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No surprises in the end. Denis Menchov (Rabobank) won the Vuelta a España 2007 which ended in Madrid today. In second and third place were Carlos Sastre and Samuel Sanchez, respectively. Cadel Evans, who had been in third place for nearly half of the Vuelta, dropped to fourth in the last three stages, overtaken by [...]

Samuel Sanchez won the 20th stage (individual time trial) of the Vuelta. Denis Menchov and Stef Clement came in second and third, respectively. It looks like Menchov will indeed win this year’s Vuelta. Tomorrow is the final stage, the ride into Madrid. Carlos Sastre will probably end up in second place overall.

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