Alexandre Vinokourov of Astaná has won the last long individual time trial in this year's Vuelta a España, and not much can keep the Kazakh away from his first Grand Tour victory.
The Astaná rider, who celebrated his 33rd birthday, needed 33 minutes and 39 seconds to complete the course, and was six seconds faster than Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez.
More importantly, Alejandro Valverde came in third at 19 seconds from Vinokourov and the latter's lead in the general classification is extended to 1'12"
Hungarian Laszlo Bodrogi finished fourth and Vladimir Karpets completed the top five.
The battle for third place, between Andrey Kashechkin and Carlos Sastre, was more exciting than the one for first place.
Kashechkin was 21 seconds slower than Sastre, but still has a 23 seconds advantage in the general classification and it looks like two Astaná riders will be on the podium in Madrid on Sunday.
The Astaná rider, who celebrated his 33rd birthday, needed 33 minutes and 39 seconds to complete the course, and was six seconds faster than Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez.
More importantly, Alejandro Valverde came in third at 19 seconds from Vinokourov and the latter's lead in the general classification is extended to 1'12"
Hungarian Laszlo Bodrogi finished fourth and Vladimir Karpets completed the top five.
The battle for third place, between Andrey Kashechkin and Carlos Sastre, was more exciting than the one for first place.
Kashechkin was 21 seconds slower than Sastre, but still has a 23 seconds advantage in the general classification and it looks like two Astaná riders will be on the podium in Madrid on Sunday.
posted by Marc at 4:27 PM
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