Stage 8

The road

At the start

Moncalvillo, 8km at 9%

Nothing moved yesterday: Carapaz still leads Carthy by eighteen seconds and Roglič by thirty, and Michael Woods took the stage out of the breakaway. Today ends on the Alto de Moncalvillo, reckoned the hardest climb in Rioja — 8.3 kilometres averaging 9.2% up to a cluster of telecoms masts, at the end of a day meandering through the vineyards from Logroño.

How it was won

1. 150 km to go

   Setting up Moncalvillo

   Jumbo-Visma control the tempo over the Puerto de la Rasa, reeling in the break to launch Roglič on the steep finish at Moncalvillo.

2. 22 km to go

   Roglič surges

   On the sharp ramps of the Alto de Moncalvillo Roglič accelerates away from his rivals, the champion answering back after his Formigal setback.

3. 3At the line

   Roglič wins at Moncalvillo

   Roglič takes his second stage of the race atop Moncalvillo, clawing back time and moving up to second overall behind Carapaz.

The result