Last year’s winner Primoz Roglic won the eighth stage of the Vuelta a España for professional cyclists and improved to second place in the overall standings. The 30-year-old Slovenian from the Jumbo-Visma team was able to prevail on Wednesday after 164 kilometers from Logroño to the mountain finish on the Alto de Moncalvillo with a 13-second lead over the overall leader Richard Carapaz from Ecuador.
Primoz Roglic drove to the day’s victory for the second time after the first stage.
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Roglic was able to break away from the top group 750 meters from the finish and is now only 13 seconds behind Carapaz in the overall standings. Third place, 28 seconds behind Roglic, went to Irishman Dan Martin, who was third behind Roglic and Carapaz on the 1,489 meter high Alto de Moncalvillo. Roglic had already won the start of the 75th Tour of Spain, but had to surrender the red jersey of the overall leader to Carapaz after the sixth stage of the day.
Meanwhile, Roglic has to do without one of his most important helpers in the project to defend his title. The Dutchman Tom Dumoulin no longer started the eighth stage. “I felt tired even before the start of the Vuelta, and this feeling has stayed. It makes no sense for me to continue,” tweeted the Giro winner and time trial world champion of 2017 and added: “Then I would be with one going into the next season too much. ”
The ninth stage leads on Thursday over 157.7 kilometers from Castrillo del Val to Auilar de Campoo. For Germany’s top sprinter Pascal Ackermann there could be a chance to win his first Vuelta stage win.
8th stage Logrono / Spain – Alto de Moncalvillo / Spain (164.00 km), 28.10.2020:
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 4:07:08 hours; 2. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers + 13 sec .; 3. Daniel Martin (Ireland) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 19; 4. Aleksander Vlasov (Russia) – Astana + 25; 5. Hugh Carthy (UK) – EF Pro Cycling + 33; 6. Wouter Poels (Netherlands) – Bahrain-McLaren + 35; 7. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) – Movistar Team + 54; 8. Sepp Kuss (USA) – Team Jumbo; 9. Esteban Chaves (Colombia) – Mitchelton-Scott + 1:33 min .; 10. Clement Champoussin (France) – AG2R La Mondiale + 1:37; … 36. Georg Zimmermann (Innsbruck / Austria) – CCC Team + 8:57; 43. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team Sunweb + 11:07; 64. Andreas Schillinger (Amberg) – Bora-hansgrohe + 15:44; 65. Paul Martens (Lanaken / Belgium) – Team Jumbo; 90. Jannik Steimle (Weilheim) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step + 19:13; 132. Pascal Ackermann (Landau in the Palatinate) – Bora-hansgrohe + 21:50; 133. Michael Schwarzmann (Kempten) – Bora-hansgrohe; 134. Martin Salmon (Dudenhofen) – Team Sunweb + 22:14; 135. Max Kanter (Cottbus) – Team Sunweb; 151. Rüdiger Selig (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe + 26:48
Overall ranking individual, status after the 8th stage:
1. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers 32:31:06 hours; 2. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo + 13 sec .; 3. Daniel Martin (Ireland) – Israel Start-Up Nation + 28; 4. Hugh Carthy (UK) – EF Pro Cycling + 44; 5. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) – Movistar Team + 1:54 min .; 6. Felix Großschartner (Austria) – Bora-hansgrohe + 3:28; 7. Esteban Chaves (Colombia) – Mitchelton-Scott; 8. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) – Movistar Team + 3:35; 9. Marc Soler (Spain) – Movistar Team + 3:40; 10. Wouter Poels (Netherlands) – Bahrain-McLaren + 3:47; … 25. Georg Zimmermann (Innsbruck / Austria) – CCC Team + 22:51; 83. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team Sunweb + 1:24:54 hours; 87. Jannik Steimle (Weilheim) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step + 1:27:52; 120. Paul Martens (Lanaken / Belgium) – Team Jumbo + 1:43:53; 131. Max Kanter (Cottbus) – Team Sunweb + 1:51:47; 136. Andreas Schillinger (Amberg) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:52:51; 144. Michael Schwarzmann (Kempten) – Bora-hansgrohe + 1:58:05; 147. Pascal Ackermann (Landau in the Palatinate) – Bora-hansgrohe + 2:02:44; 152. Martin Salmon (Dudenhofen) – Team Sunweb + 2:10:08; 154. Rüdiger Selig (Berlin) – Bora-hansgrohe + 2:16:03
Mountain classification, status after the 8th stage:
1. Guillaume Martin (France) – Solutions Credits 27 points; 2. Sepp Kuss (USA) – Team Jumbo 24; 3. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers 24; 4. Daniel Martin (Ireland) – Israel Start-Up Nation 20; 5. Tim Wellens (Belgium) – Lotto-Soudal 19; 6. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 17; 7. Michael Woods (Canada) – EF Pro Cycling 16; 8. Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spain) – Astana 11; 9. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) – Movistar Team 11; 10. Remi Cavagna (France) – Deceuninck-Quick-Step 6; … 36. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team Sunweb 1
Sprint evaluation, status after the 8th stage:
1. Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) – Team Jumbo 104 pts .; 2. Richard Carapaz Montenegro (Ecuador) – Ineos Grenadiers 81; 3. Daniel Martin (Ireland) – Israel Start-Up Nation 73; 4. Guillaume Martin (France) – Solutions Credits 50; 5. Michael Woods (Canada) – EF Pro Cycling 45; 6. Hugh Carthy (Great Britain) – EF Pro Cycling 45; 7. Enric Mas Nicolau (Spain) – Movistar Team 42; 8. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spain) – Movistar Team 40; 9. Sepp Kuss (USA) – Team Jumbo 35; 10. Felix Großschartner (Austria) – Bora-hansgrohe 33; … 27. Pascal Ackermann (Landau in the Palatinate) – Bora-hansgrohe 14; 37. Max Kanter (Cottbus) – Team Sunweb 9; 60. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) – Team Sunweb 2
Team ranking, status after the 8th stage:
1. Movistar Team (Spain) 97:42:42 hours; 2. Team Jumbo (Netherlands) + 5:48 min .; 3. Astana (Kazakhstan) + 12:46; 4. UAE Team Emirates (United Arab Emirates) + 14:33; 5. Mitchelton-Scott (Australia) + 28:34; 6. Solutions Credits (France) + 47:18; 7. Ineos Grenadiers (Great Britain) + 55:41; 8. Groupama-FDJ (France) + 1:19:10 hrs; 9th Trek – Segafredo (USA) + 1:31:42; 10. EF Pro Cycling (USA) + 1:33:31; … 17. Team Sunweb (Germany) + 2:19:34; 19. Bora-hansgrohe (Germany) + 2:29:52
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