First stage hit my heavy rain

Jesús Ezquerra was Sporting CP/Tavira's best performer in the first stage of the Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León, between Alcañices and Bragança over a distance of 166.3kg. David de la Fuente and Mario González finished with Ezquerra, while Rinaldo Nocentini (62nd), David Livramento (74th), Hugo Sabido (75th) and Valter Pereira (77th) were in the chasing pack.

First stage classification in full:

1.º Carlos Betancur (Movistar), 4h27m02s

2.º Pello Bilbao (Caja Rural), -

3.º Carlos Barbero (Caja Rural), +46s

4.º Dmitry Sokolov (Lokosphinx), -

5.º Winner Anacona (Movistar), -

6.º Álvaro Trueba (Efapel), +49s

7.º Rafael Silva (Efapel), +54s

8.º Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), -

9.º Diego Milán (Inteja-MMR), -

10.º JESÚS EZQUERRA (SPORTING CP/TAVIRA), -

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16.º DAVID DE LA FUENTE (SPORTING CP/TAVIRA), -

44.º MARIO GONZÁLEZ (SPORTING CP/TAVIRA), -

62.º RINALDO NOCENTINI (SPORTING CP/TAVIRA),+3m56s

74.º DAVID LIVRAMENTO (SPORTING CP/TAVIRA), +6m21s

75.º HUGO SABIDO (SPORTING CP/TAVIRA), -

77.º VALTER PEREIRA (SPORTING CP/TAVIRA), -