May 13/17 12:51 pm - Giro d'Italia: Stage 8, another top 5 for Woods
Posted by Editoress on 05/13/17
Izaguirre wins stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia
Jungels retains the Maglia Rosa
The Spanish rider Gorka Izaguirre (Movistar Team) won the 189km Molfetta-Peschici eighth stage of the 100th Giro d'Italia. The Italian Giovanni Visconti (Bahrain - Merida) and Spaniard Luis León Sanchez (Astana Pro Team), also in the breakaway, finished second and third.
Gorka Izaguirre claimed his first Grand Tour success following the path of his younger brother Ion who won stage 16 of the 2012 Giro d’Italia in Falzes. He powered to victory with one kilometre to go after Valerio Conti crashed in the ascent to Peschici overlooking the Adriatic Coast. Despite a crash earlier on, Bob Jungels retained the Maglia Rosa ahead of the gruelling hilltop finish of the Blockhaus.
Mike Woods (Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team) claimed another top 5 finishing 12 seconds back. Woods sits 22nd in GC at 1:36 back.
Results from the 8th stage in Italy
| Stage 8: Molfetta to Paschici, 189 km | |
| 1 Gorka Izagirre (Esp) Movistar Team | 4:24:59 |
| 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | at 0:05 |
| 3 Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team | 0:10 |
| 4 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:12 |
| 5 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | |
| 6 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | |
| 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 8 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | |
| 9 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | |
| 10 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 12 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 13 Mikel Landa (Esp) Team Sky | |
| 14 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 15 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 16 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | |
| 17 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | |
| 18 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 19 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 20 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | all s.t. |
| 163 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 10:56 |
| GC | |
| 1 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors | 38:21:18 |
| 2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky | at 0:06 |
| 3 Adam Yates (GBr) Orica-Scott | 0:10 |
| 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 5 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | |
| 6 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 7 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team | |
| 8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 9 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ | |
| 10 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team | |
| 11 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 12 Mikel Landa (Esp) Team Sky | |
| 13 Davide Formolo (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | all s.t. |
| 14 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | 0:14 |
| 15 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:23 |
| 16 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 17 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 0:46 |
| 18 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 1:13 |
| 19 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | 1:18 |
| 20 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 1:32 |
| 22 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cyling Team | 1:36 |
| 151 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica-Scott | 51:04 |
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