Vuelta a España 2008/8. stage

Result of the 8th stage
First		David Moncoutié	COF	4:24:58 h
Second		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	+ 0:34 min
Third		Alberto Contador	AST	equal time
Fourth		Igor Antón	EUS	equal time
fifth		Joaquim Rodríguez	GCE	+ 0:39 min
Sixth		Daniel Moreno	GCE	equal time
seventh		Oliver Zaugg	LIQ	equal time
Eighth		Levi Leipheimer	AST	equal time
Ninth		David Arroyo	GCE	equal time
Tenth		Carlos Sastre	CSC	equal time
Intermediate results after the 8th stage
Overall rating		Levi Leipheimer	AST	28:20:03 h
Second		Alberto Contador	AST	+ 0:21 min
Third		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	+ 0:49 min
Scoring		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	74 P.
Second		Daniele Bennati	LIQ	63 P.
Third		Alessandro Ballan	LAM	56 P.
Mountain scoring		Alessandro Ballan	LAM	51 P.
Second		David Moncoutie	COF	41 P.
Third		Juan Manuel Gárate	QST	32 p.
Combination scoring		Alberto Contador	AST	10 p.
Second		Levi Leipheimer	AST	20 p.
Third		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	20 p.
Team evaluation		Team Astana	AST	84:48:06 h
Second		Caisse d'Epargne	GCE	+ 0:44 min
Third		Team CSC-Saxo Bank	CSC	+ 3:37 min

The 8th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 7th led over 151 kilometers from Andorra (Escaldes - Engordany) to Salardú / Naut Aran / Pla de Beret. There were two sprint classifications and one mountain classification in the 2nd category and three in the 1st category on the program.

With this stage the "roof of the Vuelta" was reached: The 2070 meter high Puerto de la Bonaigua was the penultimate mountain of today's part of the day. On his climb, David Moncoutié attacked out of a five-man breakaway group and left his companions Sébastien Joly , Christophe Kern , Juan Manuel Gárate and Nikita Jeskow standing. This escape group had formed after 36 kilometers. The favorites for overall victory waited until the last climb and let Andreas Klöden lead them up the mountain at high speed. There were repeated attacks here, especially by Alberto Contador . With Alejandro Valverde and Igor Antón , he set himself apart from the others. The trio only had a lead of five seconds over the other favorites at the finish. The winner of the day was David Moncoutie, who crossed the finish line 34 seconds before the best climbers. Since the previous day's winner and winner of the golden jersey, Alessandro Ballan, already had problems on the penultimate climb, he was unable to defend his lead jersey . So again Levi Leipheimer took over the golden jersey.

tasks

• 76 Jean-Marc Marino

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in Rialp (kilometer 84.5) (720 m above sea level)

First		Christophe Kern	CA	4 p.
Second		Sébastien Joly	FDJ	2 p.
Third		Juan Manuel Gárate	QST	1 P.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Esterri d'Aneu (kilometer 112) (940 m above sea level)

First		Nikita Jeskow	TCS	4 p.
Second		Christophe Kern	CA	2 p.
Third		Juan Manuel Gárate	QST	1 P.

• Finish in Naut Aran (1,860 m above sea level)

First		David Moncoutie	COF	25 p.
Second		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	20 p.
Third		Alberto Contador	AST	16 p.
Fourth		Igor Antón	EUS	14 p.
fifth		Joaquim Rodríguez	GCE	12 p.
Sixth		Daniel Moreno	GCE	10 p.
seventh		Oliver Zaugg	LIQ	9 p.
Eighth		Levi Leipheimer		8 p.
Ninth		David Arroyo	GCE	7 p.
Tenth		Carlos Sastre	CSC	6 p.
11.		Ezequiel Mosquera	XAG	5 p.
12.		Robert Gesink	RAB	4 p.
13.		John Gadret	ALM	3 p.
14th		Sébastien Joly	FDJ	2 p.
15th		Vasil Kiryenka	TCS	1 P.

Mountain ratings

• Coll del Cantó, 1st category (km 41) (1,725 ​​m above sea level)

First		Juan Manuel Gárate	QST	16 p.
Second		Nikita Jeskow	TCS	12 p.
Third		Christophe Kern	CA	10 p.
Fourth		Sébastien Joly	FDJ	8 p.
fifth		David Moncoutie	COF	6 p.
Sixth		Marc de Maar	RAB	4 p.
seventh		Grischa Niermann	RAB	3 p.
Eighth		Emanuele Bindi	LAM	2 p.
Ninth		José Luis Carrasco	ACA	1 P.

• Alto de Enviny, 2nd category (km 68.7) (1,220 m above sea level)

First		Juan Manuel Gárate	QST	10 p.
Second		Nikita Jeskow	TCS	7 p.
Third		Christophe Kern	CA	5 p.
Fourth		David Moncoutie	COF	3 p.
fifth		Sébastien Joly	FDJ	2 p.
Sixth		Massimiliano Mori	LAM	1 P.

• Puerto de la Bonaigua , 1st category (kilometer 132.7) (2,070 m above sea level)

First		David Moncoutie	COF	16 p.
Second		Sébastien Joly	FDJ	12 p.
Third		Nikita Jeskow	TCS	10 p.
Fourth		Christophe Kern	CA	8 p.
fifth		Juan Manuel Gárate	QST	6 p.
Sixth		Amets Txurruka	EUS	4 p.
seventh		Marzio Bruseghin	LAM	3 p.
Eighth		Assan Basayev	AST	2 p.
Ninth		Robert Gesink	RAB	1 P.

• Alto Plá de Beret, 1st category (kilometer 148.5) (1,880 m above sea level)

First		David Moncoutie	COF	16 p.
Second		Alberto Contador	AST	12 p.
Third		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	10 p.
Fourth		Igor Antón	EUS	8 p.
fifth		Ezequiel Mosquera	XAG	6 p.
Sixth		Levi Leipheimer	AST	4 p.
seventh		Joaquim Rodríguez	GCE	3 p.
Eighth		Carlos Sastre	CSC	2 p.
Ninth		Robert Gesink	RAB	1 P.