Stage 8

The road

At the start

Roglič in pink by four seconds

Tagliacozzo did what it was built to do: Primož Roglič takes the maglia rosa four seconds ahead of Juan Ayuso and nine ahead of Isaac del Toro, with three UAE riders inside the top seven. Today runs 197 kilometres from the Adriatic up into the Marche Apennines, 3,777 metres of climbing and a string of short, vicious muri crammed into the closing fifty.

How it was won

1. 1167 km to go

   Plapp in the move

   Luke Plapp makes the breakaway over the Apennine hills.

2. 245 km to go

   A stunning solo

   With 45km to go Plapp attacks his companions and goes solo, time-trialling alone toward Castelraimondo.

3. 317 km to go

   Ulissi into pink

   Behind, the GC reshuffles and Diego Ulissi takes over the maglia rosa.

4. 4At the line

   Plapp holds on

   Plapp holds his advantage to the line for a stunning solo victory.

The result