# Astana left no doubts about its ambitions.
Only 27 kilometers had to be mastered at the beginning of this year's Tour of Spain. However, the team time trial from Vilanova de Arousa to Sanxenxo offered a lot of excitement. Above all, the Astana team around the reigning Giro d'Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali showed their sweet side. Like hardly any other team, the drivers in the light blue jerseys took turns and covered the distance a full 10 seconds faster than the RadioShack-Leopard team around Fabian Cancellara. Omega Pharma-QuickStep followed in third place with time trial world champion Tony Martin.
# Fabian Cancellara "in full flight".
# Tony Martin led Team OmegaPharma-QuickStep to third place.
The Slovenian Janez Brajkovic took over the first red jersey of the overall leader. His team-mate Nibali, who is considered the top favorite to win the Tour, is in second place. He has already stolen valuable seconds from his toughest rivals with the confident team performance. Joaquin Rodriguez (Katusha) lost 59 seconds, while Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) only lost 29. The German team NetApp-Endura also showed a solid performance. Leopold König led the riders across the finish line in seventh place, 32 seconds behind.
//Result
1. Janez Brajkovic (Astana) 0:29:59
2. Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) 0:00:00
3.Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) 0:00:00
4. Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) 0:00:00
5. Andriy Grivko (Astana) 0:00:00
6. Tanel Kangert (Astana) 0:00:00
7. Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) 0:00:10
8. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (RadioShack Leopard) 0:00:10
9. Markel Irizar Aranburu (RadioShack Leopard) 0:00:10
10. Robert Kiserlovski (RadioShack Leopard) 0:00:10
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