Graeme Brown wins again in Vuelta Murcia

Good to see Graeme Brown has sorted out his bike problems, or handling issues or whatever they were - you may recall him pulling his foot/getting baulked/breaking something in the finale of the Tour Down Under. He is obviously flying right now... and Rabo teammate Menchov won overall.

Nice result for Graeme Brown at Vuelta Murcia

Seems like yesterday Brownie was the guy we all loved to hate, careening between riders in the sprint... now he's an old hand, almost a steadying influence... almost. Anyway, a nice stage win, beating an NZer in the process ;-)

Stage 1 - March 4: San Pedro del Pinatar - Lorca, 192.3km
Results 1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 5.06.37 (37.63 km/h)
2 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - High Road
3 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
4 Mathew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
5 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua e Sapone
7 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
8 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
9 David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
10 David Calatayud (Spa) Spanish National Team

Nice result for Brown and Cooke at Murcia

Brown wins for Rabo, helping his cause no end, and Cooke takes over the lead for embattled Unibet. The drug-scandal-smeared (but apparently innocent) Sevilla back and racing well, too.

CN reports:
1 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3.12.48
2 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
4 Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Relax-Gam
5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
6 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Relax-Gam
7 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
9 Giuseppe Palumbro (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
10 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
11 Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Andalucia-Cayasur
12 Mario De Sarraga (Spa) Relax-Gam
13 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-Gam