Vuelta a Espana 2024 GC updater after stage 8 | Primoz Roglic takes serious time on Ben O'Connor; João Almeida's victory hopes explode

Stage 8 of the Vuelta a España didn't seem to be a horrible day for the climbers but it turned out to be the day that, so far, has created the biggest differences for the overall classification. Primoz Roglic hit Ben O'Connor hard and won almost a minute; whilst victory candidate João Almeida lost several minutes on the final climb.

Roglic won the stage ahead of Enric Mas who benefited the most from this short but explosive climb. Bonifications and time on the road saw Ben O'Connor lose 56 seconds to Primoz Roglic and the lead is down to 3:49 minutes. Enric Mas is third now, 4:31 away from the Australian. With consistent performances, Antonio Tiberi and Mikel Landa follow shortly behind.

Vuelta a Espana | Primoz Roglic wins stage 8 in Cazorla as Ben O'Connor and João Almeida crack

Lennert van Eetvelt, Cristián Rodríguez, Mattias Skjelmose, Florian Lipowitz and Felix Gall wrap up the Top10 whilst João Almeida, formerly third in the standings, descended to 26th after losing 4:53 minutes in a 4-kilometer long climb. Pavel Sivakov, Aleksandr Vlasov and Clément Berthet also lost serious time on the final climb and lost several spots.

PREVIEW | Vuelta a Espana 2024 stage 9 - Can Primoz Roglic and Enric Mas crack Ben O'Connor completely in possible queen stage?

1	O'CONNOR Ben	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	31:23:27
2	ROGLIC Primoz	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 03:49
3	MAS Enric	Movistar Team	+ 04:31
4	TIBERI Antonio	Bahrain Victorious	+ 05:00
5	LANDA Mikel	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 05:13
6	VAN EETVELT Lennert	Lotto Dstny	+ 05:15
7	RODRIGUEZ Cristian	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 05:19
8	SKJELMOSE Mattias	Lidl-Trek	+ 05:24
9	LIPOWITZ Florian	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 05:25
10	GALL Felix	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 05:26
11	HAIG Jack	Bahrain Victorious	+ 05:54
12	RODRIGUEZ Carlos	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 05:56
13	BENNETT George	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 06:10
14	KUSS Sepp	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 06:22
15	TEJADA Harold	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 06:29
16	GAUDU David	Groupama-FDJ	+ 06:30
17	DEL TORO Isaac	UAE Team Emirates	+ 06:32
18	CARAPAZ Richard	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 06:44
19	VLASOV Aleksandr	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 07:06
20	SIVAKOV Pavel	UAE Team Emirates	+ 07:07
21	FORTUNATO Lorenzo	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 07:32
22	BERTHET Clément	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 07:43
23	DUNBAR Edward	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 08:05
24	RUBIO Einer	Movistar Team	+ 08:23
25	MARTIN Guillaume	Cofidis	+ 08:43
26	ALMEIDA Joao	UAE Team Emirates	+ 09:06
27	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates	+ 09:27
28	ROCHAS Rémy	Groupama-FDJ	+ 09:31
29	MEINTJES Louis	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 09:38
30	WOODS Michael	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 10:16
31	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar Team	+ 10:32
32	POOLE Max	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 10:58
33	MARTINEZ Daniel	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 10:59
34	CEPEDA Alexander	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 11:35
35	BOU Joan	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 11:46
36	PACHER Quentin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 12:26
37	MARTÍN Gotzon	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 13:02
38	RICCITELLO Matthew	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 16:01
39	BERRADE Urko	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 16:05
40	TAARAMÄE Rein	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 16:16
41	DE PLUS Laurens	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 16:29
42	GOOSSENS Kobe	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 18:27
43	PARRA José Félix	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 18:49
44	VANSEVENANT Mauri	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 20:17
45	VALTER Attila	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 20:59
46	RODRÍGUEZ Óscar	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 22:05
47	UIJTDEBROEKS Cian	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 22:48
48	ARENSMAN Thymen	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 22:59
49	ALEOTTI Giovanni	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 23:25
50	OOMEN Sam	Lidl-Trek	+ 23:30
51	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	+ 24:55
52	NARVAEZ Jhonnatan	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 25:57
53	TRÆEN Torstein	Bahrain Victorious	+ 26:22
54	KONRAD Patrick	Lidl-Trek	+ 27:39
55	LECERF William Junior	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 28:15
56	MEURISSE Xandro	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 28:42
57	TUSVELD Martijn	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 29:20
58	CATTANEO Mattia	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 29:21
59	VACEK Mathias	Lidl-Trek	+ 29:57
60	IZAGIRRE Ion	Cofidis	+ 30:08
61	ROTA Lorenzo	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 30:09
62	LÓPEZ Martin	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 30:22
63	CANAL Carlos	Movistar Team	+ 30:45
64	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 31:29
65	VERVAEKE Louis	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 32:25
66	FRIGO Marco	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 33:02
67	HAMILTON Chris	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 33:24
68	BIZKARRA Mikel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 33:45
69	GESINK Robert	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 34:39
70	ZANA Filippo	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 34:41
71	FERNANDEZ Ruben	Cofidis	+ 36:32
72	LEEMREIZE Gijs	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 36:41
73	STRONG Corbin	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 37:27
74	BARONCINI Filippo	UAE Team Emirates	+ 37:47
75	PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 38:09
76	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar Team	+ 38:10
77	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 39:06
78	BRAET Vito	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 40:52
79	MATE Luis Angel	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 41:09
80	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 41:23
81	RIES Michel	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 41:28
82	GUGLIELMI Simon	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 41:37
83	VERONA Carlos	Lidl-Trek	+ 42:06
84	VAN AERT Wout	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 43:09
85	CICCONE Giulio	Lidl-Trek	+ 43:12
86	SCOTSON Callum	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 43:53
87	SHAW James	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 44:03
88	LASTRA Jonathan	Cofidis	+ 44:18
89	SOLER Marc	UAE Team Emirates	+ 44:28
90	PETILLI Simone	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 44:36
91	OWSIAN Lukasz	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 44:46
92	SCHMID Mauro	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 44:49
93	HERMANS Quinten	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 45:07
94	CAMPENAERTS Victor	Lotto Dstny	+ 45:18
95	HARPER Chris	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 46:15
96	TEUNS Dylan	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 46:27
97	LAZKANO Oier	Movistar Team	+ 46:28
98	GEOGHEGAN HART Tao	Lidl-Trek	+ 47:05
99	BERASATEGI Xabier	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 47:21
100	MIQUEL DELGADO Pau	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 47:35
101	IRIBAR Unai	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 47:47
102	RAFFERTY Darren	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 48:02
103	KNOX James	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 48:42
104	GREGAARD Jonas	Lotto Dstny	+ 49:35
105	MCNULTY Brandon	UAE Team Emirates	+ 49:44
106	SEPULVEDA Eduardo	Lotto Dstny	+ 50:02
107	GAROFOLI Gianmarco	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 50:05
108	LAFAY Victor	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 50:24
109	MIHOLJEVIC Fran	Bahrain Victorious	+ 50:59
110	LE BERRE Mathis	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 51:45
111	VERGALLITO Luca	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 52:13
112	VERGAERDE Otto	Lidl-Trek	+ 52:48
113	RIVERA Brandon	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 54:26
114	LIVYNS Arjen	Lotto Dstny	+ 55:35
115	SANCHEZ Pelayo	Movistar Team	+ 55:35
116	GROVES Kaden	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 56:08
117	ENGELHARDT Felix	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 57:02
118	GERMANI Lorenzo	Groupama-FDJ	+ 57:11
119	RAISBERG Nadav	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 57:34
120	VINE Jay	UAE Team Emirates	+ 57:37
121	BERHE Welay	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 58:02
122	BITTNER Pavel	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 58:12
123	SOTO Antonio	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 58:16
124	GUTIÉRREZ Jorge	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 58:56
125	CHAMPION Thomas	Cofidis	+ 59:11
126	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto Dstny	+ 59:18
127	ARCAS Jorge	Movistar Team	+ 59:22
128	GAMPER Patrick	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 59:49
129	HUYS Laurens	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 59:54
130	CASTRILLO Pablo	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 01:00:03
131	HERRADA Jesus	Cofidis	+ 01:02:06
132	UMBA Santiago	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:02:17
133	HEIDUK Kim	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:02:27
134	DE PESTEL Sander	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team	+ 01:02:28
135	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:02:54
136	SWEENY Harry	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:03:08
137	ASGREEN Kasper	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:03:12
138	JUARISTI Txomin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 01:03:34
139	HOLLMANN Juri	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 01:04:22
140	ISASA Xabier	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 01:04:46
141	AFFINI Edoardo	Team Visma \| Lease a Bike	+ 01:04:52
142	PLANCKAERT Edward	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 01:04:58
143	KEPPLINGER Rainer	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:05:27
144	MARIT Arne	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 01:05:41
145	SHEEHAN Riley	Israel-Premier Tech	+ 01:05:54
146	THOMPSON Reuben	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:06:23
147	VINOKUROV Nicolas	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:06:27
148	ADRIÀ Roger	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:06:38
149	RUIZ Ibon	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 01:07:04
150	SCHELLING Ide	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:07:11
151	DENZ Nico	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	+ 01:09:46
152	VAN DEN BERG Julius	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:09:51
153	PEDERSEN Casper	Soudal Quick-Step	+ 01:10:59
154	MONIQUET Sylvain	Lotto Dstny	+ 01:11:01
155	BALLERSTEDT Maurice	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 01:11:15
156	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	+ 01:12:06
157	PAQUOT Tom	Intermarché-Wanty	+ 01:13:10
158	GUERNALEC Thibault	ARKEA-B&B HOTELS	+ 01:13:41
159	TARLING Joshua	INEOS Grenadiers	+ 01:14:54
160	GRADEK Kamil	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:15:11
161	DOULL Owain	EF Education-EasyPost	+ 01:15:54
162	BRUSSENSKIY Gleb	Astana Qazaqstan Team	+ 01:19:39
163	LEIJNSE Enzo	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:21:10
164	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Bahrain Victorious	+ 01:21:26
165	DE MARCHI Alessandro	Team Jayco-AlUla	+ 01:24:03
166	RIESEBEEK Oscar	Alpecin-Deceuninck	+ 01:25:03
167	NABERMAN Tim	Team dsm-firmenich PostNL	+ 01:27:15