American Chris Horner regained the overall lead in the Tour of Spain on Monday after a solo victory in stage 10, a summit finish at Hazallanas.
Horner attacked 4.5 kilometres from the summit, leaving Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali to come home second in the race’s third straight summit finish, around 48 seconds back.
Spain’s Alejandro Valverde was third.
Stage 10 Brief Results:
- Chris Horner (U.S. / RadioShack) 4:30:22″
- Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana) +48″
- Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar) +1:02″
- Ivan Basso (Italy / Cannondale)
- Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain / Katusha)
- Thibaut Pinot (France / FDJ.fr)
- Nicolas Roche (Ireland / Saxo – Tinkoff) +1:10″
- Igor Anton (Spain / Euskaltel) +1:25″
- Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy / AG2R)
- Rafal Majka (Poland / Saxo – Tinkoff) +1:52″
General Classification After Stage 10:
- Chris Horner (U.S. / RadioShack) 40:29:14″
- Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Astana) +43″
- Nicolas Roche (Ireland / Saxo – Tinkoff) +53″
- Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar) +1:02″
- Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain / Katusha) +1:40″
- Daniel Moreno (Spain / Katusha) +2:04″
- Ivan Basso (Italy / Cannondale) +2:20″
- Thibaut Pinot (France / FDJ.fr) +3:11″
- Rafal Majka (Poland / Saxo – Tinkoff) +3:16″
- Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy / AG2R) +3:28″
Ron Callahan is the chief cook and bottlewasher at Bike World News, doing everything from website design to bike reviews.
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