Vuelta a España 2008/17. stage

Result of the 17th stage
First		Wouter Weylandt	QST	3:18:48 h
Second		Matti Breschel	CSC	equal time
Third		Aljaksandr Ussau	ALM	equal time
Fourth		Koldo Fernández	EUS	equal time
fifth		Heinrich Haussler	GST	equal time
Sixth		Greg van Avermaet	SIL	equal time
seventh		Oscar Gatto	GST	equal time
Eighth		Sébastien Hinault	CA	equal time
Ninth		Mauro Santambrogio	LAM	equal time
Tenth		Claudio Corioni	LIQ	equal time
Intermediate results after the 17th stage
Overall rating		Alberto Contador	AST	69:53:52 h
Second		Levi Leipheimer	AST	+ 1:17 min
Third		Carlos Sastre	CSC	+ 3:41 min
Scoring		Greg van Avermaet	SIL	112 P.
Second		Alberto Contador	AST	110 p.
Third		Tom Boonen	QST	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	7 p.
Second		Levi Leipheimer	AST	14 p.
Third		Ezequiel Mosquera	XAG	20 p.
Team evaluation		Caisse d'Epargne	GCE	209: 13: 04 h
Second		Team Astana	AST	+ 29:07 min
Third		Euskaltel-Euskadi	EUS	+ 34:11 min

The 17th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 17th led over 148.2 kilometers from Zamora to Valladolid in Spain . There were two sprint ratings on the program.

It was the second flat stage in a row and was predestined for the sprinters. After twelve kilometers, another duo pulled away from the field: José Ruiz and Pedro Horrillo . They were able to gain a lead of over seven minutes and won both intermediate sprints. The stage took the expected course, but a wind edge created tension 18 kilometers from the finish. The top sprinters Tom Boonen and Erik Zabel threatened to lose touch, but their group was able to work its way up again. But a defect robbed Zabel of all of his chances. At the finish there was a mass sprint in which Wouter Weylandt benefited from the exhaustion of his captain Boonen and was able to secure victory from Matti Breschel . With the help of the intermediate sprints and his sixth place, Greg van Avermaet regained the points jersey.

tasks

• 61 Sylvain Chavanel
• 95 Sébastien Joly

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in Valladolid (kilometer 107) (690 m above sea level)

First		José Ruiz	ACA	4 p.
Second		Pedro Horrillo	RAB	2 p.
Third		Greg van Avermaet	SIL	1 P.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Fuensaldana (kilometer 114.6) (740 m above sea level)

First		Pedro Horrillo	RAB	4 p.
Second		José Ruiz	ACA	2 p.
Third		Greg van Avermaet	SIL	1 P.

• Arrival in Valladolid (690 m above sea level)

First		Wouter Weylandt	QST	25 p.
Second		Matti Breschel	CSC	20 p.
Third		Aljaksandr Ussau	ALM	16 p.
Fourth		Koldo Fernández	EUS	14 p.
fifth		Heinrich Haussler	GST	12 p.
Sixth		Greg van Avermaet	SIL	10 p.
seventh		Oscar Gatto	GST	9 p.
Eighth		Sébastien Hinault	CA	8 p.
Ninth		Mauro Santambrogio	LAM	7 p.
Tenth		Claudio Corioni	LIQ	6 p.
11.		Mickael Delage	FDJ	5 p.
12.		Sebastian Schwager	MRM	4 p.
13.		Karsten Kroon	CSC	3 p.
14th		Leonardo Duque	COF	2 p.
15th		Davide Viganò	QST	1 P.