MENCHOV TAKES CONTROL IN VUELTA

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Denis Menchov (Rabobank) proved that he is on track to repeat his 2005 win in the Tour of Spain as he and Italian Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) crossed the line together and ahead of the rest of the field in the summit finish of Cerler on Sunday.

Just as one of cycling?s unwritten laws specifies, the Russian and pintsized Italian climber had shared out the work on the long, exposed climb to the Pyrenean ski station and on the summit they divided up the spoils: the stage for Piepoli and the overall for Menchov.

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