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27th Vuelta a Murcia - 2.1
Spain, March 4-8, 2008
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Stage 2 - March 5: Calasparra - Totana, 152.5km
Rubiera takes snow-capped queen stage
Perez takes over race lead
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Astana's Jose Luis 'Chechu' Rubiera won the second stage of the Vuelta a Murcia on a day when most of the peloton wanted to quit racing. With snow falling on the final climb of the day, the category one Alto de Collado Bermejo, and strong winds, rain and sleet buffeting the riders after the start in Calasparra, the group staged a brief protest early in the race asking for the stage to be cancelled.
The organisers eventually convinced the racers to forge ahead, and mother nature took pity on the riders by clearing the skies. A group of 12 riders containing the race favourites prevailed over the final two climbs of the day to contest the finish in Totana. Rubiera launched his move with three kilometres to go, holding off the charge by Spaniard Aitor Perez (Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo), who took over the lead on the general classification, and Tinkoff's Vasili Kiryienka.
"What a day. We were so close to cancelling this stage," said a happy Rubiera after the stage. "It was dangerous in the peloton. With a few riders, and I was one of them, we wanted to cancel the stage after 40 kilometers. We stopped riding, but after a short discussion, we went further. I don't regret it any more." The riders had good reason to be unhappy about the abysmal weather conditions which saw winds up to 80kph and a mix of wintry weather.
After a tense start to the stage, the riders agreed after the protest to roll out for the first part of the stage without attacks to stay safe in the high winds until they could reach a part of the course where the roads were more sheltered. A group of five riders detached themselves from the peloton on the daunting ascent of the Alto de Collado Bermejo with just over 30 kilometres remaining. Alberto Contador (Astana), Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone), Alejando Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), Ricardo Serrano (Tinkoff) and Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin Galicia) were joined on the descent by seven more riders including Rubiera and Perez.
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The dozen riders rolled into the streets of Totana with more than a minute on the next chasing group. Still, they faced a difficult uphill finish, which played into Rubiera's strengths. "Three kilometres from the finish was the perfect moment to attack," Rubiera said of his move from the group containing two of his Astana team-mates. "Toni Colom didn't feel strong enough to attack. Neither did I, but I tried. And it worked!" Colom and Alberto Contador finished seventh, six seconds behind in the group with last year's champion Alejandro Valverde.
Rubiera, who announced that he will retire at the end of the season after a strong Tour of California, will not change his plans now that he's scored victory. "It is super nice to stop with these feelings. It is time to do something else. The decision has been made. Definite for sure."
Rubiera now sits in second place in the general classification, on the same time as Perez, who finished third on the first stage. Tinkoff's Alexander Serov put distance into his sprint competititors by scoring a first and second place in the intermediate sprints, while Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Contentpolis - Murcia) took over the lead in the mountains classification with the win atop the Alto de Espuña.
Photography
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- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) before the start of the hilly second stage.
- The break is making its way up on the Collado.
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) on the Collado which was the last day of the climb - good news for the Aussie!
- Chechu Rubiera riding up the Collado before eventually winning the race out of the small front group.
- Alexander Serov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) with the white jersey showing that he is the most points after two stages.
Results
1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 4.18.14 (35,433 km/h) 2 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 3 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.02 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.06 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 8 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 9 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 10 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 11 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 12 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.26 13 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.10 14 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 15 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 16 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 17 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 18 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 21 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 22 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 23 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 24 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 25 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 26 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Team CSC 27 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 28 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.07 29 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.23 30 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros 4.56 31 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.03 32 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6.08 33 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 34 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 35 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 7.50 37 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 38 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 39 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 40 Enrique Salgueiro Alonso (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 41 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 42 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 45 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 46 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 47 Sergio Domínguez Muñoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 12.15 48 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 49 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 50 Gonzalo Zambrano Calderon (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 51 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 53 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 15.09 54 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 55 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 56 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 57 Claudio José Casas Gallego (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 18.05 58 César Quiteiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 19.23 59 Josu Mondelo (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 60 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 21.27 61 Xabat Otxotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 62 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 63 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 64 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 65 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 66 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 67 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 68 Carlos Castano Panadero (Spa) Karpin Galicia 69 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 70 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 71 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 72 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 73 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 74 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 76 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 78 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 80 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 81 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 82 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 84 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 85 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 86 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 87 Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 21.33 88 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 89 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27.15 90 Antonio Jesús (Por) Liberty Seguros 91 Jesus Cobelo Fojo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 28.56 92 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 93 Dimitri Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 94 Jesus Ramirez Torres (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 95 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 29.00 Points 1 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 25 pts 2 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 20 3 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 6 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 7 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 9 8 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 9 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 7 10 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 11 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 5 12 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 13 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 14 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 15 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 1 Sprints Cieza 1 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 pts 2 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 3 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Ricote 1 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 pts 2 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 3 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Mountains Ricote (Cat. 3) 1 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 3 pts 2 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 1 Pliego (Cat. 3) 1 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3 pts 2 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1 Espuña (Cat. 1) 1 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 10 pts 2 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 3 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 4 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 4 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 6 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 Collado Bermejo (Cat. 1) 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 6 4 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 5 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 6 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Teams 1 Astana 12.54.54 2 Contentpolis - Murcia 1.10 3 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.30 4 Caisse d'Epargne 2.14 5 Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.59 6 Liberty Seguros 5.15 7 Team CSC 9.58 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.29 9 Karpin Galicia 15.34 10 Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo 19.53 11 Andalucia - Cajasur 23.57 12 Rabobank 44.14 General classification after stage 2 1 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 9.18.25 2 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 3 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.02 4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.06 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 10 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 12 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.26 13 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 1.10 14 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 15 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 19 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 20 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 21 Hernani Broco (Por) Liberty Seguros 22 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 23 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 24 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 25 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 26 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 27 Iñigo Cuesta López (Spa) Team CSC 28 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3.07 29 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.23 30 Rui Miguel Sousa (Por) Liberty Seguros 4.56 31 Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Col) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5.03 32 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.08 33 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 34 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis - Murcia 7.50 37 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 38 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 39 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 40 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 41 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 42 Enrique Salgueiro Alonso (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 43 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 44 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 45 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 46 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 47 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.15 48 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC 49 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 50 Sergio Domínguez Muñoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 51 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 52 Gonzalo Zambrano Calderon (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 53 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 15.09 54 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 55 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 56 Claudio José Casas Gallego (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 18.05 57 César Quiteiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 19.23 58 Josu Mondelo (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 59 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 21.27 60 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 61 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 62 Xabat Otxotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 63 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 64 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 65 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 66 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 67 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 68 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 69 Ignacio Sarabia Diaz (Mex) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 70 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 71 Carlos Castano Panadero (Spa) Karpin Galicia 72 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 73 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 74 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 75 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 76 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 77 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 78 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 79 Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 21.33 80 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 21.43 81 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 22.13 82 Delio Fernández Cruz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 22.33 83 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 23.05 84 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 23.55 85 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 27.15 86 Antonio Jesús (Por) Liberty Seguros 87 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 28.51 88 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 89 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 90 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 28.56 91 Jesus Ramirez Torres (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 92 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 28.57 93 Jesus Cobelo Fojo (Spa) Karpin Galicia 36.20 94 Dimitri Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 95 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 36.24 Points classification 1 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 36 pts 2 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 25 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 25 4 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20 5 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 17 6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 7 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14 8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 13 9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 10 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12 11 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 12 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 13 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 14 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 9 15 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 9 16 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 8 17 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Astana 7 18 Xabat Otxotorena (Spa) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 7 19 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 20 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 21 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 6 22 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 23 Javier Etxarri Marin (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 5 24 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 25 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 26 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 27 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3 28 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 2 29 César Quiteiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 2 30 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Sprint classification 1 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 pts 2 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 7 3 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros 5 4 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 1 Mountains classification 1 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 11 pts 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 10 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 4 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 9 5 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 6 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 6 7 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 5 8 Gustavo Dominguez Lemos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 5 9 José Antonio Redondo Ramos (Spa) Karpin Galicia 3 10 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3 11 Manuel Vazquez Hueso (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 2 12 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 13 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 14 Yon Bru Pascal (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 15 Ricardo Serrano González (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 16 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 Best Murcian classification 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.18.31 2 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.19.35 3 Eloy Teruel Rovira (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 9.26.15 4 Sergio Domínguez Muñoz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia 9.30.40 5 Claudio José Casas Gallego (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 9.36.30 Teams classification 1 Astana 27.55.27 2 Contentpolis - Murcia 1.10 3 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.30 4 Caisse d'Epargne 2.14 5 Tinkoff Credit Systems 4.59 6 Liberty Seguros 5.15 7 Team CSC 9.58 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.29 9 Karpin Galicia 15.34 10 Extremadura-Grupo Gallardo 19.53 11 Andalucia - Cajasur 23.57 12 Rabobank 44.14
