Roberto Heras' lead over countryman Santiago Perez narrows at Spanish Vuelta
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Defending champion Roberto Heras lost 30 seconds of his lead in the Spanish Vuelta on Saturday, a day before Spain's premier cycling race ends.
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Spain&#39;s Oscar Freire won the sixth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday, and countryman Manuel Beltran of the US Postal Service team kept his lead as the overall standings remained unchanged.
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Denis Menchov won the Vuelta a EspaÃ±a for the second time in three years yesterday in Madrid, beating Carlos Sastre by 3 minutes 31 seconds after 21 stages. âThis is a party,â Menchov said. âThis is much better than the last one. To be able to celebrate with the team is very important.â Menchov was handed the 2005 title after Roberto Heras was stripped of it for testing positive for EPO.
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Cuba's heavyweight Odlanier Solis  started his bid to succeed the great Felix Savon Wednesday with  a narrow win over his main rival for the Olympic boxing  heavyweight title, Russian Alexander Alekseev.
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Spaniard Santiago Perez recorded a second consecutive stage win, which propelled him into third place overall in the Tour of Spain.
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Ãscar Freire of Spain, a three-time world champion, won the second stage of the Vuelta a EspaÃ±a in a sprint finish yesterday and took the overall lead. Freire, who rides for Rabobank, captured the 92-mile leg in 3 hours 31 minute 3 seconds. Erik Zabel of Team Milram trails Freire for the overall lead with the same time.
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Miguel Angel Jimenez snatches back the lead on day three of the European Masters.
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ESTONIA&#39;s Markko Martin took the Rally of Catalonia lead today after newly-crowned world champion Sebastien Loeb, the overnight leader, was forced out of the race with a severe oil leak.
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Luis PÃ©rez of Spain won the 18th stage of the Vuelta a EspaÃ±a yesterday, and Denis Menchov of Russia retained the overall lead. The 19th stage today is an 83.9-mile race from Avila to Alto de Abantos. The race ends Sunday in Madrid.
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Russian Denis Menchov won the fifth uphill stage of the Tour of Spain and Manuel Beltran of the US Postal Service snatched the race leader&#39;s yellow jersey from teammate Benoit Joachim.
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The last six stages of the Tour of Spain are set for sparks to fly in the battle for the final triumph in Madrid next Sunday. Roberto Heras leads by only
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Spain has taken the lead at the World Golf Championships in Seville with Sergio Garcia and Miguel Angel Jimenez combining for an 11-under-par 61 in the third round to pull one shot ahead of England.
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MORELLA, Spain : Russia&#39;s Denis Menchov won the fifth stage of the Tour of Spain, a 186.5km run between Zaragoza and here. The overall race lead was claimed by Spaniard Manuel Beltran from his US Postal teammate Benoit Joachim.
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Spaniard Eladio Jimenez has won the 10th stage of the Tour of Spain after a lone breakaway on the final decisive climb. The Spaniard won the stage
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SEVILLE, Spain  -- Carlos Moya fired Spain into a 1-0 lead on Friday at Seville&#39;s Olympic Stadium, defeating Mardy Fish of the United States 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 in 1hr 57min.
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Miguel Angel Jimenez&#39;s 66 gave the Spaniard a one-shot lead Friday at the BMW International Open, where European players are in a last-minute scramble to make the Ryder Cup team.
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In Burgos, Spain, Alessandro Petacchi sprinted to victory Sunday in the second stage of the Spanish Vuelta, and Max van Heeswijk of the US Postal Service team took the overall lead in the year&#39;s last major European cycling race.