Samuel Sánchez of Euskaltel-Euskadi won the 17-kilometre ITT from Nueva town to Llanes Sunday afternoon. The Spaniard covered the route in a winning time of 19 minutes 51 seconds, averaging close to 52 kph. Andrei Kunitski (Blr - Acqua & Sapone-Caffé Mokambo) took the runner-up spot at 07" and was the only rider capable to ride faster than Sánchez in the last portion of the parcours. Worthy of mention was also the solid performance of Cristopher Froome, fifth place getter against the clock.
But the "battle for yellow" had Angel Vicioso as winner this time: the LA Aluminios-MSS rider took fourth in the stage, losing just 25" to the first place finisher, but notably gaining 35 seconds on Stefano Garzelli, who at his turn dropped to spot number four on GC. Such that all podium places currently belong to members of the same Portugual-based squad: Vicioso leads his teammate Xavier Tondo by 28" with Tino Zaballa in third at 33" - and Garzelli as "best of the rest" a further two seconds down.
The race resumes Monday with the third and easiest - on paper at least - stage, from Llanes to Avilés over 168 kilometres, with the Robellada, coming after 33 kilometres, as the only categorised climb of the day.
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