CSC misses out on the win

Alexandr Kolobnev of Team CSC came very close to winning yesterday's stage in the Vuelta a España, but was unable to match the sprint of the Colombian Leonardo Duque of Cofidis. He ended up in second place.

The Russian was part of an 18-man escape group that formed after kilometre 58. With 20 kilometres to go, the group fell apart, and Kolobnev, Duque and Joan Horrach of Caisse d'Epargne got away in the lead. They were able to hold their slight advantage to the end, "in spite of a small disagreement about sharing the work load," as the CSC website, team-csc.com, put it. The three eyed each other warily until nearly the end of the stage, when Duque opened the sprint with 200 metres to go and was able to hold off Kolobnev.

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