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.

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.

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.

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