Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia 2015: Results

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Rein Taaramäe (Astana) enjoys his victory (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Rein Taaramäe (Astana) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

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Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep) heads to the sign-on (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The peloton was all together at the foot of the climb (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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The riders head from sea level to the village of Alto Fortaleza del Sol (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Davide Frattini (UnitedHealthcare) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Rein Taaramäe takes centre stage on the Vuelta a Murcia podium (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) dodged a car near the finish line to take second place (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Rein Taaramäe (Astana) celebrates as he wins the Vuelta a Murcia (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

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Michele Scarponi made his season debut with Astana (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Rein Taaramäe kicked off his 2015 season and his time with the Astana team with an aggressive solo victory at the one-day Vuelta a Murcia race in Spain.

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The Estonian rider won alone on the uphill finish after being going across to a mid-race attack. While his breakaway companions all faded on the hilly race route, he powered clear alone to another attack, opened a two-minute gap and held off the peloton on the climb to the finish at Alto Fortaleza del Sol.

Bauke Mollema (Trek Factory Racing) finished ten seconds behind Taaramäe, with Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-QuickStep) third in the same time.

Many of the riders in action in the hilly Vuelta a Murcia will also ride Sunday's Clasica de Almeria. However the 186km race ends with a flat run-in to the finish in Almeria and so suits sprinter such as Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep) and John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin).

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Rein Taaramae (Est) Astana Pro Team	5:11:38
2	Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek Factory Racing	0:00:10
3	Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Etixx - Quick-Step
4	Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
5	Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Astana Pro Team
6	Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
7	Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
8	Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ.fr
9	Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
10	Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
11	Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
12	Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
13	José Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes (Por) Bora-Argon 18
14	Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha
15	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo
16	Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
17	Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing
18	Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin
19	Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:18
20	Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:00:22
21	Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
22	Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar	0:00:41
23	Yury Trofimov (Rus) Team Katusha
24	David Belda Garcia (Spa) Burgos BH
25	Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
26	Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Bora-Argon 18	0:00:45
27	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Activejet Team
28	Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk
29	Sergey Lagutin (Rus) Team Katusha	0:00:52
30	Kenny Elissonde (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:01:03
31	David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step
32	Arthur Van Overberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
33	David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:01:12
34	Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:01:14
35	Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:01:36
36	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:02:31
37	Davide Malacarne (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:02:59
38	Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:03:13
39	José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:03:22
40	Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Movistar Team
41	Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Movistar Team
42	Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step
43	Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Spa) Murias Taldea
44	Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits	0:03:44
45	Pierre-Henri Lecuisinier (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:03:47
46	Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar	0:08:45
47	Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling	0:08:48
48	Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr	0:09:18
49	Lukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice	0:09:34
50	Pawel Franczak (Pol) Activejet Team	0:10:50
51	Jesus Ezquerra Muela (Spa) Activejet Team
52	Jesus Del Pino Corrochano (Spa) Burgos BH
53	Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
54	Federico Zurlo (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
55	Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha
56	Victor Martin Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH
57	Ricardo Vilela (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
58	Alexander Rybakov (Rus) RusVelo
59	Eduard Prades Reverte (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
60	Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar
61	Alex Aranburu (Spa) ESP
62	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Murias Taldea
63	Romain Hardy (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
64	Grega Bole (Slo) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
65	Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
66	Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
67	Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr
68	John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin	0:11:30
69	Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:15:02
70	Eneko Lizarralde (Spa) Murias Taldea
71	Damien Garcia (Fra) Team Froy Oslo
72	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek Factory Racing
73	Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing
74	Ibai Salas (Spa) Burgos BH
75	Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin
76	Igor Merino Cortazar (Spa) Burgos BH
77	Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx - Quick-Step
78	Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing
79	Oddbjorn Klomsten Andersen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
80	Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin
81	Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
82	Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar
83	Leszek Plucinski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice
84	Jan Barta (Cze) Bora-Argon 18
85	Michal Podlaski (Pol) Activejet Team
86	Artem Ovechkin (Rus) RusVelo
87	Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
88	Mikel Bizkarra (Spa) Murias Taldea
89	Aleksandr Komin (Rus) RusVelo	0:16:00
90	Roman Kustadinchev (Rus) RusVelo
91	David Lozano Riba (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk	0:16:02
92	Scott Ambrose (NZl) Team Novo Nordisk
93	Mario Gonzalez Salas (Spa) Activejet Team
94	Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
95	Benat Txoperena Matxikote (Spa) Murias Taldea
96	Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
97	Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk
98	Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Activejet Team	0:16:05
99	Aritz Bagües (Spa) Murias Taldea
100	Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Argon 18
101	Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
102	Caleb Fairly (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin
103	Alexander Foliforov (Rus) RusVelo
104	Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar	0:16:09
105	Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing	0:16:31
106	Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise	0:16:33
107	Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar
108	Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
109	Dario Hernandez (Spa) Burgos BH
110	David Santillana (Spa) Spain
DNF	Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF	Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
DNF	Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step
DNF	Mark Cavendish (GBr) Etixx - Quick-Step
DNF	Mark Renshaw (Aus) Etixx - Quick-Step
DNF	Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin
DNF	Maxat Ayazbayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF	Marc Sarreau (Fra) FDJ.fr
DNF	Tiago Machado (Por) Team Katusha
DNF	Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha
DNF	Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF	José Gonçalves (Por) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF	Miguel Angel Benito Diez (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
DNF	Sander Helven (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
DNF	Oliver Naesen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
DNF	Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise
DNF	Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) RusVelo
DNF	Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bora-Argon 18
DNF	Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Daniele Ratto (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Ken Hanson (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling
DNF	Simon Strobel (Ger) Team Novo Nordisk
DNF	Henrik Evensen (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
DNF	Halvor Tandrevold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
DNF	Nikolai Tefre Lunder (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
DNF	Anders Norderhus Roe (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
DNF	Jon Soeveras Breivold (Nor) Team Froy Oslo
DNF	Ander Arranz Alonso (Spa) Burgos BH
DNF	Pawel Bernas (Pol) Activejet Team
DNF	Alvaro Cuadros Morata (Spa) Spain
DNF	Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Spain
DNF	Juan José Martínez (Spa) Spain
DNF	Germán Sánchez (Spa) Spain
DNF	Antonio Jesus Soto (Spa) Spain
DNF	Ander Barrenetxea (Spa) Murias Taldea