KLIER ENDS FOUR YEAR GAP ON VICTORIES WITH SPANISH WIN

Tour of Spain 2007 st 13 Andreas Klier

T-Mobile notched up their second win of the Tour of Spain on Friday after 2003 Ghent-Wevelgem winner Andreas Klier outgunned Dutchman Tom Stamsnijder (Gerolsteiner) in a spectacular two-up duel at the end of stage 13.

Appropriately enough for a Classics specialist like Klier, the German took his win in weather more suited to Belgium in April than Spain in September - whilst dry at the finish, strong winds, hailstorms, rain storms and roads rendered lethal by the downpour had all combined to make the 176.4 kilometres between Hellín and Torre Pachecho very heavy going.

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