Vuelta a España 2008/16. stage

Result of the 16th stage
First		Tom Boonen	QST	5:21:16 h
Second		Filippo Pozzato	LIQ	equal time
Third		Heinrich Haussler	GST	equal time
Fourth		Mickael Delage	FDJ	equal time
fifth		Tomas Vaitkus	AST	equal time
Sixth		Koldo Fernández	EUS	equal time
seventh		Aljaksandr Ussau	ALM	equal time
Eighth		Mauro Santambrogio	LAM	equal time
Ninth		Oscar Gatto	GST	equal time
Tenth		Sébastien Hinault	CA	equal time
Intermediate results after the 16th stage
Overall rating		Alberto Contador	AST	66:35:04 h
Second		Levi Leipheimer	AST	+ 1:17 min
Third		Carlos Sastre	CSC	+ 3:41 min
Scoring		Alberto Contador	AST	110 p.
Second		Tom Boonen	QST	100 p.
Third		Greg van Avermaet	SIL	100 p.
Mountain scoring		David Moncoutié	COF	143 P.
Second		Christophe Kern	CA	90 p.
Third		Juan Manuel Gárate	QST	89 P.
Combination scoring		Alberto Contador	AST	6 p.
Second		Levi Leipheimer	AST	15 p.
Third		Ezequiel Mosquera	XAG	19 p.
Team evaluation		Caisse d'Epargne	GCE	199: 16: 40 h
Second		Team Astana	AST	+ 29:07 min
Third		Euskaltel-Euskadi	EUS	+ 34:11 min

The 16th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 16th led over 186.3 kilometers from Ponferrada to Zamora . There were two sprint classifications and a 1st category mountain classification on the program.

Except for the ascent of the 1st category, this stage was to be classified as a flat stage. Since this had to be ridden at the beginning of the stage, the field went over the mountain as a whole and there was an exchange of blows in the fight for the mountain classification . David Moncoutié fended off all attacks and won the only mountain classification of the day. On the descent, a duo pulled away from the field: Jesus Rosendo and Walter Pedraza . They were able to break away from the field for a maximum of 8:40 minutes and win both intermediate sprints. But the sprinter teams took care of the follow-up work, so that the escape was hopeless. So the expected mass sprint came about, which Tom Boonen , ahead of Filippo Pozzato , was able to win.

tasks

• 121 Damiano Cunego
• 182 Ivan Rowny

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in La Torre del Valle (102.6 km) (740 m above sea level)

First		Jesus Rosendo	ACA	4 p.
Second		Walter Pedraza	TCS	2 p.
Third		Greg van Avermaet	SIL	1 P.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Roales (kilometer 172) (710 m above sea level)

First		Walter Pedraza	TCS	4 p.
Second		Jesus Rosendo	ACA	2 p.
Third		Matej Jurčo	MRM	1 P.

• Arrival in Zamora (651 m above sea level)

First		Tom Boonen	QST	25 p.
Second		Filippo Pozzato	LIQ	20 p.
Third		Heinrich Haussler	GST	16 p.
Fourth		Mickael Delage	FDJ	14 p.
fifth		Tomas Vaitkus	AST	12 p.
Sixth		Koldo Fernández	EUS	10 p.
seventh		Aljaksandr Ussau	ALM	9 p.
Eighth		Mauro Santambrogio	LAM	8 p.
Ninth		Oscar Gatto	GST	7 p.
Tenth		Sébastien Hinault	CA	6 p.
11.		Erik Zabel	MRM	5 p.
12.		Leonardo Duque	COF	4 p.
13.		Pedro Horrillo	RAB	3 p.
14th		Gabriel Rasch	CA	2 p.
15th		José Luis Carrasco	ACA	1 P.

Mountain ratings

• Alto del Acebo, 1st category (15.8 km) (1,525 m above sea level)

First		David Moncoutie	COF	16 p.
Second		Juan Manuel Gárate	QST	12 p.
Third		Christophe Kern	CA	10 p.
Fourth		Davide Viganò	QST	8 p.
fifth		Ivan Santaromita	LIQ	6 p.
Sixth		Manuel Quinziato	LIQ	4 p.
seventh		José Alberto Martínez	ACA	3 p.
Eighth		Andrea Tonti	QST	2 p.
Ninth		Matteo Tosatto	QST	1 P.