Alejandro Valverde sprinted to victory on stage eight of the Vuelta a España in Almadén today.
Alejandro Valverde claimed his second victory on stage eight of the Vuelta a España in Almadén today. Photo: Luis Ángel Gómez
The Spaniard finished the 195.5km stage from Linares in 4:35:54 to take his second win at this year’s Vuelta.
Bora-Hansgrohe’s Peter Sagan crossed the line in second, followed by LottoNL-Jumbo’s Danny von Poppel.
Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ) finished safely in the main group to maintain the red jersey ahead of stage nine tomorrow. He leads the overall standings in 31:20:34.
Valverde lies second (at +0:00:37) and Bora-Hansgrohe’s Emanuel Buchmann in third (at +0:00:48).
View more results below.
Stage eight results
1. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 4:35:54
2. Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
3. Danny von Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
4. Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
5. Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo
6. Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
7. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
8. Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal
9. Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
10. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
General classification
1. Rudy Molard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 31:20:34
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team +0:00:37
3. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe +0:00:48
4. Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott +0:00:51
5. Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale +0:00:59
6. Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky +0:01:06
7. Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida +0:01:11
8. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team +0:01:14
9. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo +0:01:18
10. Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors +0:01:23
