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Vuelta a Espana: Janez Brajkovic takes overall lead as Astana win stage one team time trial

Image: Janez Brajkovic led Astana over the line and now wears the leader's red jersey

Janez Brajkovic took an early lead of the Vuelta a Espana after his Astana squad produced a superb team time trial to win stage one in Galicia.

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Stage one result 1 Astana 29:59
2 RadioShack-Leopard, +10secs
3 Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +16
4 Team Sky, +22
5 Movistar, +29
6 Saxo-Tinkoff, +32
7 NetApp-Endura, +35
8 BMC, +36
9 Orica-GreenEDGE, +45
10 Belkin, +49 General classification 1 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana, 29:59
2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana, same time
3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana, st
4 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana, st
5 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana, st
6 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana, st
7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Leopard, +10sec
8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) RadioShack-Leopard, st
9 Markel Irizar (Spa) RadioShack-Leopard, st
10 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) RadioShack-Leopard, st