Primoz Roglic powered past reigning champion Remco Evenepoel to win the eighth stage of the Vuelta a España after a tough fight
Lenny Martinez cracks to lose overall lead to AmericanPrimoz Roglic powered past reigning champion Remco Evenepoel to win the eighth stage of theRoglic’s Jumbo Visma teammate Sepp Kuss took the overall leader’s red jersey after Lenny Martinez of Groupama-FDJ cracked near the finish of the 165km stage from Denia.
The peloton reeled in four breakaway riders at the start of the brutal final climb and battle commenced among the general classification contenders with Jumbo-Visma again dominant. American Kuss was the first to attack before Belgium’s Evenepoel took it on over the summit on the downhill race to the finish line.
Evenepoel was unable to hold off three-time Vuelta winner Roglic in the final sprint to the line but looked strong as he came home in second place. Spain’s Juan Ayuso was third. Co-favourite Jonas Vingegaard, also of Jumbo Visma, was fifth with Kuss seventh.Download the Guardian app from the iOS App Store on iPhone or the Google Play store on Android by searching for 'The Guardian'.In the Guardian app, tap the Menu button at the bottom right, then go to Settings , then Notifications.
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