Stage 7: Murcia - Orihuela 187.1km

Dominink rides in break for second time, and Robert Förster (Ger, Team Milram) gets Top 10 for forth time in this Vuelta.

Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini wins the stage. Robert Förster (Ger, Team Milram)gets seventh, Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto still lead the GC (5 days now). Dominik rode in the break with 3 other riders, from early in the race and at one point the gap was up to 10:27. On the only categorized climb for the day, Puerto de Hondón de los Frailes, Dominik punctured and had to work his way back to the 3 other riders. As the break was descending after the climb, the gap was down to 4:00 (about 23 km to go). The break was caught five kilometers before the finish. Dominik is racing this Vuelta with the same gusto he did last year, and last year on stage 15 he got third place. It's only a matter of time before someone on Team Milram wins a stage (hopefully Dom :-)) or gets on the podium. They are definitely showing they want it bad.

Saturday's mountainous stage 8, is 189 kilometers long, and has 3450 m of ascending. There are 5 catagorized climbs and a mountain top finnish:

Km 18 - Puerto de Onil - 6,4 km at 5% - Category 3
Km 89,5 - Puerto de Tudons - 6,9 km at 4,78% - Category 2
Km 115,2 - Puerto de Torremanzanas - 8,3 km at 5,3% - Category 2
Km 141,7 - Puerto de la Carrasqueta - 11,0 km at 4,77% - Category 2
Km 186,8 - Alto Xorret del Catí 3,8 km at 11,56% (max 22%) - Category 1

It will be another exciting and grueling day of racing with many changes to the GC. It took a lot of guts (or as the Finns say, sisu), for Dominik to go in the break today, knowing the first mountainous stage is the day after. That finishing climb tomorrow will dig deep into Dom's legs after todays effort. Good luck to Dom and Team Milram.

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Results stage 7:
1 PETACCHI, Alessandro LAM 4h 36' 12''
2 CAVENDISH, Mark THR m.t. 1º
3 HAEDO, Juan Jose SAX m.t. 1º
4 STAUFF, Andreas QST m.t. 1º
5 FARRAR, Tyler GRM m.t. 1º
6 GALIMZYANOV, Denis KAT m.t. 1º
7 FÖRSTER, Robert MRM m.t. 1º
8 HINAULT, Sébastien ALM m.t. 1º
9 BENNATI, Daniele LIQ m.t. 1º
10 WEYLANDT, Wouter QST m.t. 1º
...
20 SENTJENS, Roy MRM m.t. 1º
43 FOTHEN, Markus MRM m.t. 1º
44 FRÖHLINGER, Johannes MRM m.t. 1º
49 EICHLER, Markus MRM m.t. 1º
68 TERPSTRA, Niki MRM m.t. 1º
93 SCHRÖDER, Björn MRM + 18''
130 VOSS, Paul MRM + 42''
134 ROELS, Dominik MRM + 49''

General Classification:
1 GILBERT, Philippe OLO 27h 12' 38''
2 ANTON, Igor EUS + 10''
3 RODRIGUEZ, Joaquin KAT + 10''
4 NIBALI, Vincenzo LIQ + 12''
5 VELITS, Peter THR + 16''
6 VAN GARDEREN, Tejay THR + 29''
7 SCHLECK, Frank SAX + 50''
8 PLAZA, Ruben GCE + 54''
9 MOSQUERA, Ezequiel XAC + 55''
10 ROCHE, Nicholas ALM + 58''
...
24 FOTHEN, Markus MRM + 2' 28''
49 SENTJENS, Roy MRM + 7' 39''
73 FRÖHLINGER, Johannes MRM + 19' 52''
77 TERPSTRA, Niki MRM + 21' 14''
99 SCHRÖDER, Björn MRM + 33' 37''
102 EICHLER, Markus MRM + 34' 25''
103 VOSS, Paul MRM + 34' 39''
122 ROELS, Dominik MRM + 42' 31''
145 FÖRSTER, Robert MRM + 50' 26''