Vuelta Stage 1 : Koldo 7, Alan 18, Iñaki 19

The Vuelta didn't start with a prologue or a team trial this year but with a normal short stage and it became a classical one. There was an early escape with Martinez Acevedo, Champion and Lequatre and later Martinez with Roy but they were never given a small chance on the victory. When everything came back together Philippe Gilbert tried to escape but he couldn't get more than 6 seconds so it became a sprint.

In the sprint Euskaltel did a great job ! Benatti won before Freire and Koldo Fernandez became very good seventh ! There were two other Euskaltels in the top 20 with Alan Perez 18th and Iñaki 19th, everybody from Euskaltel ended in the same group.

Stage Results
1. Daniele Benatti Lampre 3:43:09
2. Oscar Freire Rabobank ST
3. Alessandro Petacchi Milram ST
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7. Koldo Fernandez ST
18. Alan Perez ST
19. Iñaki Isasi ST
38. Samuel Sanchez ST
66. Igor Anton ST
67. Haimar Zubeldia ST
102. Dionisio Galparsor ST
106. Iñigo Landaluze ST
161. Aitor Hernandez ST