Levi Leipheimer Wins Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y León Bike Race 2009; Contador 2nd, Zabriskie 3rd; Alejandro Valverde Wins Stage

Levi Leipheimer won another professional stage bike race in Valladolid, Spain (España) today. He made two nice gestures that seemed to be appreciated by most. First, he took a photograph or two of the crowd with a small digital camera (not a professional photographer's TTL style one). Second, when Alberto Contador joined him on the stage for the top three photo, Levi pointed at him to give him credit. Alberto pointed back (the three facing the crowd, not each other), to which Levi raised his pointing level higher, which Contador matched. They were laughing and having a nice time, and David Zabriskie, ever the sharp wit and astute observer, made a show (perhaps not?) of noticing nobody was pointing at him, palms up, arms out slightly, shoulders shrugging. It was a fun race. They seem to race every day when it's just a one-week or less event. 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