Vuelta a Espana stage 8 summary
 

Stage 8 - Logrono Alto de Moncalvillo (164k)

1 Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma 4:07:08
2 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) INEOS Grenadiers 0:13
3 Dan Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation 0:19
4 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:25
5 Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling 0:33
6 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain - McLaren 0:35
7 Enric Mas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:54
8 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:54
9 Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 1:33
10 Clement Champoussin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:37


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+27 Jetse Bol
+23 Jesus Ezquerra
+18 Benjamin Dyball
+16 Paul Martens
+15 Niki Terpstra
+14 Ricardo Vilela
+14 Andreas Schillinger
+12 Merhawi Kudus
+11 Willie Smit
+11 Valentin Ferron

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda
-15 Zdenek Stybar
-13 Victor Lafay
-11 Juan Felipe Osorio
-9 Gonzalo Serrano
-7 Nic Dlamini
-6 Alex Aranburu
-6 Alexander Kamp
-6 Andrea Bagioli
-6 Jonathan Hivert
-6 Pim Ligthart

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:17 Primoz Roglic

Biggest losers by time :
-30:08 Stephen Williams
-29:16 Jakub Mareczko
-26:41 Alexander Kamp
-26:41 Emmanuel Morin
-26:41 Jefferson Alveiro Cepeda
-26:41 Jonathan Hivert
-26:41 Lorrenzo Manzin
-26:41 Martin Laas
-26:41 Michael Morkov
-26:41 Mickael Delage
-26:41 Nic Dlamini

Favourites by position :
+10 Michael Woods
+6 Aleksandr Vlasov
+3 Wout Poels
+3 Tejay van Garderen
+2 Primoz Roglic
+2 Jan Hirt
+1 Guillaume Martin
+1 Alejandro Valverde
-2 Marc Soler
-2 George Bennett

Favourites by time :
+0:17 Primoz Roglic
-0:18 Aleksandr Vlasov
-0:28 Wout Poels
-0:47 Enric Mas
-1:32 Alejandro Valverde
-1:42 George Bennett
-1:58 Marc Soler
-1:58 Guillaume Martin
-3:16 Michael Woods
-13:47 Jan Hirt
-19:06 Tejay van Garderen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Richard Carapaz 32:31:06 (unchanged)
2 Primoz Roglic 0:13 (was 4th at 0:30)
3 Dan Martin 0:28 (was 3rd at 0:20)
4 Hugh Carthy 0:44 (was 2nd at 0:18)
5 Enric Mas 1:54 (was 5th at 1:07)
6 Felix Grosschartner 3:28 (was 6th at 1:30)
7 Esteban Chaves 3:28 (was 8th at 2:02)
8 Alejandro Valverde 3:35 (was 9th at 2:03)
9 Marc Soler 3:40 (was 7th at 1:42)
10 Wout Poels 3:47 (was 13th at 3:19)
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12 George Bennett 4:21 (was 10th at 2:39)
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15 Aleksandr Vlasov 6:52 (was 21st at 6:34)
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19 Guillaume Martin 8:25 (was 20th at 6:27)
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38 Michael Woods 42:39 (was 48th at 39:23)
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64 Jan Hirt 1:06:34 (was 66th at 52:47)
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97 Tejay van Garderen 1:34:50 (was 100th at 1:15:44)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Primoz Roglic 104 (was 1st with 79 points)
2 Richard Carapaz 81 (was 2nd with 61 points)
3 Dan Martin 73 (was 3rd with 57 points)
4 Guillaume Martin 50 (was 4th with 48 points)
5 Michael Woods 45 (unchanged)
6 Hugh Carthy 45 (was 7th with 33 points)
7 Enric Mas 42 (was 8th with 33 points)
8 Alejandro Valverde 40 (was 6th with 35 points)
9 Sepp Kuss 35 (was 12th with 27 points)
10 Felix Grosschartner 33 (was 9th with 33 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Guillaume Martin 27 (unchanged)
2 Sepp Kuss 24 (unchanged)
3 Richard Carapaz 24 (was 4th with 18 points)
4 Dan Martin 20 (was 5th with 16 points)
5 Tim Wellens 19 (was 3rd with 19 points)
6 Primoz Roglic 17 (was 9th with 7 points)
7 Michael Woods 16 (was 6th with 16 points)
8 Ion Izagirre 11 (was 7th with 11 points)
9 Alejandro Valverde 11 (was 8th with 11 points)
10 Remi Cavagna 6 (was 34th with 1 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Movistar Team 97:42:42 (was 1st at 85:16:40)
2 Team Jumbo-Visma 5:48 (was 3rd at 7:43)
3 Astana Pro Team 12:46 (was 4th at 9:23)
4 UAE-Team Emirates 14:33 (was 2nd at 3:03)
5 Mitchelton-Scott 28:34 (was 5th at 24:27)
6 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 47:18 (was 6th at 39:25)
7 INEOS Grenadiers 55:41 (was 7th at 43:03)
8 Groupama - FDJ 1:19:10 (was 9th at 1:01:20)
9 Trek - Segafredo 1:31:42 (was 8th at 55:34)
10 EF Pro Cycling 1:33:31 (was 12th at 1:17:57)
11 Deceuninck - Quick Step 1:47:15 (was 11th at 1:11:01)
12 Caja Rural - Seguros RGA 1:48:48 (was 10th at 1:05:58)
13 CCC Team 1:53:05 (was 15th at 1:26:12)
14 Israel Start-Up Nation 1:55:36 (was 16th at 1:30:21)
15 AG2R La Mondiale 1:57:50 (was 13th at 1:21:26)
16 NTT Pro Cycling 1:59:18 (was 14th at 1:26:05)
17 Team Sunweb 2:19:34 (was 17th at 1:39:38)
18 Bahrain - McLaren 2:24:08 (was 19th at 1:56:24)
19 BORA - hansgrohe 2:29:52 (was 18th at 1:55:38)
20 Lotto Soudal 2:38:18 (was 21th at 2:04:37)
21 Team Total Direct Energie 2:38:57 (was 20th at 1:58:51)
22 Burgos-BH 2:43:34 (was 22th at 2:25:16)

Retirements to date : Stage
Kenny Elissonde (Trek - Segafredo) 8
Michal Golas (INEOS Grenadiers) 8
Tom Dumoulin (Team Jumbo-Visma) 8
Jay Mccarthy (BORA - hansgrohe) 7
Matteo Moschetti (Trek - Segafredo) 7
Romain Seigle (Groupama - FDJ) 7
Fernando Barcelo (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 6
Francisco Jose Ventoso (CCC Team) 5
Grega Bole (Bahrain - McLaren) 5
Natnael Berhane (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 5
Daniel Felipe Martinez (EF Pro Cycling) 4
Simon Geschke (CCC Team) 4
Matej Mohoric (Bahrain - McLaren) 3
Thibaut Pinot (Groupama - FDJ) 3
Axel Domont (AG2R La Mondiale) 2
Brandon Smith Rivera (INEOS Grenadiers) 2
Alexandre Geniez (AG2R La Mondiale) 1
Ilan Van Wilder (Team Sunweb) 1
Mathias Frank (AG2R La Mondiale) 1
Total retirements : 19


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