Vuelta a España 2008/5. stage

Result of the 5th stage
First		Levi Leipheimer	AST	50:57 min
Second		Sylvain Chavanel	COF	+ 0:12 min
Third		Manuel Quinziato	LIQ	+ 0:33 min
Fourth		Alberto Contador	AST	+ 0:49 min
fifth		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	+ 0:59 min
Sixth		Jurgen van Goolen	CSC	+ 1:06 min
seventh		Michael Blaudzun	CSC	+ 1:07 min
Eighth		Martin Velits	MRM	+ 1:15 min
Ninth		Dominique Cornu	SIL	+ 1:19 min
Tenth		Sebastian Lang	GST	equal time
Intermediate results after the 5th stage
Overall rating		Levi Leipheimer	AST	14:16:11 h
Second		Sylvain Chavanel	COF	+ 0:02 min
Third		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	+ 0:30 min
Scoring		Daniele Bennati	LIQ	51 P.
Second		Tom Boonen	QST	48 p.
Third		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	38 P.
Mountain scoring		Jesus Rosendo	ACA	16 p.
Second		Manuel Ortega	ACA	7 p.
Third		José Antonio López	ACA	6 p.
Combination scoring		Egoi Martínez	EUS	80 p.
Second		Paolo Bettini	QST	91 P.
Third		Manuel Ortega	ACA	116 P.
Team evaluation		Astana	AST	42:33:53 h
Second		Team CSC-Saxo Bank	CSC	+ 0:54 min
Third		Caisse d'Epargne	GCE	+ 2:35 min

The 5th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 3rd was a 42.5-kilometer individual time trial from Ciudad Real to Ciudad Real (ITT).

Manuel Quinziato , who started 40th , was the first to set a good target time, which should have passed up to the time trial specialists. He was even able to defend his lead at the two interim measurement points until all drivers passed these points. Quinziato's time at the finish line lasted until it was Levi Leipheimer's turn. This had started cautiously, but in the end he had a lead on Quinziato of over half a minute. None of the other favorites for overall victory could endanger Leipheimer. Only the French time trial champion Sylvain Chavanel came close to the American. In the end he was twelve seconds short. The German hopes for a win of the day had rested on Sebastian Lang , Stefan Schumacher and Andreas Klöden . The latter, however, could not place in the top ten and ended up in eleventh and twelfth places. In contrast, Lang managed to do this narrowly as tenth.

tasks

• 43 Aurélien Clerc
• 65 Maryan Hary

Split times

• 1. Intermediate time at kilometer 11

First		Manuel Quinziato	LIQ	13:58 min
Second		Mikhail Ignatiev	TCS	+ 0:05 min
Third		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	+ 0:11 min
Fourth		Tom Boonen	QST	+ 0:17 min
fifth		Michael Blaudzun	CSC	+ 0:18 min
Sixth		Sebastian Lang	GST	+ 0:22 min
seventh		Levi Leipheimer	AST	equal time
Eighth		Volodymyr Djudja	MRM	+ 0:26 min
Ninth		Andreas Klöden	AST	equal time
Tenth		Sylvain Chavanel	COF	equal time

• 2. Intermediate time at kilometer 28

First		Manuel Quinziato	LIQ	34:41 min
Second		Mikhail Ignatiev	TCS	+ 0:24 min
Third		Sylvain Chavanel	COF	+ 0:41 min
Fourth		Levi Leipheimer	AST	+ 0:42 min
fifth		Sebastian Lang	GST	+ 0:48 min
Sixth		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	+ 0:51 min
seventh		Martin Velits	MRM	+ 0:52 min
Eighth		Michael Blaudzun	CSC	+ 0:53 min
Ninth		Dimitri Champion	BTL	+ 0:57 min
Tenth		Alberto Contador	AST	+ 1:06 min

Points for scoring

• Arrival in Ciudad Real (ITT) (620 m above sea level)

First		Levi Leipheimer	AST	25 p.
Second		Sylvain Chavanel	COF	20 p.
Third		Manuel Quinziato	LIQ	16 p.
Fourth		Alberto Contador	AST	14 p.
fifth		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	12 p.
Sixth		Jurgen van Goolen	CSC	10 p.
seventh		Michael Blaudzun	CSC	9 p.
Eighth		Martin Velits	MRM	8 p.
Ninth		Dominique Cornu	SIL	7 p.
Tenth		Sebastian Lang	GST	6 p.
11.		Stefan Schumacher	GST	5 p.
12.		Andreas Klöden	AST	4 p.
13.		Tom Boonen	QST	3 p.
14th		Dimitri Champion	BTL	2 p.
15th		Carlos Sastre	CSC	1 P.