2008 Vuelta a Castilla y León

2008 Vuelta a Castilla y León

Race details
Dates		March 24 – March 28
Stages		5
Palmares
	Winner	Alberto Contador (ESP)	(Astana)
	Second	Mauricio Soler (COL)	(Barloworld)
	Third	Thomas Dekker (NED)	(Rabobank)
	Points	Thomas Dekker (NED)	(Barloworld)
	Mountains	Ivan Melero Coco (ESP)	(Orbea - Oreka S.D.A)
	Combination	Alberto Contador (ESP)	(Astana)
	Team	Rabobank

The 2008 Vuelta a Castilla y León, the 24th running of the race, started on March 24 in Valsain, and concluded on March 28 in Riaño. It was won by Alberto Contador.

Final standings

General classification Cyclist Team Time 1 Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana 15h 57' 37" 2 Mauricio Soler (COL) Barloworld + 39" 3 Thomas Dekker (NED) Rabobank + 46" 4 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana + 1' 09" 5 Denis Menchov (RUS) Rabobank + 1' 23"

Points classification Cyclist Team Points 1 Thomas Dekker (NED) Rabobank 72 2 Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana 62 3 Francisco José Ventoso (ESP) Andalucía - Cajasur 41 4 Mauricio Soler (COL) Barloworld 38 5 Koldo Fernández (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi 35

Mountains classification Cyclist Team Points 1 Ivan Melero Coco (ESP) Orbea - Oreka S.D.A 17 2 Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana 10 3 Enrique Salgueiro (ESP) Extremadura-Gruppo Gallardo 9 4 Mauricio Soler (COL) Barloworld 8 5 Xavier Zandio (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 8

Combination classification Cyclist Team Points 1 Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana 3 2 Mauricio Soler (COL) Barloworld 3 3 Thomas Dekker (NED) Rabobank 3 4 Denis Menchov (RUS) Rabobank 3 5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 3

Team Classification

	Team	Time
1	Rabobank	47h 55' 59"
2	Barloworld	+ 1' 56"
3	Saunier Duval-Scott	+ 3' 18"
4	Team CSC	+ 3' 35"
5	Benfica	+ 3' 47"

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Combination classification	Team Classification
0Stage 1 (ITT) (Alberto Contador)	Alberto Contador	Alberto Contador	Not Awarded	Alberto Contador	Astana Team
0Stage 2 (Karsten Kroon)			Ivan Melero	Daniele Nardello	Slipstream-Chipotle
0Stage 3 (Francisco José Ventoso)
0Stage 4 (Alberto Contador)				Alberto Contador	Rabobank
0Stage 5 (Koldo Fernández)		Thomas Dekker
0Final	Alberto Contador	Thomas Dekker	Ivan Melero	Alberto Contador	Rabobank