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 |
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