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Spaniard Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne) won the Clasica San Sebastian in a three man sprints with Alexander Vinokourov ( Astana ) and Carlos Sastre (Cervelo).

Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre – Farnese) won the crash-marred bunch sprint that ended stage 1,

The 2010 Tour de France will kick off on Saturday with the 8.9 km prologue in Rotterdam.

A difficult climb on the final circuit breaks up the peloton, giving Andy Schleck a chance to attack and Tony Martin the opportunity to take over the lead.

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Slovakia’s Peter Sagan (Liquigas) won the sprint the second stage of the Tour de Romandie, ahead of Italian Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) and Nicholas Roche (AG2R), taking over the leader’s jersey from prologue winner Marco Pinotti (HTC Columbia).

Italian Davide Malacarne (Quick Step) won the 5th stage of the Tour of Catalonia (Volta a Catalunya) in a solo breakaway for his first professional win.

Paul Voss, one of the few Milram riders who is not sick or broken, notched the team’s first victory of 2010 today, winning the opening time trial of the Tour of Catalonia.

Liquigas’ Peter Sagan takes the win today in a shortened stage, and Saxo Bank’s Jens Voigt moves into the leader’s jersey.

Team Sky notches another win with New Zealand’s Gregory Henderson attacking with 1 km to go to take today’s stage.