Vuelta al País Vasco
Now if you English the above title would mean “Tour of the Basque Country” well not in direct translation (covering my arse now as I haven’t a clue what it means in Spanish)
The wrap up for the 2008 Vuelta al País Vasco is as follows. Astana could and did ride in this event. You guessed, the overall winner was none other than Alberto Contador himself. He took oout the opening stage and maintained a 3 second lead over the field for the first five stages. With Cadel sitting in 5th coming into the final 20k time trail I was holding thumbs that he would come through and take the win in Stage 6.
It was not to be as it looks like Contador has been working on the TT side of things and held off the field to take the win. Nice work for Contador considering Astana can’t front up to the TDF this year. Cadel on the other hand pulled himself from 5th to take 2nd overall in the GC.
Results:
| 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana | 29.10.00 (41.143 km/h) |
| 2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto | 0.22 |
| 3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank | 0.27 |