September 16th, 2008 by 
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Stage 16 Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - 5.21.16
2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux
5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana
6 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
7 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre
9 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner
10 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
General classification after stage 16
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana - 66.35.04
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana - 1.17
3 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank - 3.41
4 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia - 4.35
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank - 5.49
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne - 6.00
7 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne - 6.11
8 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi - 8.56
9 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone - 9.32
10 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner - 10.01
Links to news sites…
“Boonen at the double as Contador keeps gold jersey
ZAMORA, Spain — Belgium’s Tom Boonen dominated a bunch sprint on the 16th stage of the Tour of Spain, held over 186.4km between Pontferrada and here on Tuesday, to claim his second win of this year’s race.
Spaniard Alberto Contador, of the Astana team, retained the race leader’s gold jersey after a stage marked by the incredibly slow riding of the peloton.
With five days remaining but only two stages in which his rivals can hope to challenge for the race lead, Contador leads American teammate Levi Leipheimer by 1min 17sec.” Read more from the AFP…
“Boonen sprints to Vuelta stage success
ZAMORA, Spain (AP) — Belgian Tom Boonen won his second stage of this year’s Spanish Vuelta on Tuesday, as Alberto Contador maintained his overall race lead with just five stages left.
Boonen, who also won the third stage, was perfectly led-out by QuickStep team-mate Wouter Weylandt for the final sprint of the 186.3km 16th stage, crossing the line ahead of Italian Filippo Pozzato in five hours, 21 minutes, 16 seconds.
Germany’s Heinrich Haussler finished third ahead of Frenchman Mickael Delage, with
Lithuania’s Tomas Vaitkus finishing fifth.” Read more from CNN…
“Boonen tops a parade-like day
Contador keeps grip on gold top
By Gregor Brown, with additional reporting by Bjorn Haake in Zamora
Belgian Tom Boonen, 27, of Team Quick Step, won ahead of Italian Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) and German Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) in the Vuelta a España’s stage 16 to Zamora, a stage marked by low speeds as the riders took a rolling rest day. Spaniard Alberto Contador, 25, easily kept the leader’s maillot oro. He leads the race by 1:17 over Team Astana teammate Levi Leipheimer with five days remaining.
“To start with victory on the second day and now, one day before I go home shows that the condition has not decreased, but increased,” Boonen said after his win. “I was feeling really, really strong, even in the mountains. It’s the third week and everybody is tired and just waiting for Madrid. If you still can win that shows you have a clear head and strong legs.” Read more from CyclingNews.com…
