2020 Vuelta a Espana – Stage 8 – Highlights, Report, Results
Highlights
Report
Primoz Roglic has won the eighth stage of the Vuelta a España. The rider of Team Jumbo-Visma managed to stay ahead of his opponents on the Alto de Moncalvillo after the decisive attack. By doing so, he took important seconds on his closest attackers for the general classification.
On the final climb team leader Roglic was well-surrounded by his teammates. Sepp Kuss attacked in the last kilometres after which the joust between the favourites began. In the last hectometres Roglic left the other riders behind and rode to his ninth victory of the season.
In the general classification the Slovenian approached classification leader Carapaz up to thirteen seconds. He also strengthened his leading position in the points classification. Roglic won his second stage this Vuelta, after having won the opening stage. Today’s victory is the twentieth victory of 2020 for Team Jumbo-Visma.
“The pace took off after the penultimate climb”, Roglic said. “I only knew the final climb from the road book and it turned out to be a tough climb. I had good legs and you should take every chance to win. In addition, I took important seconds on my opponents, but in the first place it is great to win here. The next two stages are relatively flat. The weekend ahead will also be tough. We look at it from day to day and we try to stay focused.”
Kuss again proved to be of great value to his Slovenian leader. “It was good that I could still stay with the riders for the classification. That way I was able to assist Primoz in the final. It was not my intention to go for the stage win. My move with Hugh Carthy in the last kilometres was mainly in the service of Primoz. It was just a very tough climb and it is great that we have won here and that we have taken back some time.”
Results
Stage
| 1 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma | 04:07:08 |
| 2 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 00:00:13 |
| 3 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation | 00:00:19 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team | 00:00:25 |
| 5 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling | 00:00:33 |
| 6 | Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain McLaren | 00:00:35 |
| 7 | Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:00:54 |
| 8 | Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma | 00:00:54 |
| 9 | Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott | 00:01:33 |
| 10 | Clément Champoussin (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale | 00:01:37 |
General Classification
| 1 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 32:31:06 |
| 2 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma | 00:00:13 |
| 3 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation | 00:00:28 |
| 4 | Hugh Carthy (GBr) EF Pro Cycling | 00:00:44 |
| 5 | Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:01:54 |
| 6 | Felix Grossschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 00:03:28 |
| 7 | Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott | 00:03:28 |
| 8 | Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:03:35 |
| 9 | Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team | 00:03:40 |
| 10 | Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain McLaren | 00:03:47 |
Points
| 1 | Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma | 104 |
| 2 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 81 |
| 3 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation | 73 |
| 4 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis | 50 |
| 5 | Michael Woods (Can) EF Pro Cycling | 45 |
Mountains
| 1 | Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis | 27 |
| 2 | Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma | 24 |
| 3 | Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Ineos Grenadiers | 24 |
| 4 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Israel Start-Up Nation | 20 |
| 5 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 19 |
Young Riders
| 1 | Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team | 32:33:00 |
| 2 | David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ | 00:04:21 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Astana Pro Team | 00:04:58 |
| 4 | Gino Mäder (Swi) NTT Pro Cycling | 00:09:25 |
| 5 | Kobe Goossens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 00:17:02 |