2008 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 15

The sixth stage of the Vuelta a España 2008 on September 15, led about 202 km from Cudillero to Ponferrada. There are two sprints and one mountain stage of the 3rd, 2nd and 1st class were on the program.

Again it took about an hour until a group was able to solve the field, but this was but the greater and consisted of 17 riders: Xabier Zandio, David Arroyo, Nick Nuyens, Sébastien Minard, Juan Manuel Garate, Philippe Gilbert, Heinrich Haussler, Mikel Astarloza, Matti Breschel, Mikhail Ignatiev, José Luis Arrieta, Paolo Tiralongo, Theo Eltink, Alessandro Vanotti, Olivier Bonnaire, Pieter Jacobs and David García. The peloton saw in these drivers no danger and had them so therefore grant. The group stayed together until about 40 kilometers from the finish. Here attacked on the penultimate mountain stage Arrieta and sat down almost a minute, but was caught up before the last climb. The stage decided on a steep rise up to 10 percent, which was not accompanied by a mountain classification. It sat with Nuyens, Arroyo, Garate and García four drivers from. Three kilometers from the finish attacked García Dapena, it was the decisive attack. Nick Nuyens was in a sprint with two Arroyo second in the stage. Ultimately, the field had a backlog of over 14 minutes on the day's winner.

Tasks

Sprints

  • Second intermediate sprint in Vega de Espinareda ( km 157.4 ) ( 625m above sea level. NN )
  • Finish in Ponferrada ( 520m above sea level. NN )

Climbs

  • Puerto de Somiedo, 1st class ( 80 km ) ( 1,480 m above sea level. NN )
  • Alto del Corral de los Lobos, 2nd category ( km 140.5 ) ( 1,180 m above sea level. NN )
  • Alto de Ocero, 3rd category ( km 162 ) ( 885m above sea level. NN )

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  • Vuelta a España 2008
Italy Euskaltel Euskadi France Alberto Contador Carlos Sastre Alejandro Valverde David Moncoutié Christophe Kern Ezequiel Mosquera Juan Manuel Gárate Mikhail Ignatiev (cyclist) Tinkoff Credit Systems
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