Vuelta a España 2008/20. stage
Result of the 20th stage | ||||
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First | Levi Leipheimer | AST | 33:06 min | |
Second | Alberto Contador | AST | + 0:31 min | |
Third | Alejandro Valverde | GCE | equal time | |
Fourth | Carlos Sastre | CSC | + 1:02 min | |
fifth | David Moncoutié | COF | + 1:09 min | |
Sixth | Ezequiel Mosquera | XAG | + 1:15 min | |
seventh | Joaquim Rodríguez | GCE | + 1:16 min | |
Eighth | Marzio Bruseghin | LAM | + 1:31 min | |
Ninth | Robert Gesink | RAB | + 1:37 min | |
Tenth | Andreas Klöden | AST | + 1:57 min | |
Intermediate results after the 20th stage | ||||
Overall rating | Alberto Contador | AST | 77:55:29 h | |
Second | Levi Leipheimer | AST | + 0:46 min | |
Third | Carlos Sastre | CSC | + 4:12 min | |
Scoring | Greg van Avermaet | SIL | 142 P. | |
Second | Alberto Contador | AST | 137 P. | |
Third | Alejandro Valverde | GCE | 129 P. | |
Mountain scoring | David Moncoutie | COF | 149 P. | |
Second | Christophe Kern | CA | 106 P. | |
Third | Alberto Contador | AST | 99 P. | |
Combination scoring | Alberto Contador | AST | 6 p. | |
Second | Levi Leipheimer | AST | 11 p. | |
Third | Alejandro Valverde | GCE | 16 p. | |
Team evaluation | Caisse d'Epargne | GCE | 233: 06: 41 h | |
Second | Team CSC-Saxo Bank | CSC | + 38:27 min | |
Third | Euskaltel-Euskadi | EUS | + 39:22 min |
The 20th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 20th was a 17.1 kilometer mountain time trial from La Granja de SI to the Alto de Navacerrada . The route was initially only slightly uphill, only at kilometer nine did the actual increase begin with its average gradient of 7.5%.
On the penultimate stage there could have been a last chance that something could have changed significantly in the overall ranking that has emerged so far. But after the course of the Vuelta , this seemed unlikely, especially since Alberto Contador's competition was clearly behind. Andreas Klöden was one of the favorites to win the day . With good intermediate times and the short-term lead at the finish he was able to hope for victory, but the favorites who started after him destroyed them. Klöden finished tenth in the end. The race was dominated by Klödens teammates Contador and Levi Leipheimer , the latter set the best time at all timing points ahead of Contador and also won the second time trial of the tour. With a strong race, Alejandro Valverde managed to improve one place in the overall standings.
Split times
- 1. Intermediate time at kilometer 9
First Levi Leipheimer AST 10:32 Second Alberto Contador AST + 0:11 min Third Sandy Casar FDJ + 0:21 min Fourth Alejandro Valverde GCE + 0:23 min fifth Carlos Sastre CSC + 0:24 min Sixth Andrij Hrywko MRM equal time seventh Dominique Cornu SIL + 0:25 min Eighth Joaquim Rodríguez GCE + 0:27 min Ninth Andreas Klöden AST equal time Tenth Yevgeny Petrov TCS + 0:32 min
- 2. Intermediate time at kilometer 12
Points for scoring
- Finish on the Alto de Navacerrada (1,870 m above sea level)
First Levi Leipheimer AST 25 p. Second Alberto Contador AST 20 p. Third Alejandro Valverde GCE 16 p. Fourth Carlos Sastre CSC 14 p. fifth David Moncoutie COF 12 p. Sixth Ezequiel Mosquera XAG 10 p. seventh Joaquim Rodríguez GCE 9 p. Eighth Marzio Bruseghin LAM 8 p. Ninth Robert Gesink RAB 7 p. Tenth Andreas Klöden AST 6 p. 11. Rubén Pérez EUS 5 p. 12. Sandy Casar FDJ 4 p. 13. Yevgeny Petrov TCS 3 p. 14th Nicolas Roche CA 2 p. 15th Gustavo César Veloso XAG 1 P.
Points for the mountain classification
- Finish on the Alto de Navacerrada, 1st category (1,870 m above sea level)