2010 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 8 - Villena Xorret de Cati 190.0 km

2010 Vuelta a Espana: Stage 8 - Villena Xorret de Catí 190.0 km

The stage starts in Villena and comes back to Xorret del Catí – very closed to Villena – after 190 km with five mountain passes!: Onil (3rd category-km 24), Tudons (2nd category – km 96), Torremanzanas (2nd category – km 123), Carrasqueta (2nd category – km 152) and Xorret del Catí (1st category), with its famous ramps over 20% and the small final descent until a finish line where riders like José María Jiménez (born in Ávila) and Gustavo César Veloso) have been already winners of the stage.

Stage Map
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Stage Profile
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The last Km's
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The Mountain Climbs
Puerto de Onil - Length - 6,4km 5,00%
Puerto de Tudons - Length - 6,9km @ 4,78%
Puerto de Torremanzanas - Length - 8,3 km @ 5,30%
Puerto de la Carrasqueta - Length - 11,0 km @ 4,77%
Alto Xorret del Catí - Length - 3,8 km @ 11,56%

General classification before stage 8

1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 27:12:38
2 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:10
3 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:12
5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:16
6 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Team HTC-Columbia 0:00:29
7 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervélo Test Team 0:00:49
8 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:50
9 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:00:54
10 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:00:55