John Degenkolb sprints to stage 5 victory for Team Argos-Shimano in 2012 Vuelta a Espana ahead of Team RadioShack-Nissan's Daniele Bennati and Gianni Meersman of Lotto Belisol; Team Katusha's Joaquim Rodriguez keeps overall Vuelta a Espana lead.

Team GreenEdge's Simon Clarke took his first professional win in his Grand Tour debut in the fourth stage of the Vuelta a España 2012.

Simon Clarke rides to Vuelta stage 4 victory for Team GreenEdge ahead of breakaway companion Tony Martin (Team Omega Pharma-QuickStep); Team Katusha's Joaquim Rodriguez takes overall Vuelta a Espana lead.

Team Movistar's Alejandro Valverde took the overall lead in the 2012 Vuelta a Espana earlier today after winning the third stage in a photo finish.

Alejandro Valverde rides to victory in stage 3 of the 2012 Vuelta a Espana beating Joaquim Rodriguez in the final meters; Valverde also takes the overall Vuelta lead.

John Degenkolb of Germany won the second stage of the 2012 Vuelta a Espana, while local favorite Jonathan Castroviejo kept the red leader's jersey for the Movistar team.

John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) has won Stage 2 of the Vuelta a Espana. The German took a bunch sprint to win the flat, 181.4-km run from Pamplona to Viana. Allan Davis (Orica-GreenEdge) finished second, and Ben Swift (Sky) took third. Jonathan Castroviejo (Movistar) remains the red jersey.

Final list of riders and teams which will take part in the Vuelta a España 2012

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