2014 Vuelta a España

69th Edition: August 23 - September 14, 2014

Stage 8 results

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Stage 8, Saturday, Aug 30: Baeza - Albacete, 207 km

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Nacer Bouhanni wins stage 8. Peter Sagan, who was third, can be seen behind him. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: The roasting heat the Vuelta has suffered so far eased a bit today.

The peloton let a break of Elia Favilli (Lampre-Merida) and Francisco Aramendia (Caja Rural) ride away during the day's first kilometers. They were allowed a maximum gap of a bit more than seven minutes. But since this was a stage with no categorized climbs, the sprinters' teams had no intention of letting a break run away.

First Giant-Shimano and then FDJ, looking to protect John Degenkolb and Nacer Bouhanni's chances moved to the front and began closing the gap. With 35 kilometers to go, the pair had been absorbed. It looked like we were going to have a normal, dull day of controlled racing with a furious final kilometer.

But...The wind started blowing from the right and several teams, Tinkoff-Saxo, Trek BMC and Sky, started mercilessly flogging the peloton and it quickly fractured into several echelons. Almost all the big GC riders and important sprinters were in the front group.

But near the end John Degenkolb and Nairo Quintana were dropped from the front group had to chase with furious intensity. This was hard, quality bike racing and no one was giving any gifts. Degenkolb and Quintana clawed their way back to the front group, but surely Degenkolb's legs were ruined by the chase for the coming sprint.

About 50 riders contested the sprint, led under the Red Kite by Omega Pharma. First of the big guns to fire was FDJ's Nacer Bouhanni who blasted like a bullet to the front. It looked like he had gone too soon, but he kept driving and no one could get by him. Bouhanni won the stage with Michael Matthews second. Degenkolb was not even close, the chase had taken its toll.

Race leader Alejandro finished 22nd, in the front group to retain his red jersey.

Complete Stage 8 results:

Winner's average speed: 46.2 km/hr

1	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	4hr 29min 00sec
2	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge
3	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling
4	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano
5	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol
6	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
7	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka
8	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida
9	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
10	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing
11	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
12	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling
13	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling
14	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo
15	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr
16	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka
17	Christopher Froome	Team SKY
18	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha
19	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team
20	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
21	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
22	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team
23	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
24	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo
25	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team
26	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo
27	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
28	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol
29	Nairo Alexander Quintana	Movistar Team
30	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha
31	Koen De Kort	Team Giant - Shimano
32	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge
33	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge
34	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha
35	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha
36	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY
37	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp
38	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp
39	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY
40	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
41	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing
42	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team
43	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling
44	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano
45	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
46	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
47	Philip Deignan	Team SKY
48	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team
49	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
50	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team
51	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY
52	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team
53	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
54	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team
55	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	@ 10 seconds
56	Jose Rodolfo Serpa	Lampre Merida	+ 13''
57	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY
58	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 16''
59	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge	+ 18''
60	Christian Knees	Team SKY	+ 20''
61	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol
62	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 53''
63	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale
64	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team
65	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar
66	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
67	Luis Angel Mate	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
68	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
69	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka
70	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
71	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale
72	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp
73	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
74	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha
75	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale
76	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo
77	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing
78	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre Merida
79	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
80	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling
81	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team
82	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing
83	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team
84	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team
85	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling
86	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling
87	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling
88	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
89	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp
90	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka
91	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team
92	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr
93	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team
94	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol
95	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling
96	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar
97	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida
98	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha
99	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
100	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale
101	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
102	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp
103	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling
104	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida
105	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida
106	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano
107	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto Belisol
108	José Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 1' 08''
109	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol
110	Murilo Fischer	FDJ.fr
111	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano
112	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
113	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha
114	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing
115	Luke Rowe	Team SKY
116	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	+ 1' 13''
117	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar
118	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team
119	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1' 16''
120	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar	+ 1' 26''
121	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1' 52''
122	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
123	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1' 55''
124	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1' 55''
125	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2' 23''
126	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
127	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
128	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano
129	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano
130	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
131	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr
132	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida
133	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr
134	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo
135	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
136	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team
137	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
138	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale
139	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
140	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge
141	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp
142	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida
143	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol
144	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
145	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
146	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
147	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale
148	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team
149	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha
150	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling
151	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha
152	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar
153	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka
154	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale
155	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
156	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge
157	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka
158	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr
159	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
160	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale
161	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
162	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar
163	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar
164	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling
165	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka
166	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
167	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge	+ 2' 30''
168	Dan Craven	Team Europcar
169	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	+ 3' 00''
170	David Millar	Garmin Sharp
171	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY
172	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp
173	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	+ 3' 51''
174	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol	+ 5' 52''
175	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 6' 47''
176	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale
177	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling
178	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team
179	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
180	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo
181	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo
182	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team
183	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
184	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team
185	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge
186	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant - Shimano
187	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida
188	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling
189	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling
190	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	+ 8' 59''
191	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing
192	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr
193	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr
194	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling
195	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team

GC after Stage 8:

1	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	31hr 21min 20sec
2	Nairo Alexander Quintana	Movistar Team	@ 15 seconds
3	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 18''
4	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	+ 20''
5	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	+ 41''
6	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	+ 45''
7	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 55''
8	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	+ 58''
9	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1' 02''
10	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 06''
11	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	+ 1' 09''
12	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	+ 1' 11''
13	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1' 12''
14	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1' 18''
15	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	+ 1' 34''
16	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2' 12''
17	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 2' 19''
18	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2' 25''
19	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp	+ 2' 30''
20	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol	+ 2' 46''
21	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	+ 2' 50''
22	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 2' 59''
23	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 3' 10''
24	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing	+ 3' 28''
25	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 3' 37''
26	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 3' 45''
27	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 3' 47''
28	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team	+ 4' 10''
29	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 4' 47''
30	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	+ 4' 52''
31	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 5' 48''
32	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 6' 56''
33	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	+ 7' 03''
34	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 8' 01''
35	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	+ 8' 19''
36	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 8' 22''
37	Luis Angel Mate	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 8' 22''
38	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 8' 38''
39	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	+ 8' 59''
40	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 9' 01''
41	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 9' 02''
42	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 9' 05''
43	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 9' 15''
44	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 10' 10''
45	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	+ 10' 13''
46	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	+ 11' 10''
47	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 12' 40''
48	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	+ 12' 52''
49	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha	+ 14' 28''
50	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 14' 45''
51	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 15' 07''
52	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 16' 51''
53	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 17' 06''
54	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 17' 18''
55	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 18' 08''
56	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	+ 18' 18''
57	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 18' 29''
58	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 18' 41''
59	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	+ 19' 41''
60	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 20' 05''
61	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	+ 21' 24''
62	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 22' 18''
63	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	+ 22' 55''
64	José Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 23' 00''
65	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 23' 16''
66	Philip Deignan	Team SKY	+ 23' 32''
67	Koen De Kort	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 23' 59''
68	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY	+ 24' 10''
69	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	+ 24' 25''
70	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	+ 24' 31''
71	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 24' 46''
72	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 24' 53''
73	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 25' 34''
74	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 25' 44''
75	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 26' 34''
76	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 26' 45''
77	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	+ 27' 36''
78	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 28' 26''
79	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY	+ 30' 02''
80	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	+ 30' 34''
81	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 31' 31''
82	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 31' 37''
83	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 31' 56''
84	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 31' 58''
85	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	+ 32' 13''
86	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre Merida	+ 32' 32''
87	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 33' 11''
88	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 33' 54''
89	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge	+ 34' 45''
90	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 35' 20''
91	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	+ 35' 20''
92	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 35' 20''
93	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha	+ 35' 39''
94	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 35' 59''
95	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp	+ 36' 14''
96	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	+ 36' 36''
97	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	+ 36' 39''
98	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 37' 39''
99	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team	+ 38' 30''
100	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	+ 38' 45''
101	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	+ 39' 11''
102	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 39' 52''
103	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 40' 24''
104	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 42' 22''
105	Jose Rodolfo Serpa	Lampre Merida	+ 43' 14''
106	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 43' 17''
107	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	+ 43' 27''
108	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 43' 59''
109	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 44' 03''
110	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 44' 11''
111	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 44' 26''
112	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 44' 27''
113	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 44' 31''
114	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	+ 45' 54''
115	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha	+ 46' 38''
116	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	+ 46' 42''
117	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 47' 32''
118	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	+ 47' 49''
119	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	+ 47' 50''
120	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 48' 00''
121	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 48' 01''
122	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing	+ 48' 07''
123	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	+ 48' 24''
124	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 48' 34''
125	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	+ 48' 41''
126	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	+ 49' 10''
127	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 49' 37''
128	Christian Knees	Team SKY	+ 50' 04''
129	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	+ 50' 37''
130	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 51' 12''
131	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 52' 21''
132	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	+ 52' 33''
133	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 52' 52''
134	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 53' 15''
135	Valgren Andersen Michael	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 53' 59''
136	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 54' 14''
137	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 54' 18''
138	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 55' 15''
139	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 56' 33''
140	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	+ 56' 43''
141	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 56' 56''
142	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 56' 57''
143	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 57' 04''
144	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	+ 57' 26''
145	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 57' 36''
146	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 57' 39''
147	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha	+ 57' 43''
148	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 57' 49''
149	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 58' 11''
150	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	+ 59' 12''
151	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	+ 59' 13''
152	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	+ 59' 23''
153	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 59' 37''
154	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 59' 44''
155	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 00' 07''
156	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 00' 31''
157	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 00' 35''
158	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 00' 50''
159	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 01' 43''
160	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 02' 26''
161	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 02' 26''
162	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 02' 58''
163	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 03' 53''
164	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar	+ 1h 04' 15''
165	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 04' 23''
166	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 04' 58''
167	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 05' 04''
168	Dan Craven	Team Europcar	+ 1h 06' 19''
169	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 06' 20''
170	Murilo Fischer	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 06' 38''
171	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	+ 1h 07' 53''
172	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 08' 04''
173	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 08' 52''
174	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 08' 59''
175	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 11' 17''
176	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 11' 30''
177	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 12' 54''
178	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 13' 27''
179	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 14' 05''
180	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 14' 09''
181	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 14' 43''
182	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 15' 46''
183	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 15' 51''
184	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 18' 33''
185	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 19' 03''
186	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 20' 45''
187	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 21' 06''
188	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 21' 19''
189	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar	+ 1h 23' 06''
190	Luke Rowe	Team SKY	+ 1h 25' 34''
191	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	+ 1h 26' 32''
192	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 28' 10''
193	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 37' 11''
194	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 37' 31''
195	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 44' 59''

Points Classification:

1	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	87 points
2	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	74
3	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	71
4	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	42
5	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	38
6	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	34
7	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	32
8	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	32
9	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	31
10	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	30
11	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	28
12	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	27
13	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	24
14	Moreno Hofland	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	23
15	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	22
16	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	21
17	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	20
18	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	20
19	Nairo Alexander Quintana	Movistar Team	19
20	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	17
21	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	16
22	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	16
23	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	16
24	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	16
25	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	16
26	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	15
27	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	15
28	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	14
29	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	13
30	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	13
31	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	12
32	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	12
33	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	12
34	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	12
35	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	10
36	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	10
37	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	10
38	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	10
39	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	9
40	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	9
41	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	8
42	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	8
43	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	7
44	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	7
45	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	7
46	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	7
47	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	6
48	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	6
49	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	5
50	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	5
51	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	5
52	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	5
53	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	5
54	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	5
55	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	4
56	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	4
57	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	4
58	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	4
59	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	4
60	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	3
61	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	3
62	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	3
63	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	2
64	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	2
65	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	2
66	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
67	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1
68	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	1
69	José Herrada	Movistar Team	1
70	Christian Knees	Team SKY	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	18 points
2	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	10
3	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	10
4	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	8
5	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	7
6	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	6
7	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	6
8	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	5
9	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	5
10	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	5
11	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	4
12	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	3
13	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	3
14	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	2
15	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	2
16	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	2
17	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	2
18	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	2
19	Nairo Alexander Quintana	Movistar Team	1
20	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	1
21	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	1
22	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1

Team Classification:

1	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	93hr 37min 53sec
2	Movistar Team	@ 45 seconds
3	Team Katusha	+ 2' 28''
4	BMC Racing Team	+ 2' 36''
5	Omega Pharma - Quick Step	+ 5' 22''
6	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	+ 5' 23''
7	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 7' 26''
8	Astana Pro Team	+ 7' 46''
9	Garmin Sharp	+ 8' 25''
10	Lampre - Merida	+ 11' 57''
11	Team SKY	+ 15' 30''
12	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 17' 06''
13	Lotto Belisol	+ 22' 09''
14	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 23' 29''
15	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 24' 46''
16	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 25' 13''
17	Orica GreenEdge	+ 29' 37''
18	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 39' 33''
19	FDJ.fr	+ 40' 03''
20	Trek Factory Racing	+ 48' 23''
21	Team Europcar	+ 1h 03' 46''
22	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 37' 29''

Stage 8 photos:

Chris Froome heads to the start. Photo ©Sirotti

Dan Martin before the start. Photo ©Sirotti

What kind of condition is Alberto Contador really in? Photo ©Sirotti

Wilco Kelderman. Photo ©Sirotti

Gerlad Ciolek. Photo ©Sirotti

Fabio Aru. Photo ©Sirotti

Warren Barguil is a little scuffed up after yesterday's crash. Photo ©Sirotti

Here they come. Bouhanni is at the front with his head down. Photo ©Sirotti

Michael Matthews is trying to come by on Bouhanni's left. Photo ©Sirotti

Matthews is coming close...Photo ©Sirotti

But Nacer Bouhanni takes the stage. Photo ©Sirotti

Behind Bouhanni and Matthews Peter Sagan takes third. Photo ©Sirotti

Now Bouhanni can celebrate. Photo ©Sirotti

Cadel Evans finishes the stage. Photo ©Sirotti

Ryder Hesjedal after completing the stage. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Nacer Bouhanni. Photo ©Sirotti

Alejandro Valverde spends another day in red. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 8 live updates:

Weather at Albacete at 1PM local time: Looks like the baking heat is going to relent a bit today. 28C (82F) with mixed sun and clouds, forecast to climb to 32C (89F). Wind from the south-southeast at 16 km/hr (10 mph). Humidity 45% and no chance of rain.

Km 33, 174 km to go: 195 riders signed to start today. Three riders crashed out yesterday, Bryan Nauleau (Europcar) has a broken nose. Aleksejs Saramotins (IAM Cycling) has an injured shoulder, but nothing broken. Ivan Santaromita (Orica-GreenEdge) was thought to have broken his hand, but he has a dislocated finger, instead.

Chris Froome crashed yesterday and gave everyone a scare, but he's fine and even took back two seconds in the sprint.

Two riders are off the front, Elia Favilli (Lampre) and Francisco Aramendia (Caja Rural). The pair are currently riding 7min 8sec ahead of the Giant-Shimano led peloton.

Km 56, 151 km to go: Today is the 2014 Vuelta's longest stage and the only one over 200 km. It also has no categorized climbs, so it will be one for the sprinters. Hence Giant-Shimano is thinking of another John Degenkolb stage win and is at the front keeping the break from running away.

Aramendia and Favilli currently have a lead of 6min 18sec.

Km 77, 130 km to go: As expected, FDJ, thinking of sprinter Nacer Bouhanni, has joined Giant-Shimano at the front of the peloton. The break's lead is 6 minutes. After two hours the average speed is 39.5 km/hr.

Km 100, 107 km to go: The break's gap is 5min 40sec. Alberto Contador had some small mechanical problem which appears to be solved and his Tinkoff-Saxo teammates are bringing him back to the peloton.

Km 126, 81 km to go: Results of the intermediate sprint at Alcaraz: 1st Elia Favilli, 2nd Francisco Aramendia, 3rd John Degekolb. Currently Favilli and Aramendia are 4 minutes ahead of the peloton.

Km 147, 60 km to go: The gap has really fallen, the lead duo now have just 1min 18sec. The pair still look good, pedaling well. But I am sure they are doomed. This stage is too big an opportunity for the sprinters. Sky is up at the front with FDJ and Giant-Shimano.

Km 157, 50 km to go: The pack is continues to close in on Favilli and Aramendia. The gap is down to 66 seconds. Giant-Shimano and FDJ continue to do the work of pulling the peloton.

Results of the intermediate sprint at El Jardin: 1st Elia Favilli, 2nd Francisco Aramendia, 3rd Sergio Paulinho.

Km 172, 35 km to go: The pair have been caught, it's all together. Sky is at the front, controlling he pace, surely trying to keep Froome out of trouble. Tinkoff-Saxo is also riding near the front.

29 km to go: The speed is going up and the peloton is stringing out. Now Trek has come to the front. 65 km/hr right now. The wind is starting to blow from the right. Might things break up under this pressure?

26 km to go: Indeed, the pack is fracturing into echelons. Sky, Belkin, BMC, Tinkoff-Saxo are hamerring hard at the front.

22 km to go: It looks like the big GC guys (Froome, Contador, Evans, Valverde) are in the front group, along with Peter Sagan and John Degenkolb. First echelon is 21 seconds behind.

14 km to go: The first chasing group caught the leaders. It looks like Nacer Bouhanni is now in the front group. Tinkoff-Saxo is at the front right now pushing hard.

8 km to go: Oh, the first group broke apart. Degenkolb and Quintana are in the chasing group. BMC pounds away at the front of the first group. This is a hard day of real racing.

5 km to go: The chasers with Degenkolb and Quintana have linked up with the front group.

3 km to go: Giant-Shimano is going straight to the front. Omega Pharma has its train at the front.

2 km to go: Pack is strung out in Albacete. We'll have a big sprint.

Under the Red Kite: Sagan is near the front with Michael Matthews.

The Finish: Orica-GreenEdge is at the front, but Nacer Bouhanni shot out like a spit grapeseed to take the stage. Looks Like Matthews was second.

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