Russian Denis Menchov won the Tour of Spain for the second time in three years yesterday. Spaniard Carlos Sastre was second overall behind the Rabobank rider, who was also the 2005 winner, with another Spaniard Samuel Sanchez coming third.

Italian Daniele Bennati won the final stage - his third of this year's race.

Second behind the Lampre rider in the bunch sprint in Madrid was Alessandro Petacchi with Aliaksandr Usau finishing third.

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