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Vuelta a España 2013: Stage 8

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January 1 - September 15, Jerez de la Frontera꧋, Spain, Road - WorldTour

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Hello and ಞwelcome 🐓to our live coverage from stage 8 of the Vuelta a Espana.

Go𝓀od afternoon and welcome to our live coverage from the Vuelta. Today is stage 8 and another uphill finish with a 166km stage from Jerez de la Frontera to Alto Peñas Blancas (Este🦋pona).

We'll start with the big news, and that Daniel Martin is out of the race. The Garmin-Sharp rider suffered a heavy crash in yesterday's stage and despite trying to start this morning, he was pulled by the team doctors owing to a head injury. You can read the story and comments from the team, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:right here.

Mar𒐪tin is the first genuine GC rider to leave the race -  and we wish him a speedy recovery - but we still have a numb♛er of strong GC riders in the race.

For Garmin though, it's back to the drawing board and they'll be switching the🦋 emphasis onto winning stages now. More pressure for Tyler Farrar, who is still without a major European win in the last few seasons.

As for today's stage, the peloton has covered 34km but they're still all togethe𒉰r as they head towards the first climbing section of the day.

Vincenzo Nibali's Astana tౠeam have set the pace so far and they've shut down a number of key moves already. They'll be looking to allow a break to go clear but it will have to be the right mix for them. No GC rivals, and no key super domestiques either. They can't chase꧙ every single move down so they'll have to let one attack go sooner or later.

Right now eight riders are dangling off the front of the peloton and Nibali and his team have an important decision to make. Will he let this move go clear or not? The ra🌠cing has been hard and fast🌄 so far, so a number of teams and riders will want the peloton's pace to ease up.

While Nibali ponders his next move we'll have a short preview of today's key and final climb, the 14.5 kilometre ascent of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Peñas Blancas.

131km remaining from 166km

And here are the 14 riders in the break:

123km remaining from 166km

Katusha, Belkin and Astana don't have men in the moꩵve🔴 and with serious GC ambitions they'll be expected to do the work later in the stage. RadioShack, despite having three men in the top ten on GC have put a man up the road too. We'll no by the end of today's stage as to who their real leader is for the overall though.

RadioShack's man in the break is former US road champion Busche. The American was ag꧙onisingly close to a stage win at the Dauphine this June but was caught by the main GC contenders just before the line. Like Cataldo, he's there to help his team for later but he'll also have one eye on the stage itself and he'll fancy himself against most of the riders in this group.

Intxausti, well he finished 8th in the Giro earlier this year. He climbed and time trialled well but he's not on the same level this time around. He's more than 30 minutes down in GC at the moment but the Movistar rider will be looking for a strong showing today. The climb suits him, and like Busche and Cataldo, he's a proven talent for when the road p🧔oints upwards📖.

It's easy to overlook Nerz.&🉐nbsp;He's a former German U23 national champion though. It seems like he's been around for a long time but he's still only 24. He's had a couple of descent runs this year too, with 20th in the Dauphine and 13th at the Tour of Poland.

Piedra, he of course won a stage in last🌺 year's Vuelta too. The Spaniard took  the win to Lagos de Covadonga on a day that saw Contador, Valverde and Rodriguez drop Chris Froome.

116km remaining from 166km

Bartosz Huzars🐽ki is the highest placed rider on GC. He's 11th just 45 seconds off Nibali's lead. The Netapp rider leads the ra❀ce as it currently stands too. Nibali may well be happy with that situation, should Huzarski stay clear until the end of the stage and take the red jersey off his shoulders...

But it seems Bartosz Huzarski's presence in the break has caused a few problems and he's now dropped back to the main field. It seems Astana weren't keen on letting the Netapp rider have too much of advantage. Since he's dropped back th🐽e lead for the break has pushed out to around 3 minutes.

Both the break and the peloton are currently on an uncategorised climb at the moment, and th🗹ere's just under 100 km of racing left. That includes the final 14.5km, which are all up hill.

If you're  just joining us, the major news is that Daniel Martin is out of the race. The Garmin rider crashed yesterday and his team doctors have decided to withdraw him from the race. You can read about his fall, and the team's reaction, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:right here.

In other news, we've this round up of top road shoes from Eurobike, and Pieter Weeening has 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:extended his contract wit📖h Orica-GreenEDGE. He'll be with the Australian WorldTour team for another two years.

That'🍒s most of the early climbing out of the way, with the break still leading by around 3 minut♛es with 88km to go.

The leaders now have 4:30 on the peloton, which means ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtౠhat Nerz in the provisional leader on the road. The German rider started the stage at 2:57 down on Nibali.

Breaking news: Julie Bresset (France) defended her world championship title in the elite women's cross country race at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on Saturday afternoon. You can find the results, photos and report, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:right here.

Local rider, Mate (Cofidis):

Mate, who trains on the climb used for today's finish has missed the break away, but there's a chan꧟ce he'll try something at the foot of the climb if he ha💟s the legs. He should be fresh, as there's not been much climbing so far today. The problem is, everyone else will be just as fresh.

Edet, who is second in the KOM:

Chris Horner has been talking to the press this morning and he's stated that he'll try and take red back from Nibali today. The American still without a contract for next season of course. Meanwhile rival Joaqium Rodriguez has played down the significance of today's final climb, saying that "Today it’s not a very hard climb. We’re not talking about a stage with 3000 metres of difference in
altitude. Time gaps will be those of the time bonus, which will be the most important to target in tꦏhis stage.”

Dario Cataldo:

67km remaining from 166km

The majority of the course is flat from here until the final climb. There are 🅘two intermediate sprints and a couple of lit🌺tle bumps in the road, but that's about it.

The lead is now back up to 4:16 over the peloton but the bun💖ch are moving at a decent pace right now.

At the moment Graeme Brown is at 🐷the back  of the bunch and waiting for the Belkin team car. The experienced Australian will be looking to help Mollema arrive at the foot of the climb in the best possible condition, so it's likely that he's dropping back to pick up bottles for his team leader.

39km remaining from 166km

The peloton are lining out, an indication that the pace has increased, but the break are still  holding an advantage of around four m🐼inutes.

It's Netapp who are riding on the front of the peloton at the moment. They had a rider in 𒐪the break but he was f🧔orced to sit up earlier.

Howes takes a bottle of water and pours it straight over his head, the young American trying to keep as cool as possible. This is his first grand tour of course. Back in the ♔bunch Pinot is at the back. He had a mech🌠anical a few kms ago. He's an outsider for today's stage win.

Netapp are st✨ill leading the peloton with 38km to go. The leaders have 3'34. A reminder of the ꧒riders in the break:

The peloton roll along the coastline, which provides dramatic 🐟scenery on the right hand side. No chance for the riders up ahead to enjoy the view thoug♔h. They've lost around 30 seconds of their lead in the last few kilometres and they'll be hard pressed to stay clear all the way until the finish. One would suspect that they'd need at least three minutes at the foot of the climb in order to have any chance.

Samuel  Sanchez, he's down in the GC at the mome🉐nt, around four minutes adrift of Nibali. Today's stage probably isn't as hard or as long as he would normally like, but he'll be looking to stay in contention. Heဣ's currently in the middle of the pack, waiting for the climb.

Despite the scenery the tension is certainly mounting in ♌the peloton. The stage is short, and there's just one climb, but the race is going to surely explode as soon as the bunch reach the foot of the climb. There will also be a sprint into that section too, so positioning is going to be vital.

A few GC riders have been saving themselves over the opening week. Can they keep their emotions in check  or will they look to take any advantage they can today wi🌞th a do-ඣor-die attack?

31km remaining from 166km

Powerhou♏se, Fabian Cancellara is back with the team car asking for help. I think he has a mechanical.

The break continue their collaboration as they h🃏ead towards the foot of the climb. Nerz reaches into his backಌ pocket for what's probably a gel but on these long flat roads it's advantage peloton with the lead now down to 2'41.

That time gap means that Nerz is no longer the leader on the road,  that swings back in Nibali🧸's favour.

Valverde:

A small crash at the back of the peᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ✅⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚloton but it looks like everyone is okay. Matthews was involved but he's fine it seems.

20km remaining from 166km

The fight looks to have gone out of the break and a🦩lthough they're still working together the pace has dropped off. The peloton are closing, and quickly.

🐻17k to go and Piedra is𒁃 spending quite a bit of time at the back of the break. He could be the first man to make a move.

17k to go and Piedra is spending quite a bit of time at the back o🌟f the break. He could be the first man to ma꧃ke a move.

16km remaining from 166km

Katusha, they🌸're moving up too, with Moreno and Rodriguez looking to gain time back on Nib𒉰ali.

Valverde, Mollema, Roche, Scarponi, Horner, Basso, Pozzovivo, Uran, Sanchez, Henao, they're all inꦉ the mix at the moment. This climb co🌜uld decide so much.

14km remaining from 166km

And now it's🤪 RadioShack who have moved to the the front. They ha🍌ve three riders in the top ten overall at the moment and plenty of cards to play.

Onto the lower slopes of the climb at 13 per cent and Cancellara is leading the♌ peloton.

Rodriguez throws a bott𝓀le to the side of the road, he knows it's time to pay attention now as already riders start to slip out the back of the peloton.

The leaders still have 56 seconds

The bunch are on the climb with Cancellara still 🍌on the front for🔜 Radioshack. How long can the classics specialist last?

There are less then 50 riders in the peloton left. Gilbert has j𝔉ust been dropped.

Up ahead Cataldo leads the break, or rather what's left of it. A few riders have been droppe𓆏d from the former 13-man move.

Nibali has a couple of teammates sౠtill with him,🍎 and he's near the front at the moment.

Cataldo is still doing the tu𒊎rn on the front of the break, as he goes head to head with RadioShack. Sky are t𓂃rying to use up all of RadioShack's energy.

Cataldo, Nerz and Ferri are clear now.

They have 1;04 with 12km to go in the stage.

Cataldo isn't asking for any help, h✃e's just trying to keep the pac🙈e high and Radioshack on the front in the main group behind.

And now it's just Nerz and Cataldo left on the front🐈.

Piedra has just been caught&nb🐓sp; by the Cancellara train. The road has flattened out a bit at the momen💮t but the incline will kick up again shortly.

Ferri has made💮 it back to the leaders, so we have 💖three riders on the front again.

All three of them are starting to work together as well and the ga♛p remains around the one minute ma🌌rk.

Cat꧃aldo looks the strongest though and he pushes to the front and takes another turn. Nerz has his jersey unzipped as he gets out of the saddle to try and respond.

RadioShack, they still lead the bunch, Horner clearly wants that red jersey off Nibali's shoulders. Th💟e leaders have 10km to go now.

It looks like that time gap has dropped again🐭, it's at 49 seconds.

Horner sits in se🧸cond wheel, just behind Cancellara.

The main field is down to around 40 riders.

9km remaining from 166km

Theꦍ leaders lost around 🍰10 seconds in that last km.

Busche has been caught and Cancellara peels off and🙈 now the American can try and set the pace. Fine tactics from the RadioShack team.

The trio up ahead have reached😼 another tough section and the gap drops down to 29 seconds.

Nerz and co,  they looked cooked as Kreuziger is slipping back.✤ That's a bit of a shock but he's been dropped by the peloto𒈔n.

That's a big scalp for the Radio𓂃Shack team, to get rid of Saxo's one major players for the overall. Roche will need to make sure he's with the leaders come the end of the stage now.

8km remaining from 166km

And Mollema attacks from the bunch

7.7km to go and that's a big mo🅷ve from 🅘the Belkin rider.

It looks 𓂃like Mollema has been caught but the field is down🅰 to less than 25 riders.

Busche sets the pace for Horner.

The leaders are about to be ꦡcaught with 7.3km to go.

It's Mollema who was off the back , not off the front it seems.ꦉ He was catching the field rather than 🐽attacking. He's back  with the leaders now.

RadioShack still on the fr🎶ont and Busche is♈ doing a huge job for Horner.

Nerz and Cataldo are the only riders left off 🐽the front and they have 8 seconds.

Nibali, Basso, Horner, Rodriguez are allꦛ in🌠 the mix at the moment.

Cataldo looks to be struggling but he'𝓀s still on N𝓀erz' wheel

5km remaining from 166km

Busche is s🍷till on the front of the peloton it seems and he's thinned the group out to less than 20 riders.

Riders are waiting t🐬o hit Horner though as soon as his teammate pulls over.

Valverde looks very comfortable.

Henao and Uran look a bit too far back

Igor Anton has jumpedꦚ clear an🐬d there's a  netapp rider after him.

Igor Anton has jumped clear and there's a  netappꦦ rider after him.

Anton has lost over five minut🌄es in the race so far so  they may not chase him just yet.

The Euskaltel🥂 ridဣer has around 40 meters on the riders behind him.

Warren Barguil is the rider chasing Anton.

Anton looks good at the mom♔ent and Horner and Nibali both take a dr♔ink

Anton has 21 seconds.

It's up t꧃o  24 seconds and he's 3.6km from the finish.

Capecchi has attacked too.

And now more attacks and it's from Katusha.

Horner has to react and he does.

Anton is still alone but Horner attacks again.

Horner has a gap already.

Anton, meanwhile, has 3km to go.

A few riders l🎃ook to have chased Horner down.&nbs💛p;Nibali, and Basso.

Basso tries to attack but only games a meter

🥀Basso wants a steady pace bꦛut it's not going to happen.

Sanchez has been dropped.

Horner leads, Nibali, Basso, Uran, and then aroun🦂d 7 more♉ riders.

Anton has just 9 seconds.

Nibali looks back to see who is with him.

An🌺d Basso moves to the front to set the pace. They're all doing Nibali'𓄧s job for him.

Just over 2km to go for A🧜nton. He needs the pace to slow in the bunch. Roche is there too with Nibali.

Anton has roughly 12 secondsꦺ and Koni💝g attacks and Pinot is trying to go with him.

Can&n🔴bsp;Anton hang on? It's going to be so close.

Nibali has a te♌ammate with him, that will help him a lot.

A slight truce for the red jersey group but Basso has attacked and he's with Moreno,⛦ Pinot and 🔥Konig.

Anton has just 1100 metres to go.

Roche has made it to the Basso group too.

Niba🎀li has put his teamm𓃲ate on the front but Anton keeps pressing on the front.

Konig attacks and is closing on Anton

Ant﷽on, thﷺen Konig, then Basso group and then the Nibali Horner group.

Konig goes right passed Anton.

And Basso leads the chase.

Basso and co catch Anton

Moreno attacks

But Konig is going to hang on

Konig takes a dramatic stage, Moreno is seco꧋💝nd and Roche takes third.

Nibali comes over the 🌱line and loses time to some of his rivals. He didn't have the legs in the end when Basso and Roche attacked.

We co𒅌uld h🐬ave a new leader in the race. I think Valverde gained time too.

Roche may well be the overall 𒊎leader after today's s🍌tage.

A strong ride from Konig. who finished off some fine work from his team today. Netapp 🌱have their stage win after some brave attacking from the Netapp rider on the final climb.

Kreuziger crossꦰes the line, having lost over 5 minutes. Roche is now the Saxo Bank leader. He may well be the race leader too, we'll have to wait and see.

Confirmed, Roche🎃 now leads the race, and Nibali is at 18 seconds in the overall.

1 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 4:09:46
2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 0:00:01
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0:00:05
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
6 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0:00:08
7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:13
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:19
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha
10 ﷽Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky P💧rocycling 0:00:23

And here's the GC after the stage:

So a huge day in Roche's career. We're hearing some talk of Nibali slipping his chain in the f🌜inal km but there's no confirmation yet. Horner tried hard today but keeps second, although he loses some time on the leader.

Thaඣnks for joining us today.  You can find our report , images, and results rꦗight here.

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