Gianluca Brambilla successfully attacked on the eighth stage and became the new leader of the General standings.
Autobrowsing in the gap, Brambilla for 25 kilometers before the finish decided to go solo in the attack is 28-year-old racer Etixx-QuickStep” managed to escape from his companions and keep the minute clearance.
The first victory at the three-week race did Brambilla the new owner of the pink t – shirts, Italian his closest pursuer carries almost half a minute.
The only mountain on the eighth stage of generalski did a little checking each other – the main favorites of the race Vincenzo Nibali, Alejandro Valverde, Mikel Landa and Rigoberto Uran finished almost simultaneously.
Tomorrow the Giro d’italia in 2016 completed the first week of the race – the participants of the tour will find 40 kilometres of cutting across rough terrain.
Giro d’italia-2016. The results of the eighth stage:
1. Brambilla Gianluca (Italy, Etixx-QuickStep) – 4:14,05
2. Matteo Montaguti (Italy, AG2R) was 1.06
3. Moreno Moser (Italy, Cannondale) – 1,27
4. Jacobus Venter (South Africa, Dimension Data) – 1,28
5. Alessandro De MArchI (Italy, BMC) – 1,33
See also: Giro d’italia-2016: Wellens wins from the break
Giro d’italia-2016. Overall standings after eight stages:
1. Brambilla Gianluca (Italy, Etixx-QuickStep) – 33:39,14
2. Ilnur Zakarin (Russia, Katusha) – 0,23
3. Stephen Creswick (Netherlands, LottoNl-Jumbo) Is 0.33
4. Alejandro Valverde (Spain, Movistar) – 0,36
5. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy, Astana) – 0,45
