While I wasn't watching, Alexandre Vinokourov (Astana) took over the lead of the Vuelta a España about three stages ago from Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears).And on his 33rd birthday Saturday, Vino (photo by Graham Watson) took his third stage victory in this third of the Grand Tours with just the ceremonial 21st and final stage to go on Sunday. Vino won the second time trial of the race, six seconds ahead of Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Valverde, who had dominated much of the Vuelta, lost 19 seconds to Vinokourov and finished third.
Overall, Vino leads Valverde by 72 seconds.
The top 10:
1. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan) Astana Team, 77.42.17
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears, 1.12
3. Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakhstan) Astana Team, 3.12
4. Carlos Sastre (Spain) Team CSC, 3.35
5. José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spain) Saunier Duval-Prodir, 6.51
6. Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, 8.09
7. Samuel Sánchez (Spain) Euskaltel-Euskadi, 8.29
8. Vladimir Karpets (Russia) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears, 10.36
9. Manuel Beltran (Spain) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team, 10.47
10. Luis Pérez (Spain) Cofidis, 11.32
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