2008 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 6
The sixth stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 4, led over 150.1 km from Ciudad Real to Toledo. There are two intermediate sprints and a mountain stage of the third category were to be completed.
At this stage, was attacked early. After just four kilometers tried four drivers are lucky, however, could not decisively settle from the field. This eventually succeeded the trio Iban Mayoz, Volodymyr Djudja and Mikhail Ignatiev. However, more than three and a half minutes ahead they could never go out because the Équipe Cofidis organized the persecution in the box to the overall Second Sylvain Chavanel. Meanwhile, the field had been broken into two parts, causing a large increase in speed. At the end of the ascent to the only climb of the day, the outliers have been obtained already from the first new outliers. Up to the intermediate sprints, the outliers were obtained from the first field. Chavanel of in the overall standings before the stage only two seconds behind had to Levi Leipheimer, secured at both the respectively the first place and a total of twelve bonus seconds. So that he could take over the overall lead. Of the attacks in the following course had no success, so that it came to a sprint from the first field out. This won Paolo Bettini before Philippe Gilbert and Alejandro Valverde. On account of the disintegration of the field there was slight loss of time also among the favorites.
Sprints
- Second intermediate sprint in Cobisa ( 132.8 km ) ( 690 m above sea level. NN )
- Finish in Toledo (486 m above sea level. NN )
Climbs
- Puerto de Marjaliza, 3rd category ( km 102.5 ) ( 1.040 m above sea level. NN )
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- Vuelta a España 2008