Contador Hangs On

Levi Leipheimer lit up the TT course to Alto de Navacerrada, taking the stage win and 31 seconds out of leader Alberto Contador, but it's not enough to take the lead in the GC. So it looks like Contador will win the Vuelta, completing his sweep of all 3 grand tours, and doing it at the age of only 25 and in the shortest span of time in history. Impressive.

(And Lance wants to come back and compete with that? Surely he has to be a bit nervous...)

The results, and the standings.

• 05:51 PM: The final top five on the stage
  1. Levi Leipheimer (Astana), 33:06
  2. Alberto Contador (Astana), at 0:31
  3. Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne), at 0:31
  4. Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank), at 1:02
  5. David Moncoutie (Cofidis), at 1:09

• 05:52 PM: The overall standings.
  1. Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana, in 77:21:52
  2. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana, at 0:46
  3. Carlos Sastre (ESP) CSC, at 4:12
  4. Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) Xacobeo - Galicia
  5. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne