Vuelta Castilla y Leon Photos; Stage 3: Benavente → Laguna de Peces, 157 km
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Just 10 km into the stage and there is a serious crash involving Stef Clement (Rabobank) in the foreground, Benat Urain (Orbea) lying off to the left, Ivan Ramiro Parra (EPM-UNE) surrounded by medical staff in the center, a Sky rider off to the right and in the distance you can see the orange shirt of Miguel Mínguez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) on the ground.		share this photo
Miguel Mínguez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) appears to be no pain, but he wounds were pretty bad...		share this photo
Stretchers lined up ready to ship three of the riders off to hospital including Ivan Ramiro Parra (EPM-UNE)		share this photo
Back to the race with Saxo-Bank and Movistar at the front of the chase.		share this photo
These seven riders got away at km 22 but were brought back before the two cat 1 climbs at the end of the stage		share this photo
On the last climb, Laguna de Los Peces 13 km at 5.4%, Alberto Contador and Igor Anton behind a Saxo-Bank rider (Richie Porte?) in the chase		share this photo
Alberto Contador flatted three times over the final two climbs. Here he is flatting one final time close to the finish but unfortunately for him, the 3 km rule doesn't apply for uphill finishes.		share this photo
No problems whatsoever for Filippo Savini (Colnago CSF Inox). Inside 2 km to go, he broke free of the other break riders.		share this photo
The other break riders including Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank) 19th + 0:40 and Dario Cioni (Sky) 6th + 0:15 slid back when some of the big names like Igor Anton and Xavier Tondo caught up. Slagter's teammate Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) is the new race leader		share this photo
Filippo Savini, the 26 year-old Italian, gets his first win since winning stage 4 of Tour of Turkey almost three years ago		share this photo
New correspondent Colin Hughes, says the crowd size was down from the same summit finish two years ago. Can't blame the great weather anyway. Might be the cost of petrol and no national television coverage he speculates		share this photo
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Sungard) finished 28th + 2:50 after suffering three flats		share this photo
Don't know what Carlos Sastre's (Geox-TMC) excuse was. He finished 49th + 11:23. Nonetheless, he got some kisses at the finish.		share this photo
Your stage 3 winner, Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox		share this photo
Your new race leader, Bauke Mollema (Ned/Rabobank) by 3s over Xavier Tondo and Igor Anton		share this photo
Vuelta Castilla y Leon Photos; Stage 3: Benavente → Laguna de Peces, 157 km
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