2008 Vuelta a Espana [1] Trivia Quiz

Answer: True

Team Liquigas won the team time trial, which gave them the lead in the team classifaction. They beat out Euskaltel-Euskadi by eight seconds to win the stage. Filippo Pozatto received the golden jersey, the leader overall in the Vuelta a España.

Answer: 20km away from the finish

The breakaway included Jesús Rosendo, Mikhail Ignatyev, Cyril Lemoine, and Egoi Martínez. Jesús Rosendo rode for Andalucía-Cajasur in the 2008 Vuelta. Mikhail Ignatyev rode for Tinkoff Credit Systems. Cyril Lemoine rode for Crédit Agricole is the 2008 Vuelta a España. Egoi Martínez rode for Euskaltel-Euskadi. Alejandro Valverde won the stage by 2 seconds. Thanks to the bonus seconds you get for crossing the line, Alejandro took the lead from Filippo Pozatto.

The bonus seconds take off a few seconds from your overall time.

Answer: Ricardo Serrano

Ricardo Serrano rode for Tinkoff Credit Systems. He dropped out before Stage 4 started. Ricardo was born in Valladolid, Spain.

Answer: Jose Lopez

The one man breakaway started only just 9km into the stage. The maximum lead he had over the field was eight minutes and 6 seconds. He was caught 8km from the finish. There was a crash 3km from the finish which separated the peloton. It came down to a sprint finish and Danielle Bennati won the sprint. He also got the golden jersey. Daniele rode for Team Liquigas.

Answer: Sylvain Chavanel

Not many people expected Sylvain to place this high in the individual time trial. Sylvain rode for Cofidis. Levi Leiphimer won the individual time trial and got the golden jersey from Daniele Bennati.

Answer: False

Paolo only won the sprint finish in Stage 6. Sylvain Chavanel won the two intermediate sprints. Paolo rode for Team Quick Step. Sylvain rode for Cofidis. Sylvain took the lead from Levi Leiphimer, thanks to the two intermediate sprints. The intermediate sprints give bonus seconds, which take off a few seconds from your overall time. Only the first few people that cross the sprint line get the bonus seconds.

Answer: 3

Alessandro had the gold, pink, and white jersey after Stage 7 was completed. He was only 7 points away from having the blue jersey. He and four other riders started a breakaway just 18km into the stage. Alessandro stepped up the pace and left the other four breakaway members in the dust. Pretty soon the peloton, led by Team Astana, would catch the four riders. Ezequiel Mosquera, of Euskaltel-Euskadi, would be the first of the peloton to cross the line after Alessandro. Alessandro rode for Team Lampre.

Answer: Andreas Kloden

Andreas set a blistering pace while going up the mountain. He eventually caught all of the breakaway members, except for David Moncoutié. David would hang on to win the stage. Levi would take the golden jersey from Alessandro.

Answer: David Moncoutié

David would conquer the two mountains to gain the lead in the King of the Mountains Classification. He took the lead from Alassandro Ballan. Greg Van Avermaet of Team Silnce Lotto, won the stage. Egoi Martínez took the golden jersey from Levi. In the overall standings, Egoi had a lead of 11 seconds over Levi after Stage 9 was through.

Answer: Sebastien Hinault

Sébastien would win the sprint finish. Zaragoza, where Stage 10 ended, had hosted stage finishes 47 times, including this one. Levi would retain the gold for another day, as Stage 10 came to a close.