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Last Updated: Sep 5th, 2008 - 16:45:45 |
Having placed fifth, ninth and eleventh on stages of the second Grand Tour of his career, Nicolas Roche is currently 32nd overall after seven days of the Vuelta a España. The 24 year old Irish pro is 32nd overall heading into today’s first rest day, lying three minutes 26 seconds behind overall leader Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis).
Roche was 65th in Wednesday’s stage five time trial, a 42.5 kilometre race against the clock in and around Ciudad Real. He completed the course in a time three minutes 23 seconds behind the winner Levi Leipheimer.
He was then 45th on yesterday’s sixth stage to Toledo, ending the mainly flat 150.1 kilometre leg six minutes behind stage winner Paolo Bettini (Quick Step).
Roche is also 13th in the points classification. The Vuelta a España continues on tomorrow with the first mountain stage.
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Vuelta a España (Grand Tour), Spain, August 30 - September 21:
Stage 5 - September 3: Ciudad Real - Ciudad Real (ITT):
1, Levi Leipheimer (Astana ) 42.5 kilometres in 50 hours 57 secs (50.049 km/h)
2, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone ) at 12 secs
3, Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas ) at 33 secs
4, Alberto Contador Velasco (Astana ) at 49 secs
5, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Caisse d'Epargne ) at 59 secs
6, Jurgen Van Goolen (Team CSC - Saxo Bank ) at 1 min 6 secs
Irish:
65, Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole ) at 3 mins 23 secs
Stage 6 - September 4: Ciudad Real – Toledo:
1, Paolo Bettini (Quick Step ) 150.1 kilometres in 3 hours 19 mins 28 secs (45.150 km/h)
2, Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux )
3, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Caisse d'Epargne )
4, Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank )
5, Daniele Bennati (Liquigas )
6, Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner )
Irish:
45, Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole ) at 6 secs
Teams:
1, Caisse d'Epargne, 9 hours 58 mins 30 secs
2, Team CSC - Saxo Bank, same time
3, Rabobank, at 6 secs
4, Lampre
5, Credit Agricole, both same time
General classification after stage 6:
1, Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) 17 hours 35 mins 35 secs
2, Levi Leipheimer (Astana) at 10 secs
3, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Caisse d'Epargne) at 26 secs
4, Alberto Contador Velasco (Astana) at 57 secs
5, Carlos Sastre Candil (Team CSC - Saxo Bank) at 1 min 37 secs
6, Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) at 1 min 42 secs
Irish:
32, Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) at 3 mins 26 secs
Points classification:
1, Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) 63 pts
2, Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Caisse d'Epargne) 54
3, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) 48
Irish:
13, Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) 24
Mountains classification:
1, Jesus Rosendo Prado (Andalucía – Cajasur) 17 pts
2, Manuel Ortega Ocana (Andalucía – Cajasur) 7
3, Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales (Tinkoff Credit Systems) 7
Combination classification:
1, Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) 57 pts
2, Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel – Euskadi) 81
3, Manuel Ortega Ocana (Andalucía – Cajasur) 115
Teams classification:
1, Astana, 52 hours 32 mins 35 secs
2, Team CSC - Saxo Bank, at 42 secs
3, Caisse d'Epargne, at 2 mins 23 secs
Other:
17, Credit Agricole, at 7 mins 35 secs
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