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Tuesday, September 8, 2009 Evans apologizes to Gesink by Nick Mulder at 5:51 PM EST   comments Categories: Pro Cycling, Vuelta a España   With seconds on the line, Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) capped off a spectacular stage with an even more dramatic finish head butting Dutchman Robert Gesink (Rabobank) in the final sprint for third place in stage nine of the Vuelta A Espana. Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) won the sprint taking the bonus seconds and the golden leader’s jersey from Evans. “In the final, a 'racing incident' with another rider in the last 200m stopped me trying to defend the leader’s jersey. Very frustrating on my part. I did let my competitor know about it, probably with a bit too much of my racing spirit and frustration. No hard feelings towards my colleague there, apologies will be in order,” wrote the Australian on his website.       comments Follow @Pro_Cycling Tweet Subscribe via RSS or daily email Contact the editor about this article