Sutton wins Tour of Spain stage

Sutton wins Tour of Spain stage
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Summary Australian sprinter Chris Sutton won the Tour of Spains second stage.

After a difficult uphill section in the final kilometre shredded the pack, the 26-year-old blasted out of the field with 350 metres to go for his first ever Grand Tour win.Spains Vicente Reynes shadowed Suttons late burst but faded to take second, while first-year German sprinter Marcel Kittel, the winner of 12 races this season, continued to punch above his weight to come third in his first Grand Tour. Italian fastman Daniele Bennati moved into the overall lead after his sixth-place finish enabled the Leopard Trek rider to move ahead of Danish team mate Jakob Fuglsang.Less than 24 hours after Team Sky finished third last in the opening team time trial, the British outfit showed it had not lost its morale. On a great days racing for Sky on Sunday, Suttons team mate Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway won the Vattenfalls Cyclassic, Germanys biggest one-day race.

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