Giro 2021: Lafay wins from the breakaway, Valter stays in pink

Results 8th stage Giro d’Italia 2021

1. Victor Lafay (fra)
2. Francesco Gavazzi (ita) + 0.36
3. Nikias Arndt (ger) + 0.37
4. Nelson Oliveira (por) + 0.41
5. Giovanni Carboni (ita) + 0.44
6. Kobe Goossens (bel) + 0.58
7. Victor Campenaerts (bel) + 1.00
8. Alexis Gougeard (fra) + 1.54
9. Fernando Gaviria (col) + 3.04
10. João Almeida (por) + 4.48

GC after stage 8
1. Atilla Valter (hun)
2. Remco Evenepoel (bel) + 0.11
3. Egan Bernal (col) + 0.16
4. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) + 0.24
5. Hugh Carthy (gbr) + 0.38
6. Damiano Caruso (ita) + 0.39
7. Giulio Ciccone (ita) + 0.41
8. Daniel Martin (irl) + 0.47
9. Simon Yates (gbr) + 0.49
10. Louis Vervaeke (bel) + 0.50

Race report
After a furious fight for the break Gougeard, Carboni, Lafay, Gavazzi, Goossens, Oliveira, Arndt and Gaviria join forces, while Campenaerts tracks the eight down. The lead group puts more than 7 minutes into the peloton.

Campenaerts and Carboni jump clear with 7 kilometres remaining before the Italian goes solo in the last 3 kilometres. Lafay tracks him down and overhauls him.

The 25 year old Frenchman solos to triumph, finishing almost 5 minutes ahead of the main group. Valter keeps the maglia rosa ahead of Evenepoel and Bernal.

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