Alejandro Valverde gave the first mountain stage

They reached the Pyrenees to the Tour of Spain and the average amateur could not enjoy them. Like Alejandro Valverde, who in recent times of the day was about 50 seconds left to Alberto Contador.

The Tour of Spain Andorra reached final height (port of La Rabassa, first class) but as always happens in these cases, the first mountain stage would not leave much clear view to the general. Much respect from the corridor toward others and, for that matter, you afraid to start and then you hunt for your confidence.

That's what happened, and won the stage that the new leader of the classification, Alessandro Ballan, who won the stage with just under three minutes of the second, Ezequiel Mosquera, and the third, Alberto Contador, who left behind to Carlos Sastre at the end (you got five seconds plus eight bonus that makes 13), but made plain to Murcia Alejandro Valverde, who came 55 seconds after the Pinto.

Alejandro Valverde is always a bad day at the races three weeks. What if this? Only lost a minute (that too in the last two kilometers), but from now on as Valverde gets overwhelming you, can give a lot of trouble.

For now leads the Italian general Bassan followed by Leipheimer. Alberto Contador is fourth at 1.34, Alejandro Valverde is fifth at 2.06 and Carlos Sastre is sixth at 2.27.

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