Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y León 2009
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Last year's winner of Vuelta a España, Vuelta al País Vasco and Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y León, Alberto Contador, will be taking aim at some big results again this year, but he now has Lance Armstrong looking over his shoulder. (Time will tell whether that's good or bad for Alberto). Both will be at this month's Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y León competing on the same team for the first time.
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1 Monday, March 23rd 168 km 
Paredes de Nava → Baltanás
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2 Tuesday, March 24th 28 km 
Palencia → Palencia TT
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3 Wednesday, March 25th 156 km 
Sahagún → Estación Invernal de San Isidro
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4 Thursday, March 26th 145 km 
Santa María del Páramo → Galende-Laguna de Pece
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5 Friday, March 27th 152 km 
Benavente → Valladolid
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  Total Distance 654 km 

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2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León Teams
Team Rosters and Withdrawals


News and Updates for Vuelta a Castilla y León 2010

The 2010 Vuelta a Castilla y León is Wednesday April 14 to Sunday April 18, 2010. That's a month later than last year. No route has been released. Let me know if see something first. — Steve

News and Updates for Vuelta a Castilla y León 2009

Stage 5 results: Valvarde wins the final stage; Levi seals up the overall

Stage 5 results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
2 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
3 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
4 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto
5 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) ISD


General classification after stage 5
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                        
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                           0.16
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                 0.22
4 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                             0.49
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                            0.54
Full Results...coming — cyclingnews
  Last 2 Km (Spanish commentary) — tdp
Leipheimer wins Castilla, as Zabriskie is third and Valverde wins finale — velonews
Levi and Alberto on the podium: 1-2
Photos — afp/getty
Valverde pone el cierre (Highlights) — rtve.es
Lepheimer logra la victoria final en una etapa que se adjudicó Valverde — as

En Directo: Live Video Streaming and TV Coverage

March 27 update: Stage 5 looks like a ceremonial stage. Ie. Levi should have this race locked up and there should be a (uphill) sprint finish today. Both Levi and Dave Z were on the podium together last month at the Tour of California as well. By the way, there have only been three withdrawals all week with Lance Armstrong being one of them.

Feel free to send in additional sources for live video or tv coverage as they become known. — Steve

Start Time: Friday 12:42 PM CET ();
Earliest live video: 3:30 PM CET ();
See all the live video, audio and text options
Approximate Finish: 4:30 PM CET ()

Team rosters with bib numbers
Current Time, Weather and Wind Direction in Valladolid, Spain

media source tv or internet comments/restrictions
   live video streaming
  tv schedule		 justin.tv relay of the Teledeporte feed; unrestricted worldwide
   live video streaming
  tv schedule		 restricted to Spain;
   live video streaming
  tv schedule		 Live streaming video is expected at 15:30 CET each day and earlier for the Queen Stage (Stage 4)
   live video streaming
  tv schedule		 France and Europe satellites
 live text updates Spanish ticker and text updates (Google English Translation)
 steephill text updates
 #CyL twitter group		 short text updates from any and everyone
check back at race time for more and updated links; email send a comment or a new live link

steephill.tv is also on Twitter with race info updates

Stage 4 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto wins the queen stage

Stage 4 results
1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                     0.08


General classification after stage 4
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                        12.15.38
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                           0.16
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                 0.22
4 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank                             0.49
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                            0.54
6 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur                    1.51
7 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervélo TestTeam                   1.53
8 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                 2.01
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne               2.07
10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                     2.45
Full Results — cyclingnews
  Last 2 Km (Spanish commentary) — tdp
Juan José Cobo gana la cuarta etapa y Leipheimer sigue líder — as
Juan José Cobo se adjudica la cuarta etapa de la Vuelta a Castilla y León (Highlights) — rtve.es
Cobo wins, Leipheimer defends lead — velonews
Las fotos de la 4ª etapa — biciciclismo
Graham Watson Stage 4 Photos — grahamwatson
Zabriskie attacks at Castilla y Leon, stage 4 — slipstreamsports
Leipheimer Takes Lead into Final Stage — astana-cyclingteam
  Post-Op Interview with Lance — livestrong
  Stage 4 Highlights (English) — sbs

Stage 3 Valverde wins the power uphill finish at Estación Inv. De San Isiro

Stage 3 results
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
2 Rubén Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros
3 Javier Moreno (Spa) Andalucía-Cajasur 

General classification after stage 3
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                               
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                           0.16
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream                 0.22
Full Results — cyclingnews
Alejandro Valverde se impone en el Alto de San Isidro — as
Valverde nails the stage, Leipheimer keeps the lead — velonews
high-res victory salute
Valverde también enseña sus galones (Highlights) — rtve.es
  Last Km (French commentary) — sport+
  Last 200m (Spanish commentary) — tvcyl
  Contador (in English) and Levi interviews re: Lance — sbs
thanks to Ricardo Andrade for emailing in links to several of the clips
Lance Armstrong, Post-Surgery Update — astana-cyclingteam
Graham Watson Stage 3 Photos — grahamwatson
  Stage 3 Highlights (English) — sbs

Stage 2: Levi maintains his Tour of California winning TT form

Stage 2 results
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                  33.17
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana                  0.18
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream        0.22
4 Denis Menchov (Spa) Rabobank                   0.55
Full Results — cyclingnews
TT Photos — getty
  TT Highlights — rtve.es
  TT Post Race Wrap Up — tdp
Lepheimer gana la contrarreloj y lidera la general — as
Graham Watson Stage 2 Photos — grahamwatson
  TT Highlights — sbs

Stage 1 results overshadowed by Armstrong's broken collarbone

@johanbruyneel: Crash update on Lance from Castilla y Leon: Clean collarbone fracture without complications. Should be fast recovery. 
Stage 1 results
1 Joaquín Sobrino (Burgos Monumental)
2 David Vitora (Rock Racing) m.t.
3 Jose Joaquín Rojas (Caisse d'Epargne) m.t.
4 Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) m.t.
5 Manuel Cardoso (Liberty) m.t.
6 Hans Dekker (Garmin) m.t.
7 Juan Fco. Mouron (Xacobeo) m.t.
high-res victory salute and stage 1 photos
Lance in the ditch stills
Full Results — cyclingnews
Victoria de Sobrino (Burgos), Armstrong con probable clavícula rota — biciciclismo
Armstrong crashes out of Castilla y León — cyclingnews
Armstrong se cae y podría sufrir fractura de clavícula — as
  Armstrong dice adiós por una caída (ie: Lance in the ditch) — rtve.es
(thanks Roger P. for sending this link)
Armstrong crashes out of Castilla y León: "I feel miserable right now" — velonews
  Stage 1 Highlights — sbs
Stage 1 Photos — getty
Graham Watson Stage 1 Photos — grahamwatson
  Last Km — tdp
March 23 update: Rosters are now official. Minor changes to provisional rosters posted earlier. Francisco Mancebo replaces Tyler Hamilton as the team leader for Rock Racing.

Race Preview

March 20 update:
Early-season appetiser on offer in Castilla — cyclingnews
Contador: Castilla not a test for Tour — velonews
Contador relaxed for Castilla — sbs.au

Official rosters are now up

March 18 update: Full rosters with bib numbers and country sort option are now up.
Two ways to view the startlist:


Overlapping the Vuelta a Castilla y León this week is Coppi e Bartali running March 24-28th in Northern Italy.
March 17 update: Vuelta a Castilla y León (Tour of Castile and Leon) is a midweek cycling stage race held in the Castilla y León region of Northern Spain. If you haven't already heard, Astana will be sending five riders from their A-squad (Lance Armstrong, Alberto Contador, Levi Leipheimer, Chechu Rubiera, Haimar Zubeldia) to this second-tier (2.1HC) stage race so the event is generating more interest than usual. There will be two Americian based teams, Garmin and Rock Racing, at this event as well. The five day race runs March 23-27th and features a variety of stages including an individual time-trial and two mountain/uphill finishes. See the race summary table for all the stage maps, profiles and timetables.

Check back for official team rosters, tv schedules and live streaming video as the race draws closer. During the event links to results, photos and video will be posted. — Steve

steephill.tv is now on Twitter with the latest race updates

Official Site — vueltacastillayleon
Lance launches friendly fire: Armstrong offers his views on Astana colleague Contador — skysports
Armstrong offers to teach Contador how to relax — reuters


The Official 2009 Route Map (mapa de la ruta/pista y etapas) ... coming