Finally, Tyler Pulls One Out

Tyler Farrar of Team Garmin-Slipstream, who started making a habit of coming in second, finally wins one, taking stage 11 at the Vuelta a Espana. The victory was Tyler's first Gran Tour win. This was little consolation for Garmin-Slipstream who lost their team leader, Christian Vande Velde, in stage one of the Tour of Missouri, with a broken hand.



1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 05:11:10
2 Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Silence-Lotto
3 Marco Marcato (ITA) Vacansoleil
4 Iñaki Isasi (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC
6 Alessandro Ballan (ITA) Lampre-NGC
7 Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Lampre-NGC
8 Christian Knees (GER) Milram
9 Oscar Freire (ESP) Rabobank
10 Matteo Tosatto (ITA) Quick Step
11 Roger Hammond (GBR) Cervélo TestTeam
12 Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto
13 Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas
14 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne
15 Eduard Vorganov (RUS) Xacobeo Galicia

Overall rankings after stage 11:
1 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 45:37:51
2 Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto 0:00:07
3 Robert Gesink (NED) Rabobank 0:00:36
4 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:51
5 Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas 0:00:53
6 Samuel Sánchez (ESP Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:03
7 Damiano Cunego (ITA) Lampre-NGC 0:02:13
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:24
9 Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) Astana 0:03:10
10 Tadej Valjavec (SLO) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:13
11 Daniel Navarro (ESP) Astana 0:03:16
12 Joaquím Rodríguez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 0:03:49
13 Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) Lampre-NGC 0:03:52
14 Daniel Moreno (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 0:04:23
15 Johnny Hoogerland (NED) Vacansoleil 0:04:44