Cancellara wins time trial, regains gold at Vuelta

Time-trial specialist Fabian Cancellara of Saxo Bank won the seventh stage race against the clock at the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday.

Cancellara, who rode to victory at the Olympic time trial in Beijing last summer, completed the 30-kilometer course around Valencia in 36:41. Garmin's David Millar was second, and Team Columbia's Bert Grabsch, the reigning world time-trial champ, came in third.

The victory pushed Cancellara back to the top of the overall standings, where he spent the first four days of the race after taking the opening time-trial stage in Assen, Netherlands. Yesterday's overall leader Andre Greipel of Columbia tumbled down the standings after placing 67th on the day, 2:37 behind Cancellara. He sits 27th overall.

The three-week Vuelta moves into the mountains on Sunday with the 204-kilometer eighth stage from Alzira to Alto de Aitana.