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Vuelta a Espana: Daniel Moreno moves into red jersey with brilliant win on stage nine

Image: Daniel Moreno: Claimed his second stage win of the race

Daniel Moreno replaced Ireland's Nicolas Roche as the leader of the Vuelta a Espana after climbing to a superb victory on stage nine's brutally steep uphill finish in Valdepenas de Jaen.

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Stage nine result 1 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusham, 4:18:57
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar, +4secs
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +4
4 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Saxo-Tinkoff, +8
5 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, +9
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale, +9
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana, +9
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing, +13
9 Warren Barguil (Fra) Argos-Shimano, +13
10 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, +15 General classification 1 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha, 35:58:34
2 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Saxo-Tinkoff, +1sec
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana, +20
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar, +22
5 Chris Horner (USA) RadioShack-Leopard, +28
6 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +56
7 Leopold Konig (Cze) NetApp-Endura, +1:09
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) RadioShack-Leopard, +1:10
9 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team Sky, +1:24
10 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing, +1:25 Other jerseys - Green (points classification): Daniel Moreno (Katusha)
- Blue polka dot (mountains classification): Nicolas Roche (Ire) Saxo-Tinkoff

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