CyclingRevealed

By Graham Jones
and Barry Boyce
CyclingRevealed Historians

Images © Unipublic

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Experience the 2008 Vuelta a Espana

Below our pictorial review of the Vuelta provides a convenient way to capture the stage by stage action. Simply click on the stage winner pictures below.

Race Leaders:

Stage 1 Pozzato	Stage 2 Valverde	Stage 3-4 Bennati	Stage 5 Leipheimer	Stage 6 Chavanel


Stage 7 Ballan	Stage 8 Leipheimer	Stage 9-12 Martinez	Stage 13-21 Contador	Contador in Madrid

Race Leaders ( Images © Unipublic )

Stage Winners 1 to 6: [Each picture holds a pictorial essay, click on the small picture below]


Stage 1 Liquigas	Stage 2 Valverde	Stage 3 Bonnen	Stage 4 Bennati	Stage 5 Leipheimer	Stage 6 Bettini

Click on the picture for each story Stg 1-6 ( Images © Unipublic )

Standings after Stage 6:

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	Sylvain Chavanel	FRA	COF	17h35’35”
2	Levi Leipheimer	USA	AST	+10"
3	Alejandro Valverde	SPA	GCE	+26"
4	Alberto Contador	SPA	AST	+57"
5	Carlos Sastre	SPA	CSC	+1'37"
6	Daniele Bennati	ITA	LIQ	+1'42"
7	Juan Antonio Flecha	SPA	RAB	+2'01"
8	Dominique Cornu	BEL	SIL	+2'06"
9	Daniel Moreno	SPA	GCE	+2'20"
10	Igor Anton	SPA	EUS	+2'27"

Stage Winners 7 to 12: [Each picture holds a pictorial essay, click on the small picture below]


Stage 7 Ballan	Stage 8 Moncoutie	Stage 9 Van Avermaet	Stage 10 Hinault	Stage 11 Freire	Stage 12 Bettini

Click on the picture for each story Stg 7-12 ( Images © Unipublic )

Standings after Stage 12:

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	Egoi Martinez	SPA	EUS	45h48’56”
2	Levi Leipheimer	USA	AST	11”
3	Alberto Contador	SPA	AST	+29"
4	Alejandro Valverde	SPA	GCE	+1'38"
5	Carlos Sastre	SPA	CSC	+2'10"
6	Ezequiel Mosquera	SPA	XAG	+2'23"
7	Igor Anton	SPA	EUS	+3'22"
8	Daniel Moreno	SPA	GCE	+3'40"
9	Jurgen Van Goolen	BEL	CSC	+4'09"
10	Robert Gesink	NED	RAB	+4'10"

Stage Winners 13 to 21: [Each picture holds a pictorial essay, click on the small picture below]


Stage 13 Contador	Stage 14 Contador	Stage 15 Garcia	Stage 16 Boonen	Stage 17 Weylandt	Stage 18 Erviti


Stage 19 Arroyo	Stage 20 Leipheimer	Stage 21 Breschel

Final Standings:

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	Alberto Contador	SPA	AST	80h40’08”
2	Levi Leipheimer	USA	AST	46”
3	Carlos Sastre	SPA	CSC	+4'12"
4	Ezequiel Mosquera	SPA	XAG	+5'19"
5	Alejandro Valverde	SPA	GCE	+6'00"
6	Joaquim Rodriguez	SPA	GCE	+6'50"
7	Robert Gesink	HOL	RAB	+6'55"
8	David Moncoutier	FRA	COF	+10'10"
9	Egoi Martinez	SPA	EUS	+10'57"
10	Marzio Bruseghin	ITA	LAM	+11'56"

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