Update after stage 5 at the Vuelta a España Pro Tour...

Astana's Levi Leipheimer took the win on Stage 5 during the individual 42.5k time trial...Alberto Contador (Astana) rode a new time trial position that he’s honed over the past few months to place a strong fourth at 49 seconds off his teammate’s winning time and settled into fourth overall at 47 seconds off the pace.

Here's how the Astana men are doing so far in the race Overall:

General Classification after Stage 5
1 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 14.16.11
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0.47

Team Astana on GC
37 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) 3.34
49 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) 4.24
64 Andreas Klöden (Ger) 5.17
86 Sergio Miguel Paulinho Moreira (Por) 7.30
129 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) 18.29
147 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) 23.08
151 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) 24.54

(my rider Kloden lost just over 4 minutes yesterday while he was involved in a crash just outside the 3km nuetral zone...watch for his comeback when the mountain stages start this Saturday...)

Levi at speed...pure power!!!