo one more time and resisted a bit longer. But with six clicks to go, the sprinter's teams took control of the situation, especially the Lampre team, which was hoping to take the overall lead through Danilo Napolitano. But the Australians Graeme Brown and Baden Cooke took advantage of the situation, scoring the victory and second place before Alejandro Valverde - beaten on home turf.

Still, Cooke, Brown, Napolitano, Rojas and Valverde all have the same time on general classification, so the battle is far from over.

Results

1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                          3.12.48
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
4 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Relax-Gam                             
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     
6 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-Gam                               
7 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                 
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
9 Giuseppe Palumbro (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo        
10 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                             
11 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                     
12 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                           
13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-Gam                              
14 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana                               
15 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                           
16 Diego Milan (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                     
17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
18 Miguel Ochoa (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                    
19 Pablo de Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                  
20 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                          
21 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                       
22 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                  
23 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                 
24 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            
25 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    
26 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias             
27 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
28 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo        
29 David Abal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                            
30 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                    
31 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
32 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                
33 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                            
34 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana                               
35 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
36 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         
37 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo        
38 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                 
39 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                
40 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                             
41 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    
42 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                
43 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                        
44 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       
45 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                      
46 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                      
47 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                              
48 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                 
49 Jose Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                          
50 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                              
51 Mauricio A. Ardila (Col) Rabobank                          
52 Jorge Perez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                
53 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                       
54 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                              
55 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
56 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo           
57 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo       
58 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                            
59 Iker Flores (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                   
60 Rodriguez Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur               
61 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                               
62 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                
63 Vicente Peiro (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                   
64 José Antonio Baños (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos              
65 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com                               
66 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
67 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                               
68 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                           
69 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                               
70 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax-Gam                             
71 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo      
72 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                      
73 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                    
74 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo         
75 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                 
76 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       
77 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
78 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                               
79 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     
80 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                        
81 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                       
82 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        
83 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
84 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo       
85 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                     
86 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                     
87 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
88 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                 
89 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                       
90 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                
91 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                            
92 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
93 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias           
94 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
95 David De la Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              
96 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Unibet.com                      0.13
97 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com                          0.23
98 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  0.33
99 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            1.03
100 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                 1.20
101 Gorka Amuriza (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos              1.40
102 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Relax-Gam                        1.45
103 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                  
 
Moutains
 
Alto De Purias - Category 3 (Km 31.50)                        
1 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                     3 pts
2 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                2
3 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                1
 
Alto De Cadacero - Category 3 (Km 89.90)
1 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                3 pts
2 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Relax-Gam                             2
3 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    1
 
Points
 
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                               25 pts
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                              20
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 16
4 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Relax-Gam                           14
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                   12
6 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-Gam                             10
7 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                9
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  8
9 Giuseppe Palumbro (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo       7
10 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                            6
11 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                    5
12 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                          4
13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-Gam                             3
14 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana                              2
15 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                          1
 
Teams
 
1 Relax-Gam                                            9.38.24
2 Caisse d'Epargne                                            
3 Grupo Nicolás Mateos                                        
4 Team CSC                                                    
5 Astana                                                      
6 Unibet.com                                                  
7 Karpin Galicia                                              
8 Fuerteventura-Canarias                                      
9 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                                
10 Rabobank                                                   
11 Lampre-Fondital                                            
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                          
13 Andalucia-Cayasur                                          
14 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                       
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                         7.43.38
2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                 
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                   
6 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                              
7 Giuseppe Palumbro (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo        
8 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Relax-Gam                             
9 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-Gam                               
10 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-Gam                              
11 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                  
13 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                     
14 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            
15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                    
16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
17 Pablo de Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                  
18 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    
19 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo        
20 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                
21 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                 
22 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                          
23 Koldo Gil (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
24 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo        
25 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                            
26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         
27 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                        
28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       
29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                               
30 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Unibet.com                            
31 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo           
32 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                
33 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team CSC                              
34 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                           
35 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo      
36 Rodriguez Luis Perez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur               
37 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                               
38 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo         
39 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                               
40 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        
41 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                            
42 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com                          0.23
43 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com                       3.03
44 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                       
45 Evgeniy Sladkov (Kaz) Astana                           3.05
46 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                      
47 Iker Flores (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                   
48 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                    
49 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                     
50 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo       
51 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Relax-Gam                         4.50
52 Diego Milan (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                 6.19
53 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                    
54 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                
55 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                           
56 David Abal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                            
57 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana                             
58 Jose Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                 
59 Jose Ruiz (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                          
60 Miguel Ochoa (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                    
61 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                              
62 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                              
63 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                
64 Stefano Cavallari (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo       
65 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                      
66 Jorge Perez (Spa) Relax-Gam                                
67 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                
68 Claudio José Casas (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                 
69 José Rujano (Ven) Unibet.com                               
70 José Antonio Baños (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos              
71 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
72 Antonio Olmo (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                       
73 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                      
74 Beñat Intxausti (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                 
75 Ruben Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
76 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax-Gam                             
77 Oscar Garcia (Spa) Relax-Gam                               
78 Luis Fernandez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                        
79 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                     
80 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       
81 Jorge Ferrio (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                       
82 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
83 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
84 Inigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                
85 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
86 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Unibet.com                      6.32
87 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  6.52
88 José Adrian Bonilla (CRc) Fuerteventura-Canarias           
89 David De la Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir          7.01
90 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            7.22
91 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                  7.39
92 Gorka Amuriza (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos               7.59
93 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana                           9.16
94 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                       
95 Jorge Azanza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
96 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                 
97 Vicente Ballester (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias             
98 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
99 Mauricio A. Ardila (Col) Rabobank                          
100 Vicente Peiro (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                  
101 Lander Aperribay (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  
102 Enrique Salgueiro (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                    
103 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias             11.01
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                     9 pts
2 Pablo de Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                  4
3 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                3
4 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Relax-Gam                             2
5 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                2
6 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                       2
7 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias                1
8 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    1
 
Points classification
 
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                               35 pts
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                              34
3 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 33
4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                   32
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 25
6 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                            22
7 Giuseppe Palumbro (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo      19
8 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Relax-Gam                           14
9 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-Gam                             12
10 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                   9
11 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias               9
12 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                    8
13 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com                             7
14 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               6
15 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                   6
16 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                5
17 Jose Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir           4
18 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam                          4
19 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                           3
20 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-Gam                             3
21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                 3
22 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Relax-Gam                            3
23 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   3
24 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                              2
25 Alexey Kolessov (Kaz) Astana                              2
 
Combination classification
 
1 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur                    26 pts
2 Pablo de Pedro (Spa) Grupo Nicolás Mateos                 47
3 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias               72
4 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Relax-Gam                            77
5 José Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir              107
6 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                  114
7 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                     126
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                               3
9 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                3
10 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                   7
11 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 7
 
Team classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                    23.10.54
2 Relax-Gam                                                   
3 Team CSC                                                    
4 Unibet.com                                                  
5 Rabobank                                                    
6 Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                                
7 Lampre-Fondital                                             
8 Fuerteventura-Canarias                                  3.05
9 Karpin Galicia                                          6.19
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                       
11 Andalucia-Cayasur                                          
12 Astana                                                 9.24
13 Grupo Nicolás Mateos                                  12.38
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi