⁍ Slovenian Primoz Roglic wins stage eight of the Vuelta a Espana.
⁍ Roglic eats into the overall lead of Richard Carapaz.
⁍ Roglic also earned 10 bonus seconds for the stage win.
– Primoz Roglic pulled off a brilliant late attack to win stage eight of the Vuelta a Espana on Wednesday and eat into the overall lead of Richard Carapaz. Defending champion Roglic fought out a fascinating duel with Carapaz inside the final kilometer of the 164-mile mountain stage from Logrono to Alto de Moncalvillo and came out on top, crossing the line 13 seconds ahead of the Ecuadorean to collect his second stage win of this year’s race, reports Reuters. Roglic also earned 10 bonus seconds for the stage win to help his pursuit of Carapaz, who picked up six bonus seconds. Carapaz retained the red jersey but his lead was cut to 13 seconds as Roglic climbed from fourth overall into second, knocking Hugh Carthy back to fourth, with Daniel Martin moving into third overall after also coming third in the stage.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cycling-vuelta/roglic-surges-back-into-vuelta-contention-with-stunning-stage-win-idUSKBN27D2JJ