Vuelta a España 2008/12. stage

Result of the 12th stage
First		Paolo Bettini	QST	4:42:44 h
Second		Davide rebel	GST	+ 0:01 min
Third		Damiano Cunego	LAM	equal time
Fourth		Alessandro Ballan	LAM	equal time
fifth		Alberto Contador	AST	equal time
Sixth		Egoi Martínez	EUS	+ 0:04 min
seventh		Oliver Zaugg	GST	equal time
Eighth		Carlos Sastre	CSC	equal time
Ninth		Levi Leipheimer	AST	equal time
Tenth		Igor Antón	EUS	equal time
Intermediate results after the 12th stage
Overall rating		Egoi Martínez	EUS	45:48:33 h
Second		Levi Leipheimer	AST	+ 0:11 min
Third		Alberto Contador	AST	+ 0:29 min
Scoring		Greg Van Avermaet	SIL	99 P.
Second		Davide rebel	GST	76 P.
Third		Tom Boonen	QST	75 p.
Mountain scoring		David Moncoutié	COF	87 P.
Second		Alessandro Ballan	LAM	51 P.
Third		Juan Manuel Gárate	QST	42 P.
Combination scoring		Alberto Contador	AST	14 p.
Second		Levi Leipheimer	AST	27 P.
Third		David Moncoutie	COF	28 p.
Team evaluation		Team Astana	AST	137: 14: 39 h
Second		Caisse d'Epargne	GCE	+ 0:10 min
Third		Euskaltel-Euskadi	EUS	+ 1:43 min

The 12th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 11th led over 186.4 kilometers from Burgos to Suances . There were two sprint classifications and one mountain classification in the 3rd category and two in the 2nd category on the program.

With the starting shot, the first attacks from the main field began and after eight kilometers a trio broke up like the day before: Sébastien Hinault , Sandy Casar and Manuel Quinziato . They quickly gained a four-minute lead, which remained constant for the rest of the escape. The three outliers secured the first four interim scores of the day. In the third mountain classification, David Moncoutié was able to extend his lead in the mountain classification by a further three points, as his competitors did not collect any points all day. At 142 km the stage became unexpectedly exciting when fellow favorite Alejandro Valverde fell back from the main field and had problems reconnecting with a lack of team support. At the front of the field, the Astana and Euskaltel-Euskadi teams were putting pressure on them. At first, the group around Valverde was able to keep the gap at around a minute, but gradually the gap widened. In the end, he was a little more than 3:20 minutes behind. The peloton had meanwhile shrunk further and consisted of only 50 riders 30 kilometers from the finish. The outliers were made before the second intermediate sprint. On the upward stretch of the finish line, it was mainly the favorites in the overall standings and good one-day racers who made the decision among themselves. The stage won in the end the Italian Paolo Bettini won ahead of his compatriot Davide Rebellin .

tasks

• 097 Gianni Meersman
• 106 Stephan Schreck
• 127 Danilo Napolitano

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in Espinosa de los Monteros (kilometer 89.5) (750 m above sea level)

First		Sébastien Hinault	CA	4 p.
Second		Sandy Casar	FDJ	2 p.
Third		Manuel Quinziato	LIQ	1 P.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Torrelavega (kilometer 166.7) (70 m above sea level)

First		Andreas Klöden	AST	4 p.
Second		Benjamin Noval	AST	2 p.
Third		José Luis Rubiera	AST	1 P.

• Finish in Suances (95 m above sea level)

First		Paolo Bettini	QST	25 p.
Second		Davide rebel	GST	20 p.
Third		Damiano Cunego	LAM	16 p.
Fourth		Alessandro Ballan	LAM	14 p.
fifth		Alberto Contador	AST	12 p.
Sixth		Egoi Martínez	EUS	10 p.
seventh		Oliver Zaugg	GST	9 p.
Eighth		Carlos Sastre	CSC	8 p.
Ninth		Levi Leipheimer	AST	7 p.
Tenth		Igor Anton	EUS	6 p.
11.		Joaquim Rodríguez	GCE	5 p.
12.		Ezequiel Mosquera	XAG	4 p.
13.		Robert Gesink	RAB	3 p.
14th		Matti Breschel	CSC	2 p.
15th		Martin Velits	MRM	1 P.

Mountain ratings

• Alto de Bocos, 3rd category (km 78) (780 m above sea level)

First		Sandy Casar	FDJ	6 p.
Second		Manuel Quinziato	LIQ	4 p.
Third		Sébastien Hinault	CA	2 p.
Fourth		Sébastien Minard	COF	1 P.

• Portillo de Lunada, 2nd category (kilometer 106.3) (1,350 m above sea level)

First		Sandy Casar	FDJ	10 p.
Second		Manuel Quinziato	LIQ	7 p.
Third		Sébastien Hinault	CA	5 p.
Fourth		Dmitri Muravyov	AST	3 p.
fifth		Imanol Erviti	GCE	2 p.
Sixth		Sérgio Paulinho	AST	1 P.

• Alto de Caracol, 2nd category (km 126.5) (820 m above sea level)

First		Sandy Casar	FDJ	10 p.
Second		Manuel Quinziato	LIQ	7 p.
Third		Sébastien Hinault	CA	5 p.
Fourth		David Moncoutie	COF	3 p.
fifth		Leonardo Duque	COF	2 p.
Sixth		Sergio Paulinho	AST	1 P.