Moncoutie, King of the Mountains

Last post till September 20th. Away on a long over do vacation. Will miss six stages.
David Moncoutie of Team Cofidis proved he is worthy of the "King of the Mountain" title by breaking away from the leaders and winning by nearly one minute of over second place Ezequiel Mosquera. A strong finish to earn the :08 second 3rd place bonus helped Alejandro Valverde gain some time on Robert Gesink as Cadel Evans of Team Silence-Lotto suffered a punctured tire 14 km from the finish causing him to lose over one minute on race leader Valverde.


Stage 13 results:
1 David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis 05:09:22
2 Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:52
3 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 0:01:16
4 Robert Gesink (NED) Rabobank
5 Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas
6 Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:37
7 Joaquím Rodríguez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 0:02:09
8 Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto 0:02:24
9 Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) Lampre-NGC 0:02:31
10 Amaël Moinard (FRA) Cofidis 0:03:37


Overall rankings after stage 13:
1 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 56:23:08
2 Robert Gesink (NED) Rabobank 0:00:27
3 Ivan Basso (ITA) Liquigas 0:01:02
4 Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence-Lotto 0:01:23
5 Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:32
6 Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) Xacobeo Galicia 0:01:46
7 Joaquím Rodríguez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 0:05:02
8 Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) Lampre-NGC 0:05:33
9 Daniel Navarro (ESP) Astana 0:08:21
10 Johnny Hoogerland (NED) Vacansoleil 0:10:23