Stage eight of the Vuelta a España 2024 went to Primoz Roglic. The Slovenian, who also won stage four, was the strongest on the short but steep final climb to Cazorla after 159 kilometers. Australian Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) saved the lead.
After winning on the fourth day, the three-time winner of the Iberian round won again, this time ahead of the Spaniards Enric Mas (Movistar Team) and Mikel Landa (Soudal Quick-Step), who were reported 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
As for the Colombians, the Colombian Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan Team) was again the most outstanding of our team, finishing in 7th place 24 seconds behind the winner after being the most combative of the breakaway of the day. The other beetles lost more time.
The breakaway of the day was led by Colombian Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan Team), who was accompanied by Sam Oomen (Lidl – Trek), Luca Vergallito (Alpecin – Deceuninck), Gijs Leemreize (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Oier Lazkano (Movistar Team), Mauro Schmid (Team Jayco AlUla), Mathis Le Berre (Arkéa – B&B Hotels), Ion Izagirre (Cofidis).
The Iberian round will continue this Sunday with the ninth stage, another mountainous day of 178.5 kilometers starting in Motril and finishing in Granada, which includes two first-category mountain prizes.
La Vuelta Ciclista a España (2.UWT)
Results Stage 8 | Úbeda – Cazorla (159 km)
| 1 | Primož Roglic | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 3:38:34 |
| 2 | Enric Mas | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 3 | Mikel Landa | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:14 |
| 4 | Antonio Tiberi | Bahrain – Victorious | 0:17 |
| 5 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl – Trek | 0:21 |
| 6 | Carlos Rodríguez | INEOS Grenadiers | ,, |
| 7 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:24 |
| 8 | Eddie Dunbar | Team Jayco AlUla | 0:26 |
| 9 | Lennert van Eetvelt | Lotto Dstny | 0:29 |
| 10 | Jack Haig | Bahrain – Victorious | ,, |
Ranking General
| 1 | Ben O’Connor | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 31:23:27 |
| 2 | Primož Roglic | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 3:49 |
| 3 | Enric Mas | Movistar Team | 4:31 |
| 4 | Antonio Tiberi | Bahrain – Victorious | 5:00 |
| 5 | Mikel Landa | Soudal Quick-Step | 5:13 |
| 6 | Lennert van Eetvelt | Lotto Dstny | 5:15 |
| 7 | Cristián Rodríguez | Arkéa – B&B Hotels | 5:19 |
| 8 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl – Trek | 5:24 |
| 9 | Florian Lipowitz | Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe | 5:25 |
| 10 | Felix Gill | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 5:26 |
Source: Revista Mundo Ciclístico