Castilla finale: Vande Velde 9th on stage and 10th overall

Author: admin

28 Mar

Today’s lively - and “hilly” - final stage of the 2008 Castilla y Leon included a noble breakaway attempt by our own Pat McCarty. Though that break didn’t hold, the team still managed to see to it that Christian Vande Velde (right) finished the stage 9th, holding on to his 10th place overall.

Slipstream stage 5 results
1. Koldo Fernandez 3:58′28″

9. Christian Vande Velde
19. Steven Cozza
22. Dan Martin
82. Huub Duyn
83. Tyler Farrar
90. Jason Donald
91. Pat McCarty

Slipstream final GC
1. Alberto Contador 15:57′37″

10. Christian Vande Velde +01′55″
29. Dan Martin +03′09″
42. Steven Cozza +04′18″
51. Pat McCarty +06′20″
52. Huub Duyn +07′26″
59. Jason Donald +08′22″
89. Tyler Farrar +13′55″

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4 Responses for "Castilla finale: Vande Velde 9th on stage and 10th overall"

brian March 28th, 2008 at 1:11 pm 1
good show boys!
J. Schafer March 28th, 2008 at 1:22 pm 2
Great job guys! Very proud of Christian, can’t wait to see him in the TdF.
Bob T March 30th, 2008 at 4:28 pm 3
Christian did a great job and it’s wonderful to see him riding well. Perhaps everyone looks the same in argyle……the picture is of someone else.
woody March 31st, 2008 at 3:11 am 4
Thanks Bob for the words of encouragement for Christian. And you are sort of right in that everyone sort of looks the same in their argyle kits…but you are wrong about the photo. That is Christian - a kilo or two lighter than normal - but still Christian.