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Rodriguez wins 5th Basque stage, Valverde leads

The Columbian
Published: April 9, 2010, 12:00am

ORIO, Spain (AP) — Joaquin Rodriguez has won the fifth stage of the Tour of Basque Country and fellow Spaniard Alejandro Valverde retained the overall lead by 1 second over American Chris Horner.

Team Katusha’s Rodriguez clocked 4 hours, 7 minutes, 52 seconds on Friday’s mountain stage, finishing 14 seconds ahead of a three-man pack led by Samuel Sanchez. Valverde finished third in the same time, as did the fourth-placed Horner of Team RadioShack.

Valverde says he is evenly matched with his American rival, but is “betting on myself for the final victory.”

The final stage is a 13.7-mile time trial in Orio on Saturday.

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