Supreme Petacchi!

Italy's Alessandro Petacchi collected his second victory in three days, outsprinting his rivals to win stage six of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday. Isidro Nozal of Spain retained the overall lead ahead of Thursday's highly-anticipated individual time tr

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The 29-year-old Fassa Bortolo rider once again demonstrated his remarkable speed, clinching the 166.7-kilometre stage from Soria to Zaragoza, edging out Spaniard Angel Edo and Julian Dean of New Zealand in a bunch sprint.

It was Petacchi's 12th stage win in a major Tour this year, after amassing six victories in the Giro, four in the Tour de France and now two in the Vuelta.

"I wanted a second win here today because people might say that one win was a fluke, but two is a total nobody can argue with," he said after his victory.

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Spaniard Isidro Nozal held on to the overall race lead, with a 50-second advantage over David Etxebarria heading into Thursday's 43.8-km individual time trial.

"Today was a hard day...but tomorrow will be even harder," Nozal said. "I hope I will be able to keep the gold jersey at least as far as the Pyrenees on Friday."

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