Vuelta a España 2008/6. stage

Result of the 6th stage
First		Paolo Bettini	QST	3:19:28 h
Second		Philippe Gilbert	FDJ	equal time
Third		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	equal time
Fourth		Óscar Freire	RAB	equal time
fifth		Daniele Bennati	LIQ	equal time
Sixth		Davide rebel	GST	equal time
seventh		Sébastien Hinault	CA	equal time
Eighth		Greg van Avermaet	SIL	equal time
Ninth		Karsten Kroon	CSC	equal time
Tenth		Matti Breschel	CSC	equal time
Intermediate results after the 6th stage
Overall rating		Sylvain Chavanel	COF	17:35:35 h
Second		Levi Leipheimer	AST	+ 0:10 min
Third		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	+ 0:26 min
Scoring		Daniele Bennati	LIQ	63 P.
Second		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	54 P.
Third		Tom Boonen	QST	48 p.
Mountain scoring		Jesús Rosendo	ACA	17 p.
Second		Manuel Ortega	ACA	7 p.
Third		Walter Pedraza	TCS	7 p.
Combination scoring		Paolo Bettini	QST	57 P.
Second		Egoi Martínez	EUS	81 P.
Third		Manuel Ortega	ACA	115 p.
Team evaluation		Astana	AST	52:32:35 h
Second		Team CSC-Saxo Bank	CSC	+ 0:42 min
Third		Caisse d'Epargne	GCE	+ 2:23 min

The 6th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 4th led over 150.1 kilometers from Ciudad Real to Toledo . There were two sprint classifications and a third category mountain classification to be completed.

There was an early attack on this stage. Four drivers tried their luck after just four kilometers, but were unable to break away from the field. This finally succeeded the trio Iban Mayoz , Volodymyr Djudja and Michail Ignatjew . But they were never able to pull out more than three and a half minutes, as the Équipe Cofidis organized the pursuit around second overall Sylvain Chavanel . Meanwhile, the field had broken in two, causing a sharp increase in speed. At the end of the ascent to the only mountain classification of the day, the outliers were caught by the first new outliers. Up to the intermediate sprints, the outliers were caught by the first field. Chavanel, who was only two seconds behind Levi Leipheimer in the overall standings before the stage , secured first place in both of them and thus a total of twelve bonus seconds. This enabled him to take over the overall management. The attacks in the following course were unsuccessful, so a sprint came out of the first field. Paolo Bettini won this before Philippe Gilbert and Alejandro Valverde . Due to the turmoil of the field, there were slight time losses even among the favorites.

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in Sonseca (kilometer 115.7) (750 m above sea level)

First		Sylvain Chavanel	COF	4 p.
Second		Leonardo Duque	COF	2 p.
Third		Nick Nuyens	COF	1 P.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Cobisa (kilometer 132.8) (690 m above sea level)

First		Sylvain Chavanel	COF	4 p.
Second		Leonardo Duque	COF	2 p.
Third		Sébastien Minard	COF	1 P.

• Arrival in Toledo (486 m above sea level)

First		Paolo Bettini	QST	25 p.
Second		Philippe Gilbert	FDJ	20 p.
Third		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	16 p.
Fourth		Óscar Freire	RAB	14 p.
fifth		Daniele Bennati	LIQ	12 p.
Sixth		Davide rebel	GST	10 p.
seventh		Sébastien Hinault	CA	9 p.
Eighth		Greg van Avermaet	SIL	8 p.
Ninth		Karsten Kroon	CSC	7 p.
Tenth		Matti Breschel	CSC	6 p.
11.		Alessandro Ballan	LAM	5 p.
12.		Xavier Florencio	BTL	4 p.
13.		Filippo Pozzato	LIQ	3 p.
14th		Daniel Moreno	GCE	2 p.
15th		Alberto Contador	AST	1 P.

Mountain ratings

• Puerto de Marjaliza, 3rd category (km 102.5) (1,040 m above sea level)

First		Iban Mayoz	XAG	6 p.
Second		Mikhail Ignatiev	TCS	4 p.
Third		Walter Pedraza	TCS	2 p.
Fourth		Jesús Rosendo	ACA	1 P.