RACE REPORTS: VUELTA A ESPAÑA STAGE 20: MILLAR VICTORIOUS, VALVERDE DEFENDS

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RACE REPORTS: VUELTA A ESPAÑA STAGE 20: MILLAR VICTORIOUS, VALVERDE DEFENDS
Road Bike Action & AFP
September 19, 2009

(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)

Spain's Alejandro Valverde was on course to win the Vuelta a España after keeping his overall lead in Saturday's 20th and penultimate stage, a time-trial won by Britain's David Millar. Valverde finished in seventh position in the 27.8-kilometer time-trial in the central city of Toledo, 36-seconds behind Millar.

Barring disaster, Valverde, who has never won a major Tour, should take the event when it concludes in Madrid on Sunday at the end of the final stage, a 110-kilometer race between Rivas Vaciamadrid and the Spanish capital. Time trial specialist Millar won Saturday's stage in a time of 35:53 ahead of Spain's Samuel Sanchez, who is second overall, Australian Cadel Evans and Italy's Ivan Basso.

Vuelta a España Stage 20, 27.8km
1. David Millar (GBr/Garmin-Slipstream) 35:53
2. Samuel Sánchez (Spa/Euskaltel-Euskadi) @ .05
3. Cadel Evans (Aus/Silence-Lotto) @ .09
4. Gustavo César Veloso (Spa/Xacobeo Galicia) @ .20
5. Roman Kreuziger (Cze/Liquigas) @ .30
6. Philippe Gilbert (Bel/Silence-Lotto) @ .34
7. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Caisse d'Epargne) @ .36
8. David Herrero (Spa/Xacobeo Galicia) @ .37
9. Jesús Del Nero (Spa/Fuji-Servetto) @ .40
10. Lieuwe Westra (Ned/Vacansoleil) @ . 43

Overall Classification After Stage 20
1. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/Caisse d'Epargne) 84:10:32
2. Samuel Sánchez (Spa/Euskaltel-Euskadi) @ .55
3. Cadel Evans (Aus/Silence-Lotto) @ 1:32
4. Ivan Basso (Ita/Liquigas) @ 2:12
5. Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa/Xacobeo Galicia) @ 4:27
6. Robert Gesink (Ned/Rabobank) @ 6:40
7. Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa/Caisse d'Epargne) @ 9:08
8. Paolo Tiralongo (Ita/Lampre-NGC) @ 9:11
9. Philip Deignan (Irl/Cervélo) @ 11:08
10. Juan José Cobo (Spa/Fuji-Servetto) @ 11:27

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