Preview - Vuelta a Espana 2022 stage 8

The peloton at the Vuelta a Espana will head into the Asturias with a very complicated day. Until now it will be the most difficult of stages, with a total accumulate of 3700 meters of climbing in only 155 kilometers, with six categorized climbs to tackle.

The day starts off with a difficult climb, the Alto de la Colladona which features 7 kilometers at 6.3% and will give the opportunity for a strong breakaway to form right in the opening kilometers.

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Alto de Colladona: 7Km; 6.3% average gradient; 145Km to go

Then with 106 (7.2Km, 6%), 88 (5.8Km, 5.3%). 56 (5.9Km, 5.5%) and 40 (3.8Km, 7.9%) there will be the summit of several ascents which will futher cause some damage in the peloton, however likely to not see any serious moves.

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Stage 8: La Pola Llaviana - Colláu Fancuaya, 153.4Km 

The final ascent to Colláu Fancuaya will be where the day’s decisions are to be made. The run-up to it will once again not be simple, with a false-flat section and a very fast descent before the base. 10.2Km at 7.8%, a tough ascent, with a particularly steep section between 6 and 5 kilometers to go where the gradients go above the double digits. In the final kilometers it doesn’t get any easier however, with a very complicated finale which will be important for the GC.

Colláu Fancuaya: 10.3Km; 7.9% average gradient 

CyclingUpToDate prediction:
**** Remco Evenepoel
*** Primoz Roglic, Enric Mas
** Jai Hindley, Simon Yates, Pavel Sivakov
* Juan Ayuso, Ben O'Connor, Jay Vine, Tao Geoghegan Hart