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Hesjedal wins mountainous 12th stage

Associated Press

Friday, September 11, 2009

ALTO DE VELEFIQUE, Spain -- Ryder Hesjedal of Canada has won the mountainous 12th stage of the Spanish Vuelta, and Alejandro Valverde of Spain retained the overall lead. Hesjedal finished the 112-mile leg in 5 hours, 34 minutes, 31 seconds on Friday, giving the Garmin-Slipstream rider a one-second victory over David Garcia of Spain. Robert Gesink of Netherlands and Zequiel Mosquera of Spain were both six seconds back. Caisse D'Epargne rider Valverde finished 16 seconds behind in sixth to main ...

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