2012 Giro d'Italia, Stage 8 Results

Domenico Pozzovivo (Colnago CSF) won Stage 8 arriving at the finish line alone in Lago Laceno after attacking on the slopes of the Colle Mollela. Pozzovivo is even better suited to much steeper climbs, he won the 3rd stage of the  2012 Giro del Trentino which concluded with a finishing climb of Punto Veleno and was the GC winnner, but when he attacked on the Colle Mollela no one could go with him. Spaniards Intxausti (at 22") and Purito Rodriguez at 27" finished 2nd and 3rd.

Q&A with Pozzovivo after the stage:
Q. Do you think you can win this Giro?
A. I feel maybe a little 'too' small to think so big, we live day by day and try to do something better each day.

Q. What do you think of this year's Giro?
A. It was erroneously described as a Giro easier than in the past. I would call it more humane than that of 2011 but it is still very demanding.

Q. Favorite climbs?
A. My favorite climbs are: Mortirolo, Giau and Punta Veleno. The ones I like less so are Zoncolan and Mortirolo. I have a love/hate relationship with the Tre Cime di Lavaredo.

Q. What do you fear?
A. In general, I fear all descents when they are wet or if they are like dirt in the stage of Orvieto last year. If I have to name a couple I would say Vivione and the Gavia.

Q. What do you think of when you are climbing?
A. I think of music and take energy from that.

Q. What do you think of the last week?
A. I've improved this past week so I have reason to believe that I can do well in the last, hard, week.

Canadian Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Barracuda)will remain in the pink jersey after a hard stage. "It's been a demanding day", said Hesjedal who had a puncture with 24 km to go and had a hard chase to get back to the peloton. "I had to commit fully to defending the pink jersey. Once past the steepest part I felt better. It's been said that I'm not here to win the Giro but that is incorrect and I want to emphasize that. I came to the Giro to do my best and I think that until now I'm showing that as the leader of the race. We'll see what develops in the next stages." Hesjedal, from Victoria, British Columbia, also revealed one of his training secrets saying, "In 2005 I went on vacation to Maui and I brought my bike with me. I found good roads to train on and now I live there in the winter. It's one of the best decisions of my career. I kept improving gradually every year to the level where I am now. It's always been one of my secrets, but maybe not anymore ..."

Highlights:


The answer to the trivia question this morning as to who was the first foreign rider to wear the Maglia Rosa is Germany's Hermann Buse.

Tomorrow: San Giorgio del Sannio to Frosinone, 166 km, is a stage for sprinters...at least on paper.

Top 10 Stage 8:
1 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 6:06:05
2 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:23
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 0:00:27
4 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
5 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
6 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
7 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
8 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp
9 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli
10 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
Note: DNF Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank Cycling Team), DNS Daniele Bennati (RadioShack-Nissan)

GC:
1 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Barracuda 32:23:25
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 0:00:09
3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:00:15
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Astana Pro Team 0:00:35
5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team
6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:40
7 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:45
8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:46
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:48
10 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:52
11 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0:00:53
12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:00:54
13 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:00:55
14 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Sky Procycling 0:01:10
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:01:14
16 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:01:16
17 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Barracuda 0:01:18
18 Sergio Pardilla Bellon (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:20
19 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Barracuda 0:01:23
20 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha Team
21 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:28
22 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:01:30
23 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:01:43
24 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:01:44
25 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team NetApp 0:01:47
26 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:54
27 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 0:02:01
28 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:03
29 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:02:15
30 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Movistar Team 0:02:24
31 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:26
32 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
33 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:38
34 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:02:39
35 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre - ISD 0:02:41
36 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox
37 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0:02:42
38 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:02:50
39 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:02:52
40 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) BMC Racing Team
41 Francis De Greef (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:03:17
42 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:03:18
43 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:03:23
44 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Movistar Team 0:03:24
45 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:27
46 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:03:39
47 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:55
48 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:10
49 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) RadioShack-Nissan 0:04:44
50 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:04:54
51 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:05:43
52 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:05:44
53 Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp 0:06:18
54 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0:06:35
55 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
56 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:07:46
57 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:09:00
58 Nelson Oliveira (Por) RadioShack-Nissan 0:10:02
59 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling 0:10:29
60 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:12:31
61 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:13:59
62 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:15:04
63 Matteo Rabottini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:16:40
64 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0:16:58
65 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:17:58
66 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:18:05
67 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Katusha Team 0:18:18
68 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:18:26
69 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 0:19:05
70 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:19:22
71 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:19:40
72 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:20:00
73 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:20:16
74 Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:20:31
75 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:20:48
76 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:21:05
77 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:22:06
78 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:23:02
79 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:23:22
80 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:23:57
81 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:25:18
82 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 0:26:07
83 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:26:33
84 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:26:34
85 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
86 Mathieu Perget (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:26:44
87 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:26:47
88 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team NetApp 0:26:52
89 Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:27:16
90 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:28:03
91 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:29:02
92 Martin Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:30:09
93 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:30:34
94 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team NetApp 0:30:39
95 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:31:21
96 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:31:25
97 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:31:54
98 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team 0:32:04
99 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:32:09
100 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:33:22
101 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:33:29
102 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:33:37
103 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:34:00
104 Victor Cabedo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:34:01
105 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:34:40
106 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:35:07
107 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team NetApp 0:35:16
108 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:35:25
109 Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:35:49
110 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team NetApp 0:36:39
111 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:37:11
112 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 0:37:23
113 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:41:21
114 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:43:24
115 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:43:56
116 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:43:57
117 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:44:46
118 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 0:44:49
119 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:45:11
120 Ben Hermans (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 0:45:25
121 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Barracuda 0:45:33
122 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:45:41
123 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:46:17
124 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:46:37
125 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
126 Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:47:02
127 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Katusha Team 0:47:11
128 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Androni Giocattoli 0:47:36
129 Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:48:33
130 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:49:56
131 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:50:28
132 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 0:50:32
133 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp 0:51:33
134 Mads Christensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:51:49
135 Christian Meier (Can) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:52:15
136 Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 0:52:30
137 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:52:54
138 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:53:21
139 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:53:49
140 Jesse Sergent (NZl) RadioShack-Nissan 0:53:55
141 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:54:21
142 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 0:54:45
143 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:55:16
144 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat 0:55:17
145 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 0:55:57
146 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Barracuda 0:56:09
147 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 0:56:39
148 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda 0:56:45
149 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 0:57:00
150 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:57:05
151 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling 0:57:20
152 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 0:58:50
153 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:01:44
154 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1:03:39
155 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 1:04:52
156 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1:04:56
157 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ-Big Mat 1:05:37
158 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 1:06:04
159 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 1:06:23
160 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:06:31
161 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:06:37
162 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 1:07:19
163 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team 1:07:20
164 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat
165 Timon Seubert (Ger) Team NetApp 1:07:47
166 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:07:53
167 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 1:08:13
168 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1:08:17
169 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 1:08:41
170 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:09:22
171 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:09:29
172 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 1:10:50
173 Marco Coledan (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox 1:11:58
174 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp 1:12:25
175 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol Team 1:12:26
176 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 1:12:32
177 Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 1:13:29
178 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team 1:13:32
179 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Androni Giocattoli 1:15:14
180 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling 1:15:27
181 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 1:15:32
182 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:17:45
183 Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1:18:30
184 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 1:23:41
185 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin - Barracuda 1:24:51
186 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda 1:26:03
187 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 1:27:31
188 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1:28:57
189 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 1:30:39
190 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Selle Italia 1:31:19
191 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1:37:13


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