2008 Vuelta al País Vasco (Pro Tour)
Tour of the Basque Country
Euskal Herriko txirrindulari itzulia
April 7 - April 12
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Saturday, April 12: 6th and final stage, Orio 20 km Individual Time Trial.
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 28min 10sec
- 2. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) @ 22sec
- 3. Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) @ 27sec
- 4. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 49sec
- 5. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 1min 16sec
- 6. Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) @ 1min 17sec
- 7. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 8. Chris Horner (Astana) s.t.
Final GC after Stage 6:
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 21hr 3min 59sec. 838 km ridden at an average speed of 39.779 km/hr
- 2. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) @ 30sec
- 3. Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) @ 35sec
- 4. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 57sec
- 5. Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) @ 1min 25sec
- 6. Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel) @ 1min 37sec
- 7. Kim Kirchen (High Road) @ 1min 43sec
- 8. Sandy Casar (FDJ) @ 2min 3sec
- 9. Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin) s.t.
- 10. Frank Schleck (CSC) @ 2min 5sec
- 11. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) @ 2min 15sec
- 12. Robert Gesink (Rabobank) @ 2min 36sec
- 13. Igor Anton (Euskaltel) @ 2min 41sec
- 14. David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) @ 2min 47sec
- 15. Marco Pinotti (High Road) @ 2min 55sec
- 16. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) @ 3min 17sec
- 17. Patxi Javier Vila (Lampre) @ 3min 18sec
- 18. Johann Tschopp (Bouygues Telecom) @ 3min 50sec
- 19. Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Saunier Duval) @ 4min
- 20. Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Rabobank) @ 4min 34sec
Friday, April 11: Stage 5, Vittoria Gasteiz - Orio, 162 km.
- 1. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) 4hr 2min 48sec
- 2. Alberto Contador (Astana) s.t.
- 3. Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) s.t.
- 4. Kim Kirchen (High Road) s.t.
- 5. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
GC after Stage 5:
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 20hr 34min 49sec
- 2. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) @ 8sec
- 3. Kim Kirchen (High Road) s.t.
- 4. David Herrero (Karpin) s.t.
- 5. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) s.t.
Thursday, April 10: Stage 4, Viana - Vittoria Gasteiz, 171 km.
- 1. Kim Kirchen (High Road) 4hr 17min 33sec
- 2. Morris Possoni (High Road) s.t.
- 3. David Herrero (Karpin) s.t.
- 4. Michael Albasini (Liquigas) s.t.
- 5. Matthew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) s.t.
- 6. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
GC after Stage 4:
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 16hr 32min 1sec
- 2. Ezequiel Mosquiera (Karpin) @ 3sec
- 3. David Herrero (Karpin) @ 8sec
- 4. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) s.t.
- 5. Kim Kirchen (High Road) s.t.
- 6. Peter Velits (Milram) s.t.
- 7. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) s.t.
- 8. Mikel Astarloza (Euskatel) s.t.
Wednesday, April 9: Stage 3, Erandio - Viana, 195 km.
- 1. David Herrero (Karpin) 4hr 54min 24sec
- 2. Luis Leon Sanchez (CAisse d'Epargne) s.t.
- 3. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) s.t.
- 4. Leonardo Duque (Cofidis) s.t.
- 5. Michael Albasini (Liquigas) s.t.
- 6. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 7. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) s.t.
- 8. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2R) s.t.
GC after Stage 3:
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 12hr 14min 28sec
- 2. Ezequiel Mosquiera (Karpin) @ 3sec
- 3. David Herrero (Karpin) @ 8sec
- 4. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) s.t.
- 5. Kim Kirchen (High Road) s.t.
- 6. Peter Velits (Milram) s.t.
- 7. Mikel Astarloza (Euskatel) s.t.
- 8. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) s.t.
Tuesday, April 8: Stage 2, Legazpi - Erandio, 153 km.
- 1. Kim Kirchen (High Road) 3hr 40min 42sec
- 2. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) s.t.
- 3. David Herrero (Karpin) s.t.
- 4. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2R) s.t.
- 5. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) s.t.
GC after Stage 2:
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 7hr 20min 7sec
- 2. David Herrero (Karpin) @ 5sec.
- 3. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) s.t.
- 4. Kim Kirchen (High Road) s.t.
- 5. Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) s.t.
Monday, April 7: Stage 1, Legazpi - Legazpi, 137 km.
Stage results and GC time the same.
- 1. Alberto Contador (Astana) 3hr 39min 22sec
- 2. Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin) @ 3sec
- 3. David Herrero (Karpin) @ 8sec
- 4. Damiano Cunego (Lampre) s.t.
- 5. Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) s.t.
- 6. Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) s.t.