Contador wins Tour of Murcia stage two

Alberto Contador wins stage, Tour of Murcia 2011, stage two

Alberto Contador has taken his first win since he was cleared of doping by the Spanish Cycling Federation, powering ahead in the mountainous stage two of the Tour of Murcia to claim both the day's win and the overall lead.

Contador attacked over the summit of the last climb of the day, the Collado Bermejo, and despite taking some big risks on a dangerous descent to the finish, opened a slender advantage of just five seconds on Denis Menchov (Geox-TMC) and Jerome Coppel (Saur-Sojasun). Charly Wegelius (United Health Care) was best Brit on the stage, in 28th spot around three minutes back.

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