Vuelta a España 2008/6. stage
Result of the 6th stage | ||||
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First | Paolo Bettini | QST | 3:19:28 h | |
Second | Philippe Gilbert | FDJ | equal time | |
Third | Alejandro Valverde | GCE | equal time | |
Fourth | Óscar Freire | RAB | equal time | |
fifth | Daniele Bennati | LIQ | equal time | |
Sixth | Davide rebel | GST | equal time | |
seventh | Sébastien Hinault | CA | equal time | |
Eighth | Greg van Avermaet | SIL | equal time | |
Ninth | Karsten Kroon | CSC | equal time | |
Tenth | Matti Breschel | CSC | equal time | |
Intermediate results after the 6th stage | ||||
Overall rating | Sylvain Chavanel | COF | 17:35:35 h | |
Second | Levi Leipheimer | AST | + 0:10 min | |
Third | Alejandro Valverde | GCE | + 0:26 min | |
Scoring | Daniele Bennati | LIQ | 63 P. | |
Second | Alejandro Valverde | GCE | 54 P. | |
Third | Tom Boonen | QST | 48 p. | |
Mountain scoring | Jesús Rosendo | ACA | 17 p. | |
Second | Manuel Ortega | ACA | 7 p. | |
Third | Walter Pedraza | TCS | 7 p. | |
Combination scoring | Paolo Bettini | QST | 57 P. | |
Second | Egoi Martínez | EUS | 81 P. | |
Third | Manuel Ortega | ACA | 115 p. | |
Team evaluation | Astana | AST | 52:32:35 h | |
Second | Team CSC-Saxo Bank | CSC | + 0:42 min | |
Third | Caisse d'Epargne | GCE | + 2:23 min |
The 6th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 4th led over 150.1 kilometers from Ciudad Real to Toledo . There were two sprint classifications and a third category mountain classification to be completed.
There was an early attack on this stage. Four drivers tried their luck after just four kilometers, but were unable to break away from the field. This finally succeeded the trio Iban Mayoz , Volodymyr Djudja and Michail Ignatjew . But they were never able to pull out more than three and a half minutes, as the Équipe Cofidis organized the pursuit around second overall Sylvain Chavanel . Meanwhile, the field had broken in two, causing a sharp increase in speed. At the end of the ascent to the only mountain classification of the day, the outliers were caught by the first new outliers. Up to the intermediate sprints, the outliers were caught by the first field. Chavanel, who was only two seconds behind Levi Leipheimer in the overall standings before the stage , secured first place in both of them and thus a total of twelve bonus seconds. This enabled him to take over the overall management. The attacks in the following course were unsuccessful, so a sprint came out of the first field. Paolo Bettini won this before Philippe Gilbert and Alejandro Valverde . Due to the turmoil of the field, there were slight time losses even among the favorites.
Sprint ratings
- 1st intermediate sprint in Sonseca (kilometer 115.7) (750 m above sea level)
First Sylvain Chavanel COF 4 p. Second Leonardo Duque COF 2 p. Third Nick Nuyens COF 1 P.
- 2nd intermediate sprint in Cobisa (kilometer 132.8) (690 m above sea level)
First Sylvain Chavanel COF 4 p. Second Leonardo Duque COF 2 p. Third Sébastien Minard COF 1 P.
- Arrival in Toledo (486 m above sea level)
First Paolo Bettini QST 25 p. Second Philippe Gilbert FDJ 20 p. Third Alejandro Valverde GCE 16 p. Fourth Óscar Freire RAB 14 p. fifth Daniele Bennati LIQ 12 p. Sixth Davide rebel GST 10 p. seventh Sébastien Hinault CA 9 p. Eighth Greg van Avermaet SIL 8 p. Ninth Karsten Kroon CSC 7 p. Tenth Matti Breschel CSC 6 p. 11. Alessandro Ballan LAM 5 p. 12. Xavier Florencio BTL 4 p. 13. Filippo Pozzato LIQ 3 p. 14th Daniel Moreno GCE 2 p. 15th Alberto Contador AST 1 P.
Mountain ratings
- Puerto de Marjaliza, 3rd category (km 102.5) (1,040 m above sea level)
First Iban Mayoz XAG 6 p. Second Mikhail Ignatiev TCS 4 p. Third Walter Pedraza TCS 2 p. Fourth Jesús Rosendo ACA 1 P.