Vuelta a España 2008/8. stage
Result of the 8th stage | ||||
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First |
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David Moncoutié | COF | 4:24:58 h |
Second |
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Alejandro Valverde | GCE | + 0:34 min |
Third |
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Alberto Contador | AST | equal time |
Fourth |
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Igor Antón | EUS | equal time |
fifth |
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Joaquim Rodríguez | GCE | + 0:39 min |
Sixth |
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Daniel Moreno | GCE | equal time |
seventh |
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Oliver Zaugg | LIQ | equal time |
Eighth |
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Levi Leipheimer | AST | equal time |
Ninth |
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David Arroyo | GCE | equal time |
Tenth |
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Carlos Sastre | CSC | equal time |
Intermediate results after the 8th stage | ||||
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Levi Leipheimer | AST | 28:20:03 h |
Second |
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Alberto Contador | AST | + 0:21 min |
Third |
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Alejandro Valverde | GCE | + 0:49 min |
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Alejandro Valverde | GCE | 74 P. |
Second |
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Daniele Bennati | LIQ | 63 P. |
Third |
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Alessandro Ballan | LAM | 56 P. |
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Alessandro Ballan | LAM | 51 P. |
Second |
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David Moncoutie | COF | 41 P. |
Third |
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Juan Manuel Gárate | QST | 32 p. |
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Alberto Contador | AST | 10 p. |
Second |
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Levi Leipheimer | AST | 20 p. |
Third |
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Alejandro Valverde | GCE | 20 p. |
Team evaluation |
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Team Astana | AST | 84:48:06 h |
Second |
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Caisse d'Epargne | GCE | + 0:44 min |
Third |
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Team CSC-Saxo Bank | CSC | + 3:37 min |
The 8th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 7th led over 151 kilometers from Andorra (Escaldes - Engordany) to Salardú / Naut Aran / Pla de Beret. There were two sprint classifications and one mountain classification in the 2nd category and three in the 1st category on the program.
With this stage the "roof of the Vuelta" was reached: The 2070 meter high Puerto de la Bonaigua was the penultimate mountain of today's part of the day. On his climb, David Moncoutié attacked out of a five-man breakaway group and left his companions Sébastien Joly , Christophe Kern , Juan Manuel Gárate and Nikita Jeskow standing. This escape group had formed after 36 kilometers. The favorites for overall victory waited until the last climb and let Andreas Klöden lead them up the mountain at high speed. There were repeated attacks here, especially by Alberto Contador . With Alejandro Valverde and Igor Antón , he set himself apart from the others. The trio only had a lead of five seconds over the other favorites at the finish. The winner of the day was David Moncoutie, who crossed the finish line 34 seconds before the best climbers. Since the previous day's winner and winner of the golden jersey, Alessandro Ballan, already had problems on the penultimate climb, he was unable to defend his lead jersey . So again Levi Leipheimer took over the golden jersey.
tasks
Sprint ratings
- 1st intermediate sprint in Rialp (kilometer 84.5) (720 m above sea level)
First Christophe Kern CA 4 p. Second Sébastien Joly FDJ 2 p. Third Juan Manuel Gárate QST 1 P.
- 2nd intermediate sprint in Esterri d'Aneu (kilometer 112) (940 m above sea level)
First Nikita Jeskow TCS 4 p. Second Christophe Kern CA 2 p. Third Juan Manuel Gárate QST 1 P.
- Finish in Naut Aran (1,860 m above sea level)
First David Moncoutie COF 25 p. Second Alejandro Valverde GCE 20 p. Third Alberto Contador AST 16 p. Fourth Igor Antón EUS 14 p. fifth Joaquim Rodríguez GCE 12 p. Sixth Daniel Moreno GCE 10 p. seventh Oliver Zaugg LIQ 9 p. Eighth Levi Leipheimer 8 p. Ninth David Arroyo GCE 7 p. Tenth Carlos Sastre CSC 6 p. 11. Ezequiel Mosquera XAG 5 p. 12. Robert Gesink RAB 4 p. 13. John Gadret ALM 3 p. 14th Sébastien Joly FDJ 2 p. 15th Vasil Kiryenka TCS 1 P.
Mountain ratings
- Coll del Cantó, 1st category (km 41) (1,725 m above sea level)
First Juan Manuel Gárate QST 16 p. Second Nikita Jeskow TCS 12 p. Third Christophe Kern CA 10 p. Fourth Sébastien Joly FDJ 8 p. fifth David Moncoutie COF 6 p. Sixth Marc de Maar RAB 4 p. seventh Grischa Niermann RAB 3 p. Eighth Emanuele Bindi LAM 2 p. Ninth José Luis Carrasco ACA 1 P.
- Alto de Enviny, 2nd category (km 68.7) (1,220 m above sea level)
First Juan Manuel Gárate QST 10 p. Second Nikita Jeskow TCS 7 p. Third Christophe Kern CA 5 p. Fourth David Moncoutie COF 3 p. fifth Sébastien Joly FDJ 2 p. Sixth Massimiliano Mori LAM 1 P.
- Puerto de la Bonaigua , 1st category (kilometer 132.7) (2,070 m above sea level)
First David Moncoutie COF 16 p. Second Sébastien Joly FDJ 12 p. Third Nikita Jeskow TCS 10 p. Fourth Christophe Kern CA 8 p. fifth Juan Manuel Gárate QST 6 p. Sixth Amets Txurruka EUS 4 p. seventh Marzio Bruseghin LAM 3 p. Eighth Assan Basayev AST 2 p. Ninth Robert Gesink RAB 1 P.
- Alto Plá de Beret, 1st category (kilometer 148.5) (1,880 m above sea level)