Vuelta Stage 19 : 3 TIMES SAMUEL

"Oh my god, I can't believe it" is a quote from the Kaiser Chiefs that came to my mind this afternoon. Samuel won his third stage in this Vuelta and this time it was a time trial !

Early in the race Stef Clement set the best time but when Samuel appeared at the second checkpoint he already crushed his time. Only Menchov was able to follow Sanchez' time because Evans and Sastre were already losing seconds. At the end Sanchez was 12 seconds faster than Menchov, 19 than Evans and 41 than Sastre.

The result of this great race is that Samuel went to the third spot in the general rank and will stand on the podium tomorrow ! Also Igor Anton rode a good time trial but lost a spot in the general rank, he went to place 8. With Aitor Hernandez ending 27th Euskaltel won the team classification and that has to be huge for them especially because it's a TIME TRIAL !! I'm so f*cking happy :P

Stage Results
1 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22.11 (54.09 km/h)
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank +0.12
3 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom +0.14
...
21. Igor Anton +0.58
27. Aitor Hernandez +1.06
29. Alan Perez +1.10
31. Haimar Zubeldia +1.13
66. Iñaki Isasi +2.04
76. Dionisio Galparsoro +2.14
124. Koldo Fernandez +2.56
132. Iñigo Landaluze +3.05

General Rank
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 78.21.40
2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC +3.31
3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi +3.46
...
8. Igor Anton +8.44
44. Haimar Zubeldia +1.04.02
63. Dionisio Galparsoro +1.30.55
74. Iñaki Isasi +1.41.02
75. Iñigo Landaluze +1.43.31
81. Aitor Hernandez +1.50.03
94. Alan Perez +2.03.46
134. Koldo Fernandez +2.43.09