Cobo Attacks and Wins

Back from vacation and not much has changed.
Juan Jose Cobo's attack was almost chased down, but he held on to win
by :02 sec over race leader Alejandro Valverde. Valverde's 2nd place finish
gave him :12 sec bonus over Samuel Sanchez and just about assured him the overall victory in this year's Vuelta a Espana. Sanchez should finish ahead of
Valverde in the stage 20 time trial, but not by more than 00:01:26


Stage 19 results:
1 Juan José Cobo (ESP) Fuji-Servetto 04:37:35
2 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 00:00:02
3 Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto
4 Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 Daniel Moreno (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia
7 Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) Lampre-NGC
8 Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas
9 Manuel Váquez (ESP) Contentpolis-Ampo 0:01:34
10 Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA) Française des Jeux
11 Daniel Navarro (ESP) Astana
12 Tadej Valjavec (SLO) AG2R La Mondiale
13 Philip Deignan (IRL) Cervélo TestTeam
14 Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) Astana
15 Joaquím Rodríguez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne


Overall rankings after stage 19:
1 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 83:34:03
2 Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:26
3 Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas 0:01:45
4 Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto 0:01:59
5 Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia 0:02:11
6 Robert Gesink (NED) Rabobank 0:05:30
7 Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) Lampre-NGC 0:06:49
8 Joaquím Rodríguez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 0:07:42
9 Philip Deignan (IRL) Cervélo TestTeam 0:09:37
10 Juan José Cobo (ESP) Fuji-Servetto 0:10:40
11 Daniel Moreno (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 0:13:06
12 Daniel Navarro (ESP) Astana 0:13:39
13 Johnny Hoogerland (NED) Vacansoleil 0:14:03
14 Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) Astana 0:15:23
15 Manuel Váquez (ESP) Contentpolis-Ampo 0:15:49