Jumbo-Visma double in Vuelta: Primoz Roglic wins stage over steep wall, Sepp Kuss takes red jersey | Vuelta

Last mile! It goes in descending line.

The favorites are atop Xorret de Catí. Remco Evenepoel has Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard, Enric Mas and Juan Ayuso with him. Right behind that is Sepp Kuss. He seems to be taking the red jersey. But who will win this eighth stage in the 78th Tour of Spain?

Remco Evenepoel drives to Sepp Kuss. Primoz Roglic, Jonas Vingegaard, Enric Mas and Juan Ayuso are also with us.

Remco Evenepoel takes the lead! The Belgian defending champion will be accompanied by three Jumbo riders. Then Sepp Kuss speeds up. Is the American of Jumbo-Visma on the way to a second stage victory and the red jersey?

Red jersey wearer Lenny Martinez has to leave a hole in the group of favorites. Sepp Kuss is now the virtual leader in the general classification.

The four leaders start the last ascent. The head Start on the peloton with all the favourites limited: half a minute.

Last fifteen kilometers of this eighth stage in the Tour of Spain! The early escapees are almost caught, while the steep climb Xorret de Catí approaches. Another seven kilometers to the foot.

The early escapees will not make it Today. Jumbo-Visma continues to make pace in the peloton and so the classification riders compete for the day victory.

About twenty kilometers the front runners begin the steep final ascent: Xorret de Cati (3.8 kilometers, an average of 11.5 percent). The peloton is fast approaching and follows less than two minutes from the four leaders.

Four riders to ride in the lead: Damiano Caruso, Oier Lazkano, Andreas Kron and Rui Costa. At about a minute a large group of pursuers hangs, the peloton is just under three minutes behind.

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In the platoon works Robert Gesink (Jumbo Vimsa). The Dutch team makes the game tough. Do leaders Primoz Roglic and Jonas Vingegaard have plans on the super-steep climb Xorret de Catí in the closing stages?

It is not the day of the Dutch in the leading group. Both Bauke Mollema if Julius van den Berg must unload.

Thomas DeGendt drives solo for his 29 former fellow refugees. The Belgian has a lead of less than a minute. It platoon follows in just over five minutes.

Bauke Mollema managed to get a place in the early flight. The Dutchman is represented at the front together with about twenty other riders. Other famous names: Damiano Caruso, Thomas De Gendt, Rui Costa and Romain Bardet. Julius van den Berg is still trying to make the crossing from the peloton, together with some colleagues. That will also workSo two Dutchmen in the leading group.

One in the platoon fall signaled from Joao Almeida. The Portuguese is next to Juan Ayuso the classification rider at UAE Team Emirates. Almeida ended already on the podium in the Giro d’Italia (third).

After seven kilometers of neutralization, the eighth stage of the Vuelta has officially started. Follow all developments in our live blog and in our live widget at the top of this article.

Thymen Arensman, who had to give up after a heavy crash yesterday, has announced in an update that he probably didn’t break anything. “My helmet probably saved my life.”

Welcome to the live blog about the eighth stage of the Vuelta. The peloton will face a hilly course and can prepare for a tough final phase. Which rider will win the battle for the red jersey, currently owned by Lenny Martinez? Follow it in our live blog!