South Africa's Robert Hunter won his second consecutive stage of the Tour of Murcia in southeastern Spain on Thursday, with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong five seconds back in 35th place.

Hunter, who rides for the Garmin team, beat Australia's Graeme Brown and Spain's Vicente Reynes in a sprint finish to take the 169.8-kilometre second stage and retain the yellow jersey.

The three finished in the same order in Wednesday's first stage.

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