2008 La Vuelta a Espana Results - Stage 7
Ballan wins rainy mountain stage and takes overall race lead. Contador finishes third and takes 5 seconds on Sastre.
Stage 7: September 6, 2008: Barbastro - Andorra (224 km):
1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 06:15:51
2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.42
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 2.45
4 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.50
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
7 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.03
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 3.11
10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
12 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.15
13 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
14 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3.21
15 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
16 Javier Moreno Bazan (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 3.39
17 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
18 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.40
19 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
20 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.46
21 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.48
22 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.58
23 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 4.13
24 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 4.18
25 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.20
26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5.33
28 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 6.37
29 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.33
30 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 7.40
31 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 7.41
32 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto
33 José Antonio Carrasco Ramirez (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur
34 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 7.44
35 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
36 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole
37 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 8.29
38 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 9.02
39 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9.25
40 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9.37
41 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.40
42 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9.57
43 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 9.59
44 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
45 Carlos Panadero Castano (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
46 Iñigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
47 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 10.30
48 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 10.45
49 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
50 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10.46
51 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
52 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) Astana 11.25
53 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 11.52
54 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12.07
55 José Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Andalucía - Cajasur 12.36
56 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
58 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 14.15
59 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 16.07
60 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
61 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
62 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
63 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank
64 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.15
65 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.12
66 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
67 Ivan Velasco Murillo
