Petacchi wins tragedy-hit Vuelta a Espana stage
Italy's Alessandro Petacchi won the seventh stage of the Tour of Spain but the action was overshadowed by the death of a Team Sky masseur.
Txema Gonzalez, 38, died five days after he was taken to hospital suffering from a virus that has swept through the British team.
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2010 Vuelta a Espana Stage 7
Italy's Alessandro Petacchi pipped another sprint specialist, Britain's Mark Cavendish, to the line in a group finish at the end of the 187.1 kilometre stage from Murcia to Orihuela in eastern Spain.
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Vuelta - stage four
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2010 Vuelta a Espana Stage 7
Italy's Alessandro Petacchi pipped another sprint specialist, Britain's Mark Cav...
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