Vuelta a Espana Stage 7


Wegmann, Nuyens and Gilbert were in the breakaway but still no chance for them today


Valverde crashes on the last downhill


Kloden goes down too


After some attacks the situation is...


Evans is leading


He is chased by F.Schleck and Contador


In the third group are Ricco and Menchov


While Lovkvist is with the gold jersey


Remember Menchov in the RL Tour (crashed on uphill)? Well Contador did the same today


Probably because of that devil. And he lost the third place in the stage


Evans was the winer. And the new leader


And Lovkvist did very well finishing in front of the gold jersey, Karpets


Stage
1. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 6h21'15
2. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 47
3. Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'26
4. Denis Menchov Rabobank + 1'54
5. Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team s.t.
6. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
7. Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team + 2'48
8. Gilberto Simoni Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli + 2'55
9. Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
10. Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia + 4'09

Overall
1. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 21h44'44
2. Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team + 2'20
3. Denis Menchov Rabobank + 2'56
4. Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team + 3'17
5. Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne + 3'49
6. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 4'47
7. Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4'50
8. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 4'53
9. Thomas Lövkvist Team Columbia + 4'59
10. Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner + 5'22

Points
1. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 61
2. Daniele Bennati Liquigas 60
3. Stuart O'Grady Team CSC - Saxo Bank 51

Mountain
1. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank 37
2. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 30
3. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi 26

Young: Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team
Teams: Astana Cycling Team

Deutschland Tour Stage 7


The escapes


And the pack doesn't see interesting to catch them


So, with 15km to go we have the first attacks in the breakaway group


But still a big group is in front in the final sprint


Albasini looks favourite there


But the winer is Herve Duclos Lassalle, probably the bigest win of his career.


The only important thing that happend today in the pack was Cobo crash


Stage
1. Hervé Duclos-Lassalle Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone 4h30'25
2. Michael Albasini Liquigas s.t.
3. Darren Lapthorne Team Sparkasse s.t.
4. Kevin Hulsmans Quick·Step s.t.
5. Andrea Moletta Gerolsteiner s.t.
6. Maryan Hary Cofidis, Le Crédit par Téléphone s.t.
7. Jean-Charles Sénac AG2R La Mondiale s.t.
8. Laurent Didier Team Kuota - Senges + 1'49
9. Olaf Pollack Team Volksbank + 5'48
10. Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.

Overall
1. Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 27h57'14
2. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia + 9
3. Chechu Rubiera Astana Cycling Team + 35
4. Bauke Mollema Rabobank + 40
5. Andy Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 45
6. Gerrit Glomser Team Volksbank + 1'43
7. Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 2'13
8. Patrice Halgand Crédit Agricole + 3'24
9. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 3'56
10. Johann Tschopp Bouygues Télécom + 4'00

Points
1. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia 70
2. Olaf Pollack Team Volksbank 48
3. Koldo Fernández de Larrea Euskaltel - Euskadi 38

Mountain
1. Andrea Tonti Quick·Step 27
2. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia 24
3. Richard Faltus Team Sparkasse 23

You get through the season so fast!

yep. Can't wait to start the 2009 season that's why

what is the Rabobank rider doing on last SS ?

Trying to imitate Museeuw, like Walsleben did in Roubaix last week.

Is Martens and who the hell knows what he is doing

Vuelta a Espana Stage 8


John Devine is one of the escapes today


After the breakaway was made Barredo attacks to go there too


He and Devine are in front on Puerto de la Bonaigua


2 groups were made after Puerto de la Bonaigua between the breakaway and the pack.
The first one is made by Evans, Leipheimer, Schleck, Mosquera and Pelizzotti


And the second one by Menchov, Lovkvist, Contador and Sanchez


Devine and Barredo attacked in the first position Plat de Beret, but Leipheimer is now taking the lead


5km to the top and Contador is caught, with him is Devine


A few moments and the same thing happens to Lovkvist too


Evans caught Leipheimer in front


So the sprint starts between them


And Evans wins his second stage in a row


Stage
1. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 4h27'53
2. Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team s.t.
3. Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott + 14
4. Denis Menchov Rabobank s.t.
5. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi s.t.
6. Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 36
7. Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner s.t.
8. Alejandro Valverde Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
9. Juanma Gárate Quick·Step s.t.
10. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank s.t.

Overall
1. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 26h12'17
2. Levi Leipheimer Astana Cycling Team + 3'25
3. Denis Menchov Rabobank + 3'30
4. Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team + 3'59
5. Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5'27
6. Vladimir Karpets Caisse d'Epargne + 5'28
7. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 5'43
8. Mikel Astarloza Euskaltel - Euskadi + 5'46
9. Markus Fothen Gerolsteiner + 6'18
10. Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott + 6'38

Points
1. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 86
2. Daniele Bennati Liquigas 60
3. Stuart O'Grady Team CSC - Saxo Bank 51

Mountain
1. Cadel Evans Silence - Lotto 63
2. Fränk Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank 46
3. Riccardo Riccò Saunier Duval - Scott 40

Young: Alberto Contador Astana Cycling Team
Teams: Astana Cycling Team

Deutschland Tour Stage 8


Pollack was the first important leader


A few good TT-ers couldn't beat him, untill Gusev finished


Gerdemann is "flying" today on the road. He is the new leader


Very good performance by Kirchen


Sanchez finishes and... he is better than Gerdemann


Stage
1. Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 1h02'54
2. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 5
3. Vladimir Gusev Astana Cycling Team + 24
4. Olaf Pollack Team Volksbank + 39
5. Benoit Vaugrenard Française des Jeux + 49
6. Andy Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 1'03
7. Juanjo Cobo Saunier Duval - Scott + 1'13
8. Peter Velits Team Milram + 1'26
9. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia + 1'31
10. Thor Hushovd Crédit Agricole + 1'38

Overall
1. Luis León Sánchez Caisse d'Epargne 29h00'08
2. Kim Kirchen Team Columbia + 1'40
3. Andy Schleck Team CSC - Saxo Bank + 1'48
4. Bauke Mollema Rabobank + 3'01
5. Chechu Rubiera Astana Cycling Team + 3'46
6. Linus Gerdemann Team Columbia + 4'01
7. Gerrit Glomser Team Volksbank + 4'42
8. Josep Jufré Saunier Duval - Scott + 4'48
9. Juanjo Cobo Saunier Duval - Scott + 5'30
10. Peter Velits Team Milram + 5'48

Well, he is a good TT'er. Not a big surprise there.

Who? Kirchen? he has only 68 in TT so...

so... up the difficulty! He shouldn't be doing that well.

Luis Leon Sanchez

I was better after the 2 check points than Gusev and Sanchez, but with not very much though. At the finish 20 seconds faster than Gusev so I thought I did well on the last part and I was surprised to see Sanchez beating Gerdemann.


And rjc the stage was on normal(). But there aren't any TT-ers in the race much better, even he has 68, than him plus that he was +5 form of the day, while for example Gerdemann, performing very close to victory +1.

There's actually a setting as low as normal? How strange... must have been a bug

Nah, I'm just joshing with ya! If you enjoy it, keep writing! (And I think it's pretty clear you do)

I'm wondering what will you say next year on hard


And yes I enjoy a lot writing. Is it obvious?

That you still aren't playing on Extreme

Damn. That's right

The lighting-speed pace this story has been showing reveals it

You ca't miss a day or two it has moved a week in the calendar

So unlucky in the Vuelta