Levi wins Clasica de los Puertos

victorponf

With Contador helping him (he behave like a brake after Levi breakaway and atacked in the finals km to be 2nd) in a race pretty near of his home.

Results:

. LEIPHEIMER Levi AST 3h15'10"
2. CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto AST 41"
3. GALLEGO ARNAIZ Diego VMC 49"
4. PARDILLA BELLON Sergio VMC 58"
5. LANDALUZE INTXAURRAGA Inigo EUS 58"
6. MORENO BAZAN Javier ACA 01'47"
7. PUJOL MUNOZ Oscar VMC 01'47"
8. SALGUEIRO ALONSO Enrique SPI 01'52"
9. ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor EUS 02'18"
10. MARTIN VELASCO David ORB 02'20"
11. ROSENDO PRADO Jesus ACA 02'23"
12. ASTARLOZA CHAURREAU Mikel EUS 02'24"
13. PEREZ MORENO Ruben EUS 02'33"
14. CARRASCO RAMIREZ Jose Antonio ACA 02'33"
15. SARABIA DIAZ Ignacio SPI 02'33"

Some photos:

http://picasaweb.google.es/mdlarena/CLS ... UERTOS2008

donrhummy

The Vuelta's going to be incredible. Astana vs CSC! Both teams are very strong, but of course CSC's going to be tired from the TDF, so we'll see how well they can handle Astana.

Levi could be a leader on many other teams for GC (sure, not a real potential TDF winner, but a podium potential) and yet he's possibly 3rd best GC on his own team!

Arkibal

agree Don, looking forward for this one!

Levi looks very good, so I picked him over Contador for the GC.

Thanks Victor for the photos!

afx237vi

Are you sure this wasn't Contador giving Levi a little gift before expecting him to fall back in line and be his dog for the next month?

Doobz

afx237vi wrote:

Are you sure this wasn't Contador giving Levi a little gift before expecting him to fall back in line and be his dog for the next month?

Maybe Contador already had a Shitty HD monitor and wanted the DVD Player instead?

Personally I don't think Leiphiemer has what it takes to be Contadors censored for a few weeks.

Arkibal

afx237vi wrote:

Are you sure this wasn't Contador giving Levi a little gift before expecting him to fall back in line and be his dog for the next month?

Like the bronze medal in Beijing?
Nope, I still think Levi looks very good for the Vuelta, though he might have peaked too soon.... we'll see.

victorponf

Arkibal wrote:

afx237vi wrote:

Are you sure this wasn't Contador giving Levi a little gift before expecting him to fall back in line and be his dog for the next month?

Like the bronze medal in Beijing?
Nope, I still think Levi looks very good for the Vuelta, though he might have peaked too soon.... we'll see.

Spanish Cycling Federation tried to claim about Levi´s handlebar in the TT and Contador said no way...

was it another to Levi?