A strong team representation and showing by Caisse D'Epargne was thwarted by Héctor Guerra (Liberty Seguros) in the 30th Clasica Ciclista los Puertos at Guadarrama. He broke away on the ascent of the Category 1 Alto de Navacerrado (a regular Vuelta mountain) and rode away to take the 146 km long race by 41" from Alejandro Valverde (Caisse D'Epargne) with Daniel Moreno (Relax-Gam) in 3rd place in an all Spanish affair.

The race was marred by an early crash that forced around 20 riders to abandon.

The profile of the race and the course plus past winners is detailed here:

Results (Top 10)

1 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    3.17.55
2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne              0.41
3 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax-Gam                       
4 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                 
5 David Muñoz (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias           1.00
6 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne                       1.42
7 Javier Moreno (Spa) Extremadura-Spiuk               
8 Julian Schez.Pimienta (Spa) Relax-Gam               
9 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                 
10 Sergi Escobar (Spa) Grupo Nicolas Mateos        4.10