Chris Horner (RadioShack-Leopard) has won Stage 3 of the Vuelta a Espana. The American jumped into the lead in the last km of the 184.8-km ride from Vigo to Vilagarcia de Arousa, winning in 4:30:18. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) outsprinted Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) for second at 0:03. Horner is the new red jersey.

Chris Horner climbs to stage victory and overall race lead in Vuelta a Espana 2013 for Team RadioShack.

Nicolas Roche (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) has climbed to victory in Stage 2 of the Vuelta a Espana. The Irishman jumped away from a four-man lead group on the day’s final climb to win the 177.7-km ride from Pontevedra to Alto da Groba in 4:37:09. Daniel Moreno (Katusha) finished second at 0:02, and Domenico Pozzovivo (Ag2r-La Mondiale) took third. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) took the red jersey from teammate Janez Brajkovic (Astana).

Nicolas Roche climbs to stage 2 victory in Vuelta a Espana 2013; Vincenzo Nibali takes overall Vuelta a Espana lead.

Astana has won Stage 1 of the Vuelta a Espana. The Kazakh squad powered over the 27-km course from Vilanova de Arousa to Sanxenxo to win the team time trial in 29:59. RadioShack-Leopard finished second at 0:10, and Omega Pharma-Quick Step took third at 0:16. Janez Brajkovic, Astana's first finisher, is the first overall leader of the 2013 Vuelta a Espana.

Team Astana wins Vuelta a Espana team time trial and Janez Brajkovic takes overall Vuelta a Espana lead.

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