Saturday, May 14: Stage 8, Napoli - Napoli, 153 km
Thomas De Gendt enjoys his stage win. That's his teammate Harm Vanhoucke celebrating a few meters back. RCS Sport photo
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Weather at the start/finish city of Napoli (Naples) at 2:00 PM, local time: 22C (71F), fair, with the wind from the southwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
Info about the route: This challenging and intense stage, raced entirely on urban roads, sets off passing over the finish line. The route climbs up the Posillipo hill, heading to Bacoli and taking a loop along the coast. Past Bacoli, the riders will cover the Monte di Procida circuit (19 km) four times. The roads here are well surfaced but narrow, with a succession of bends and constantly changing gradients. Past Torregaveta, in Baia, the route kicks up at a 14% gradient to Lago Lucino, where the riders will leave the circuit at the end of the last lap. The route goes back to Bacoli and Posillipo along the same route, with a long descent down the Via Petrarca leading to the final kilometres in the city centre.
Final kilometers:
The last 3 pan-flat kilometers run eastwards along the Via Dohrn and Via Caracciolo. At the last km, the route takes a U-turn at a roundabout, and returns along the Via Caracciolo all the way to the finish. The home straight (900 m) is on tarmac.
The race: Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost) did not start today's stage.
The Piazza del Plebiscito is the starting point of stage eight. RCS Sport photo
Here's the report from Arnaud Démare's Team Groupama-FDJ:
The outcome was everything but certain on stage eight of the Giro, designed all around Naples. Some sprinters and some punchers could have had their chance, but eventually, the breakaway made it to the end after a short but intense day on Campania’s roads. After 153 kilometres, Thomas De Gendt took the victory while Arnaud Démare kept his cyclamen jersey on the eve of the big mountain stage towards the Blockhaus, which precedes the second rest day.
Nine years after last visiting one of the most emblematic cities of the country, the Giro d’Italia got back to Napoli onSaturday. Start and finish were located there, and just 153 kilometres made up this eighth stage, neither flat nor veryhilly. The door was open for the attackers, which led to a crazy start. “Today was really special, especially with four laps of a twenty-kilometre circuit, really technical, going up and down”, said Sébastien Joly. “For some riders in the bunch, it may even have been difficult to get into “championship” mode during a Grand Tour. From this point of view, it was a bit unusual”.
The day’s breakaway, featuring twenty-one riders, went in the first ten kilometres, an hour before entering the circuit. In the lead, Mathieu van der Poel, Thomas De Gendt, Biniam Girmay, Diego Ulissi, Guillaume Martin & others were kept under two minutes for a long time, but the bunch eventually eased off a little with fifty kilometres to go, when the real fight for the stage victory occurred in the front. Following a great battle, Thomas De Gendt secured victory after 3h32 of intense racing.
Attila Valter crossed the line with the main peloton three minutes later while his teammates finished a little further back. “We are coming to the end of the first week, and there has been some fight so far”, said Arnaud Démare after having once again put on the cyclamen jersey. “We understood from the start that it would be difficult today because many riders wanted to join the break. It was a beautiful course, but we also knew that it was a bit difficult. I held on a bit, but you also need to know how to manage your energy on a Grand Tour”.
“We thought we could give ourselves a chance depending on how the race unfolded, and that’s why we hung on for quite a long time,” added Sébastien. “Then, when we noticed that the breakaway was going to fight for victory, and that no team was interested in pulling, a large part of our riders sat up to recover. Others held on a bit longer, but only Attila finished with the first group. Today, the goal was either to arrive for the win, or to recover for tomorrow. The mountain is looming, and it will be a hard day with this finish at the Blockhaus”.
On Sunday, Arnaud Démare will go through the 5000 meters of elevation gain with the cyclamen jersey on his shoulders, but his gap was reduced to just twenty-seven points over the Eritrean Biniam Girmay this Saturday. “He’s going to be a great challenger”, added the Frenchman in conclusion.
Complete results:
153 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.122 km/hr
1 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 3hr 32min 53sec |
2 | Davide Gabburo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
3 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | s.t. |
4 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | @ 4sec |
5 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:15 |
6 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
7 | Mathieu van der Poel | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
8 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 33 |
9 | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis | s.t. |
10 | Fabio Felline | Astana Qazaqstan | 2:56 |
11 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
12 | Simone Ravanelli | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
13 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | 3:02 |
14 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | 3:15 |
15 | Erik Fetter | EOLO-Kometa | 3:22 |
16 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | 3:33 |
17 | Tobias Foss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
18 | Loic Vliegen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
19 | Natnael Tesfazion | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
20 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | s.t. |
21 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
22 | Sam Oomen | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
23 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
24 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
25 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
26 | Jose Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | s.t. |
27 | Filippo Zana | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
28 | Mattia Bais | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
29 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
30 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
31 | Giulio Ciccone | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
32 | Michael Hepburn | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
33 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
34 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
35 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | s.t. |
36 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
37 | Romain Bardet | Team DSM | s.t. |
38 | Richard Carapaz | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
39 | Andrii Ponomar | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
40 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
41 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
42 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
43 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
44 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
45 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | s.t. |
46 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
47 | Merhawi Kudus | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
48 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
49 | Juan Pedro Lopez | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
50 | Luca Covili | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
51 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
52 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
53 | Richie Porte | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
54 | Lennard Kamna | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
55 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
56 | Mikael Cherel | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
57 | Jasha Sutterlin | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
58 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
59 | Vadim Pronskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
60 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
61 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
62 | Remy Rochas | Cofidis | s.t. |
63 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
64 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
65 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
66 | Lucas Hamilton | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
67 | Wilco Kelderman | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
68 | Joao Almeida | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
69 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
70 | Jaakko Hanninen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
71 | Pavel Sivakov | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
72 | Felix Gall | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
73 | Tom Dumoulin | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
74 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
75 | Joe Dombrowski | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
76 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
77 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
78 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
79 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | s.t. |
80 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
81 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
82 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
83 | Alexander Cepeda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
84 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
85 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
86 | Jonathan Caicedo | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:14 |
87 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
88 | Chris Hamilton | Team DSM | s.t. |
89 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 4:47 |
90 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Fenix | 6:02 |
91 | David De La Cruz | Astana Qazaqstan | 6:10 |
92 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 6:12 |
93 | Luca Rastelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
94 | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
95 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 6:37 |
96 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | 7:18 |
97 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
98 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
99 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | s.t. |
100 | William Barta | Movistar | s.t. |
101 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
102 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
103 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
104 | Edoardo Zardini | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 7:27 |
105 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa | 8:39 |
106 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | 8:42 |
107 | Matthew Holmes | Lotto Soudal | 8:54 |
108 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
109 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
110 | Lilian Calmejane | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
111 | Pierre-Luc Perichon | Cofidis | s.t. |
112 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | 9:10 |
113 | Wesley Kreder | Cofidis | s.t. |
114 | Edoardo Affini | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
115 | Sacha Modolo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
116 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 9:24 |
117 | Ben Zwiehoff | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
118 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 10:05 |
119 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
120 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
121 | Davide Cimolai | Cofidis | s.t. |
122 | Damien Howson | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
123 | Callum Scotson | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
124 | Ben Tulett | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
125 | Aime De Gendt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
126 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 11:42 |
127 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
128 | Oier Lazkano | Movistar | 12:13 |
129 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
130 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
131 | Clement Davy | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
132 | Oscar Riesebeek | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
133 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | 12:31 |
134 | Samuele Rivi | EOLO-Kometa | s.t. |
135 | Reto Hollenstein | Israel-Premier Tech | 13:30 |
136 | Jenthe Biermans | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
137 | Rick Zabel | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
138 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
139 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
140 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
141 | Matthias Brandle | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
142 | Nico Denz | Team DSM | s.t. |
143 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | s.t. |
144 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
145 | Filippo Tagliani | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | s.t. |
146 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
147 | Rudiger Selig | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
148 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
149 | Alex Dowsett | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
150 | Lawson Craddock | BikeExchange-Jayco | s.t. |
151 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
152 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
153 | Alessandro De Marchi | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
154 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
155 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
156 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | s.t. |
157 | Edward Theuns | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
158 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
159 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
160 | Diego Camargo | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
161 | Julius Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
162 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
163 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
164 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 14:07 |
165 | Davide Ballerini | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
166 | Mark Cavendish | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
167 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
GC after stage 8:
1,291.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.027 km/hr
1 | Juan Pedro Lopez | Trek-Segafredo | 32hr 15min 31sec |
2 | Lennard Kamna | BORA-hansgrohe | @ 38sec |
3 | Rein Taaramae | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 0:58 |
4 | Guillaume Martin | Cofidis | 1:06 |
5 | Simon Yates | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:42 |
6 | Mauri Vansevenant | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:47 |
7 | Wilco Kelderman | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:55 |
8 | Joao Almeida | UAE Team Emirates | 1:58 |
9 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 2:00 |
10 | Richie Porte | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:04 |
11 | Romain Bardet | Team DSM | 2:06 |
12 | Richard Carapaz | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
13 | Mikel Landa | Bahrain Victorious | 2:15 |
14 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | s.t. |
15 | Jai Hindley | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:16 |
16 | Santiago Buitrago | Bahrain Victorious | 2:18 |
17 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 2:19 |
18 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:20 |
19 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | 2:23 |
20 | Lucas Hamilton | BikeExchange-Jayco | 2:27 |
21 | Giulio Ciccone | Trek-Segafredo | 2:32 |
22 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 2:37 |
23 | Emanuel Buchmann | BORA-hansgrohe | 2:39 |
24 | Bauke Mollema | Trek-Segafredo | 2:43 |
25 | Ivan Sosa | Movistar | 3:05 |
26 | Pavel Sivakov | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:14 |
27 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 3:16 |
28 | Tobias Foss | Jumbo-Visma | 4:14 |
29 | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana Qazaqstan | 4:16 |
30 | Sam Oomen | Jumbo-Visma | 4:33 |
31 | Gijs Leemreize | Jumbo-Visma | 5:19 |
32 | Tom Dumoulin | Jumbo-Visma | 5:40 |
33 | Lorenzo Fortunato | EOLO-Kometa | 5:53 |
34 | Davide Villella | Cofidis | 6:05 |
35 | Felix Gall | Ag2r-Citroën | 6:48 |
36 | Remy Rochas | Cofidis | 7:04 |
37 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 7:25 |
38 | Joe Dombrowski | Astana Qazaqstan | 7:54 |
39 | Damien Howson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 10:13 |
40 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 12:29 |
41 | Mikael Cherel | Ag2r-Citroën | 12:39 |
42 | Chris Hamilton | Team DSM | 12:45 |
43 | Jonathan Caicedo | EF Education-EasyPost | 14:16 |
44 | Jhonnatan Narvaez | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:18 |
45 | Vadim Pronskiy | Astana Qazaqstan | 14:22 |
46 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 15:37 |
47 | Diego Ulissi | UAE Team Emirates | 16:35 |
48 | Davide Gabburo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 17:11 |
49 | Rui Costa | UAE Team Emirates | 17:59 |
50 | Sylvain Moniquet | Lotto Soudal | 18:09 |
51 | Ben Tulett | INEOS Grenadiers | 18:20 |
52 | Jorge Arcas | Movistar | 18:31 |
53 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | 19:15 |
54 | Stefano Oldani | Alpecin-Fenix | 20:04 |
55 | Merhawi Kudus | EF Education-EasyPost | 21:46 |
56 | Luca Covili | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 22:16 |
57 | Vincenzo Albanese | EOLO-Kometa | 22:42 |
58 | Diego Camargo | EF Education-EasyPost | 26:01 |
59 | Harold Tejada | Astana Qazaqstan | 26:22 |
60 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 29:21 |
61 | Jose Joaquin Rojas | Movistar | 30:23 |
62 | Nans Peters | Ag2r-Citroën | 30:39 |
63 | Giovanni Aleotti | BORA-hansgrohe | 31:00 |
64 | Mathieu van der Poel | Alpecin-Fenix | 31:14 |
65 | Valerio Conti | Astana Qazaqstan | 31:33 |
66 | Domen Novak | Bahrain Victorious | 31:58 |
67 | Francesco Gavazzi | EOLO-Kometa | 32:25 |
68 | Martijn Tusveld | Team DSM | 33:13 |
69 | William Barta | Movistar | 33:48 |
70 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 33:58 |
71 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Jumbo-Visma | 34:03 |
72 | Fabio Felline | Astana Qazaqstan | 34:36 |
73 | Edoardo Zardini | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 35:43 |
74 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 35:57 |
75 | Alessandro Tonelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 37:14 |
76 | Lorenzo Rota | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 37:17 |
77 | Jaakko Hanninen | Ag2r-Citroën | 38:53 |
78 | Matteo Sobrero | BikeExchange-Jayco | 39:01 |
79 | Lilian Calmejane | Ag2r-Citroën | 39:08 |
80 | James Knox | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 41:09 |
81 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 41:23 |
82 | Nicolas Prodhomme | Ag2r-Citroën | 41:46 |
83 | Salvatore Puccio | INEOS Grenadiers | 44:24 |
84 | Alexander Cataford | Israel-Premier Tech | 45:19 |
85 | Ben Zwiehoff | BORA-hansgrohe | 45:25 |
86 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 45:36 |
87 | Dario Cataldo | Trek-Segafredo | 46:29 |
88 | Mattia Bais | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 46:34 |
89 | Natnael Tesfazion | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 48:47 |
90 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | 48:51 |
91 | Simone Ravanelli | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 48:57 |
92 | Anthony Perez | Cofidis | 49:45 |
93 | Diego Rosa | EOLO-Kometa | 50:15 |
94 | Mauro Schmid | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 52:30 |
95 | David De La Cruz | Astana Qazaqstan | 52:49 |
96 | Callum Scotson | BikeExchange-Jayco | 52:59 |
97 | Alexander Krieger | Alpecin-Fenix | 53:02 |
98 | Christopher Juul-Jensen | BikeExchange-Jayco | 53:44 |
99 | Jasha Sutterlin | Bahrain Victorious | 53:55 |
100 | Magnus Cort | EF Education-EasyPost | 55:07 |
101 | Pierre-Luc Perichon | Cofidis | 55:09 |
102 | Erik Fetter | EOLO-Kometa | 55:11 |
103 | Alexander Cepeda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 55:53 |
104 | Filippo Zana | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 56:25 |
105 | Edoardo Affini | Jumbo-Visma | 56:28 |
106 | Mirco Maestri | EOLO-Kometa | 56:47 |
107 | Jacopo Mosca | Trek-Segafredo | 58:38 |
108 | Biniam Girmay | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 59:04 |
109 | Alessandro De Marchi | Israel-Premier Tech | 59:51 |
110 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 59:59 |
111 | Eduardo Sepulveda | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 1:02:14 |
112 | Lawson Craddock | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:03:52 |
113 | Loic Vliegen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:04:42 |
114 | Michael Hepburn | BikeExchange-Jayco | 1:04:52 |
115 | Tobias Bayer | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:05:11 |
116 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Groupama-FDJ | 1:08:52 |
117 | Simone Consonni | Cofidis | 1:09:25 |
118 | Luca Rastelli | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 1:09:27 |
119 | Senne Leysen | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:11:30 |
120 | Lawrence Naesen | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:12:06 |
121 | Oier Lazkano | Movistar | 1:12:07 |
122 | Sacha Modolo | Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè | 1:12:14 |
123 | Andrii Ponomar | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 1:12:51 |
124 | Davide Bais | EOLO-Kometa | 1:13:02 |
125 | Miles Scotson | Groupama-FDJ | 1:14:06 |
126 | Aime De Gendt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:14:15 |
127 | Patrick Gamper | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:14:55 |
128 | Romain Combaud | Team DSM | 1:15:15 |
129 | Davide Cimolai | Cofidis | 1:15:57 |
130 | Ignatas Konovalovas | Groupama-FDJ | 1:16:15 |
131 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 1:16:27 |
132 | Cesare Benedetti | BORA-hansgrohe | 1:16:37 |
133 | Oscar Riesebeek | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:16:51 |
134 | Samuele Rivi | EOLO-Kometa | 1:17:36 |
135 | Arnaud Demare | Groupama-FDJ | 1:18:45 |
136 | Dries De Bondt | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:19:13 |
137 | Barnabas Peak | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | 1:19:48 |
138 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:20:11 |
139 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 1:20:23 |
140 | Edward Theuns | Trek-Segafredo | 1:20:45 |
141 | Jenthe Biermans | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:21:23 |
142 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 1:21:34 |
143 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | 1:23:09 |
144 | Wesley Kreder | Cofidis | s.t. |
145 | Rui Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates | 1:23:28 |
146 | Rick Zabel | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:23:29 |
147 | Ramon Sinkeldam | Groupama-FDJ | 1:23:30 |
148 | Reto Hollenstein | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:23:51 |
149 | Otto Vergaerde | Trek-Segafredo | 1:24:11 |
150 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | 1:24:54 |
151 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 1:24:55 |
152 | Julius Van Den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:26:18 |
153 | Davide Ballerini | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | s.t. |
154 | Alex Dowsett | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:26:49 |
155 | Filippo Tagliani | Drone Hopper-Androni Giocattoli | 1:27:32 |
156 | Matthew Holmes | Lotto Soudal | 1:28:16 |
157 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 1:29:56 |
158 | Michael Schwarzmann | Lotto Soudal | 1:31:51 |
159 | Jacopo Guarnieri | Groupama-FDJ | 1:35:47 |
160 | Matthias Brandle | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:37:09 |
161 | Nico Denz | Team DSM | 1:37:45 |
162 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | 1:38:06 |
163 | Rudiger Selig | Lotto Soudal | 1:39:22 |
164 | Clement Davy | Groupama-FDJ | 1:40:54 |
165 | Mark Cavendish | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:43:04 |
166 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:43:21 |
167 | Pieter Serry | Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl | 1:44:02 |
Stage 8 map & profile:
Stage 8 map
Stage 8 profile
Stage 8 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Mathieu van der Poel before the race start
Team Lotto Soudal is presented before the stage start.
Alejandro Valverde is sitting in 19th place, at 2min 23sec, after the stage.
Biniam Girmay picks up his bike before the stage start.
Biniam Girmay leads a small break.
Racing through Naples
Through the narrow streets.
Monte di Procida
At ground level at Monte di Procida
Sylvain Moniquet leads a break with Biniam Girmay on his wheel.
Thomas De Gendt wins stage eight.
Stage winner De Gendt just after the stage.
GC leader Juan Pedro Lopez
Stage winner Thomas De Gendt
Juan Pedro Lopez is still the GC leader.