Vuelta a España 2008/10. stage

Result of the 10th stage
First		Sébastien Hinault	CA	3:22:21 h
Second		Lloyd Mondory	ALM	equal time
Third		Greg Van Avermaet	SIL	equal time
Fourth		Óscar Freire	RAB	equal time
fifth		Tom Boonen	QST	equal time
Sixth		Koldo Fernández	EUS	equal time
seventh		Alexandre Usov	ALM	equal time
Eighth		Xavier Florencio	BTL	equal time
Ninth		Juan José Haedo	CSC	equal time
Tenth		Nikita Jeskow	TCS	equal time
Intermediate results after the 10th stage
Overall rating		Egoi Martínez	EUS	36:46:17 h
Second		Levi Leipheimer	AST	+ 0:11 min
Third		Alberto Contador	AST	+ 0:32 min
Scoring		Greg Van Avermaet	SIL	91 P.
Second		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	74 P.
Third		Alessandro Ballan	LAM	56 P.
Mountain scoring		David Moncoutié	COF	83 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	23 p.
Third		Alejandro Valverde	GCE	25 p.
Team evaluation		Caisse d'Epargne	GCE	110: 01: 23 h
Second		Astana	AST	+ 5:58 min
Third		Euskaltel-Euskadi	EUS	+ 7:59 min

The 10th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 9th led over 151.3 kilometers from Sabiñánigo to Saragossa . Two sprint classifications and a mountain classification of the 2nd category were on the program.

On the rather short stage, tension arose for the first time after 34 kilometers, as the only mountain classification of the day was held here. It came to the duel of the first in the mountain classification David Moncoutié and the third Juan Manuel Gárate . The latter won the classification and with it ten points, while Moncoutie was third and got five points. After the summit, Matej Jurčo took off as a soloist and was able to gain a lead of up to seven minutes at times. However, he was powerless against the sprinter teams and was caught up again. The mass sprint ended with a surprise: Sébastien Hinault secured the day's victory. Surprisingly, top sprinters like Tom Boonen or Óscar Freire did not win. With his third place in the daily classification and a second place in an intermediate sprint, Greg Van Avermaet took the lead in the points classification.

tasks

• 045 Anthony Geslin
• 048 Alexandre Pichot
• 131 Daniele Bennati

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in Almudévar (kilometer 80) (410 m above sea level)

First		Matej Jurčo	MRM	4 p.
Second		Greg Van Avermaet	SIL	2 p.
Third		Daniel Moreno Fernández	GCE	1 P.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Zuera (km 122) (290 m above sea level)

First		Matej Jurčo	MRM	4 p.
Second		Joaquim Rodríguez	GCE	2 p.
Third		Sérgio Paulinho	AST	1 P.

• Arrival in Zaragoza (210 m above sea level)

First		Sébastien Hinault	CA	25 p.
Second		Lloyd Mondory	ALM	20 p.
Third		Greg Van Avermaet	SIL	16 p.
Fourth		Óscar Freire	RAB	14 p.
fifth		Tom Boonen	QST	12 p.
Sixth		Koldo Fernández	EUS	10 p.
seventh		Alexandre Usov	ALM	9 p.
Eighth		Xavier Florencio	BTL	8 p.
Ninth		Juan José Haedo	CSC	7 p.
Tenth		Nikita Jeskow	TCS	6 p.
11.		Roy Sentjens	SIL	5 p.
12.		Fabio Sabatini	MRM	4 p.
13.		Jeremy Hunt	CA	3 p.
14th		Matti Breschel	CSC	2 p.
15th		Leonardo Duque	COF	1 P.

Mountain ratings

• Puerto de Monrepós, 2nd category (kilometer 34) (1,280 m above sea level)

First		Juan Manuel Garate	QST	10 p.
Second		Nikita Jeskow	TCS	7 p.
Third		David Moncoutie	COF	5 p.
Fourth		Enrico Franzoi	LIQ	3 p.
fifth		Sylvain Chavanel	COF	2 p.
Sixth		Walter Fernando Pedraza	TCS	1 P.