Vuelta a España 2008/9. stage
Result of the 9th stage | ||||
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First |
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Greg Van Avermaet | SIL | 4:57:22 h |
Second |
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Davide rebel | GST | equal time |
Third |
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Juan Antonio Flecha | RAB | equal time |
Fourth |
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Rinaldo Nocentini | ALM | equal time |
fifth |
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Damiano Cunego | LAM | equal time |
Sixth |
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Xabier Zandio | GCE | equal time |
seventh |
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Patrice Halgand | CA | equal time |
Eighth |
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Andrea Tonti | QST | equal time |
Ninth |
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Christophe Kern | CA | equal time |
Tenth |
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Egoi Martínez | EUS | equal time |
Intermediate results after the 9th stage | ||||
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Egoi Martínez | EUS | 33:23:56 h |
Second |
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Levi Leipheimer | AST | + 0:11 min |
Third |
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Alberto Contador | AST | + 0:32 min |
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Alejandro Valverde | GCE | 74 P. |
Second |
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Greg Van Avermaet | SIL | 73 P. |
Third |
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Daniele Bennati | LIQ | 63 P. |
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David Moncoutié | COF | 78 P. |
Second |
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Alessandro Ballan | LAM | 51 P. |
Third |
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Juan Manuel Gárate | QST | 32 p. |
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Alberto Contador | AST | 13 P. |
Second |
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Levi Leipheimer | AST | 23 p. |
Third |
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Alejandro Valverde | GCE | 24 p. |
Team evaluation |
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Caisse d'Epargne | GCE | 99:54:20 h |
Second |
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Team Astana | AST | + 5:58 min |
Third |
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Euskaltel-Euskadi | EUS | + 7:59 min |
The 9th stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 8th led over 200.8 kilometers from Vielha e Mijaran to Sabiñánigo . There were two sprint ratings and one mountain rating each in the 3rd and 1st category as well as two mountain ratings in the 2nd category on the program.
After the two difficult mountain climbs the days before, the profile of today's stage seemed to favor an outlier group. So the stage was not exactly predestined for fights for the golden jersey with a distance of 70 kilometers from the last mountain to the finish. Nevertheless, it should take 50 kilometers for a group to clear away. In the first phase of the race, the previous day's winner David Moncoutié was again very active and determined to take the lead in the mountain classification, which he ultimately succeeded in doing. He finished fourth in the first mountain classification of the day and then won the remaining three. After the second mountain of the day, a top group of twelve managed to break away: Davide Rebellin , Damiano Cunego , Greg van Avermaet , Alan Pérez , Egoi Martínez , Andrea Tonti , Xabier Zandio , Patrice Halgand , Christophe Kern , Juan Antonio Flecha , Rinaldo Nocentini and David Moncoutie. These twelve drove a lead of over seven minutes on the main field and were not overtaken until the finish. Since none of the outliers was able to break away decisively, the day's victory was achieved in the group's sprint. Here Greg van Avermaet was the strongest and secured victory. Since the teams in the field did not consistently follow up, the peloton was 6:42 minutes behind at the finish. Thus, Egoi Martínez, who was 6:41 minutes behind the stage, took over the gold jersey. Thanks to the time bonuses during the stage, his lead was eleven seconds.
Sprint ratings
- 1st intermediate sprint in Castejón de Sos (kilometer 64.4) (900 m above sea level)
- 2nd intermediate sprint in Sabiñánigo (km 184.8) (780 m above sea level)
First Egoi Martínez EUS 4 p. Second Greg Van Avermaet SIL 2 p. Third Alan Perez EUS 1 P.
- Arrival in Sabiñánigo (790 m above sea level)
First Greg Van Avermaet SIL 25 p. Second Davide rebel GST 20 p. Third Juan Antonio Flecha RAB 16 p. Fourth Rinaldo Nocentini ALM 14 p. fifth Damiano Cunego LAM 12 p. Sixth Xabier Zandio GCE 10 p. seventh Patrice Halgand CA 9 p. Eighth Andrea Tonti QST 8 p. Ninth Christophe Kern CA 7 p. Tenth Egoi Martínez EUS 6 p. 11. David Moncoutie COF 5 p. 12. Alan Perez EUS 4 p. 13. Wouter Weylandt QST 3 p. 14th Philippe Gilbert FDJ 2 p. 15th Claudio Corioni LIQ 1 P.
Mountain ratings
- Alto del Túnel de Vielha, 2nd category (km 12.2) (1,615 m above sea level)
First Mikhail Ignatiev TCS 10 p. Second Maarten Tjallingii SIL 7 p. Third David Moncoutie COF 5 p. Fourth Valerio Agnoli LIQ 3 p. fifth Juan Antonio Flecha RAB 2 p. Sixth Martin Velits MRM 1 P.
- Coll de L'Espina, 2nd category (kilometer 46.2) (1,410 m above sea level)
First David Moncoutie COF 10 p. Second Philippe Gilbert FDJ 7 p. Third Alan Perez EUS 5 p. Fourth Damiano Cunego LAM 3 p. fifth Alberto Losada GCE 2 p. Sixth Amets Txurruka EUS 1 P.
- Puerto de la Foradada, 3rd category (km 92.5) (1,020 m above sea level)
First David Moncoutie COF 6 p. Second Alan Perez EUS 4 p. Third Andrea Tonti QST 2 p. Fourth Damiano Cunego LAM 1 P.
- Puerto de Serrabolo, 1st category (kilometer 134.4) (1,290 m above sea level)