Vuelta a España 2008/20. stage

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Result of the 20th stage
First United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer AST 33:06 min
Second SpainSpain Alberto Contador AST + 0:31 min
Third SpainSpain Alejandro Valverde GCE equal time
Fourth SpainSpain Carlos Sastre CSC + 1:02 min
fifth FranceFrance David Moncoutié COF + 1:09 min
Sixth SpainSpain Ezequiel Mosquera XAG + 1:15 min
seventh SpainSpain Joaquim Rodríguez GCE + 1:16 min
Eighth ItalyItaly Marzio Bruseghin LAM + 1:31 min
Ninth NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Gesink RAB + 1:37 min
Tenth GermanyGermany Andreas Klöden AST + 1:57 min
Intermediate results after the 20th stage
Golden jersey Overall rating SpainSpain Alberto Contador AST 77:55:29 h
Second United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer AST + 0:46 min
Third SpainSpain Carlos Sastre CSC + 4:12 min
Blue jersey Scoring BelgiumBelgium Greg van Avermaet SIL 142 P.
Second SpainSpain Alberto Contador AST 137 P.
Third SpainSpain Alejandro Valverde GCE 129 P.
Mountain jersey Mountain scoring FranceFrance David Moncoutie COF 149 P.
Second FranceFrance Christophe Kern CA 106 P.
Third SpainSpain Alberto Contador AST 99 P.
White jersey Combination scoring SpainSpain Alberto Contador AST 6 p.
Second United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer AST 11 p.
Third SpainSpain Alejandro Valverde GCE 16 p.
Team evaluation SpainSpain Caisse d'Epargne GCE 233: 06: 41 h
Second DenmarkDenmark Team CSC-Saxo Bank CSC + 38:27 min
Third SpainSpain 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 United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer AST 10:32
Second SpainSpain Alberto Contador AST + 0:11 min
Third FranceFrance Sandy Casar FDJ + 0:21 min
Fourth SpainSpain Alejandro Valverde GCE + 0:23 min
fifth SpainSpain Carlos Sastre CSC + 0:24 min
Sixth UkraineUkraine Andrij Hrywko MRM equal time
seventh BelgiumBelgium Dominique Cornu SIL + 0:25 min
Eighth SpainSpain Joaquim Rodríguez GCE + 0:27 min
Ninth GermanyGermany Andreas Klöden AST equal time
Tenth RussiaRussia Yevgeny Petrov TCS + 0:32 min
  • 2. Intermediate time at kilometer 12
First United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer AST 18:21 min
Second SpainSpain Alberto Contador AST + 0:11 min
Third SpainSpain Alejandro Valverde GCE + 0:34 min
Fourth SpainSpain Carlos Sastre CSC + 0:42 min
fifth SpainSpain Ezequiel Mosquera XAG + 0:52 min
Sixth GermanyGermany Andreas Klöden AST + 0:56 min
seventh SpainSpain Joaquim Rodríguez GCE equal time
Eighth NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Gesink RAB + 1:00 min
Ninth FranceFrance Sandy Casar FDJ + 1:05 min
Tenth FranceFrance David Moncoutie COF + 1:08 min

Points for scoring

  • Finish on the Alto de Navacerrada (1,870 m above sea level)
First United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer AST 25 p.
Second SpainSpain Alberto Contador AST 20 p.
Third SpainSpain Alejandro Valverde GCE 16 p.
Fourth SpainSpain Carlos Sastre CSC 14 p.
fifth FranceFrance David Moncoutie COF 12 p.
Sixth SpainSpain Ezequiel Mosquera XAG 10 p.
seventh SpainSpain Joaquim Rodríguez GCE 9 p.
Eighth ItalyItaly Marzio Bruseghin LAM 8 p.
Ninth NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Gesink RAB 7 p.
Tenth GermanyGermany Andreas Klöden AST 6 p.
11. SpainSpain Rubén Pérez EUS 5 p.
12. FranceFrance Sandy Casar FDJ 4 p.
13. RussiaRussia Yevgeny Petrov TCS 3 p.
14th IrelandIreland Nicolas Roche CA 2 p.
15th SpainSpain 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)
First United StatesUnited States Levi Leipheimer AST 16 p.
Second SpainSpain Alberto Contador AST 12 p.
Third SpainSpain Alejandro Valverde GCE 10 p.
Fourth SpainSpain Carlos Sastre CSC 8 p.
fifth FranceFrance David Moncoutie COF 6 p.
Sixth SpainSpain Ezequiel Mosquera XAG 4 p.
seventh SpainSpain Joaquim Rodríguez GCE 3 p.
Eighth ItalyItaly Marzio Bruseghin LAM 2 p.
Ninth NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Gesink RAB 1 P.