De gendt triumphs in Naples as a soloist

The Belgian Thomas de Gendt won the eighth stage of the Giro d'Italia. The 35-year-old cycling professional from the Lotto-Soudal team won on Saturday in the final sprint of an outlier quartet in front of the Italian Davide Gabburo (Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè) and the Spaniard Jorge Arcas (Moviestar) during the circuit by Naples.

• 8th. Naples - Naples (153.00 km):
• overall rating single, as of the 8th stage:
• Berg classification, Stand after the 8th stage:
• sprint rating, stood after the 8th stage:
• team ranking, standing after the 8th stage:

In the overall ranking, the Spaniard Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek-Segafredo) claimed the pink jersey, Lennard Kämna from the German Team Bora-Hansgrohe remained in second place with 38 seconds.

The ninth stage promises a lot of excitement on Sunday, because there are a total of five climbs on the 190 -kilometer route. It goes from Isernia up to the mountain arrival with the hardest climb of the Giro d'Italia.

8th. Naples - Naples (153.00 km):

1. Thomas de Gendt (Belgium) - Lotto -Soudal 3:32:53 hours; 2. Davide Gabburo (Italy) - Bardiani + 0 seconds; 3. Jorge Arcas (Spain) - Movistar Team; 4. Harm van Houcke (Belgium) - Lotto -Soudal + 4; 5. Biniam Girmay Hailu (Eritrea) - Wanty -Gobert + 15; 6. Mauro Schmid (Switzerland)-Deceuninck-Quick-Step; 7. Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) - Alpecin -Fenix; 8. Wouter Poels (Netherlands) - Bahrain Victorious + 33; 9. Guillaume Martin (France) - Cofidis; 10. Fabio Felline (Italy) - Astana Qazaqstan team + 2:56 min.;... 29. Emanuel Buchmann (Lochau/Austria) - Bora -Hansgrohe + 3:33; 54. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) - Bora -Hansgrohe; 57. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) - Bahrain Victorious; 82. Alexander Krieger (Stuttgart) - Alpecin -Fenix; 108. Michael Schwarzmann (Kempten) - Lotto -Soudal + 8:54; 117. Ben Zwiehoff (Essen) - Bora -Hansgrohe + 9:24; 137. Rick Zabel (Cologne) - Israel Prime Minister Tech + 13:30; 142. Nico Denz (Waldshut -Tiengen) - Team DSM; 146. Roger Kluge (Berlin) - Lotto -Soudal; 147. Rüdiger Selig (Berlin) - Lotto -Soudal; 148. Phil Bauhaus (Cologne) - Bahrain Victorious

overall rating single, as of the 8th stage:

*1. Juan Pedro López (Spain) - Trek - Segafredo 32:15:31 hours; * 2. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) - Bora-Hansgrohe + 38 seconds; 3. Pure Taaramae (Estonia) - Wanty -Gobert + 58; 4. Guillaume Martin (France) - Cofidis + 1:06 min.; 5. Simon Yates (Great Britain) - BikeExchange + 1:42; 6. Mauri Vanssevenant (Belgium)-Deceuninck-Quick-Step + 1:47; 7. Wilco Kelderman (Netherlands) - Bora -Hansgrohe + 1:55; 8. Joao Almeida (Portugal) - UAE Team Emirates + 1:58; 9. Pello Bilbao (Spain) - Bahrain Victorious + 2:00; 10. Richie Porte (Australia) - Ineos Grenadiers + 2:04;... 23. Emanuel Buchmann (Lochau/Austria) - Bora -Hansgrohe + 2:39; 85. Ben Zwiehoff (Essen) - Bora Hansgrohe + 45:25; 97. Alexander Krieger (Stuttgart) - Alpecin -Fenix + 53:02; 99. Jasha Sütterlin (Freiburg im Breisgau) - Bahrain Victorious + 53:55; 146. Rick Zabel (Cologne) - Israel Prime Minister Tech + 1:23:29 hours; 151. Phil Bauhaus (Cologne) - Bahrain Victorious + 1:24:55; 158. Michael Schwarzmann (Kempten) - Lotto -Soudal + 1:31:51; 161. Nico Denz (Waldshut -Tiengen) - Team DSM + 1:37:45; 162. Roger Kluge (Berlin) - Lotto -Soudal + 1:38:06; 163. Rüdiger Selig (Berlin) - Lotto -Soudal + 1: 39: 22

Berg classification, Stand after the 8th stage:

1. Koen Bouwman (Netherlands) - Jumbo -Visma 68 PKT.; 2. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) - Bora -Hansgrohe 43; 3. Wouter Poels (Netherlands) - Bahrain Victorious 27; 4. Davide Formolo (Italy) - UAE Team Emirates 25; 5. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands) - Trek - Segafredo 20; 6. Mirco Maestri (Italy) - Eolo -Kometa 18; 7. Juan Pedro López (Spain) - Trek - Segafredo 18; 8. Pure Taaramae (Estonia) - Wanty -Gobert 12; 9. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands) - Jumbo -Visma 11; 10. Sylvain Moniquet (Belgium) - Lotto -Soudal 9;... 14. Rick Zabel (Cologne) - Israel Prime Minister Tech 5

sprint rating, stood after the 8th stage:

1. Arnaud Demare (France) - Groupama -FDJ 147 PKT.; 2. Biniam Girmay Hailu (Eritrea) - Wanty -Gobert 120; 3. Mark Cavendish (Great Britain)-Deceuninck-Quick-Step 78; 4. Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands) - Alpecin -Fenix 72; 5. Giacomo Nizzolo (Italy) - Israel Prime Minister Tech 54; 6. Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Colombia) - UAE Team Emirates 54; 7. Thomas de Gendt (Belgium) - Lotto -Soudal 51; 8. Filippo Tagliani (Italy) - Androni Giocattoli 45; 9. Caleb Ewan (Australia) - Lotto -Soudal 43; 10. Davide Gabburo (Italy) - Bardiani 38; 11. Phil Bauhaus (Cologne) - Bahrain Victorious 30;... 13. Lennard Kämna (Fischerhude) - Bora -Hansgrohe 27; 63. Rick Zabel (Cologne) - Israel Prime Minister Tech 4

team ranking, standing after the 8th stage:

1. Wanty-Gobert (Belgium) 96:49:05 hours; 2. Trek - Segafredo (USA) + 51 seconds; 3. Bora Hansgrohe (Germany) + 1:01 min.; 4. Bahrain Victorious (Bahrain) + 1:04; 5. Jumbo-Visma (Netherlands) + 2:01; 6. Ineos Grenadiers (Great Britain) + 4:22; 7. Bike Exchange (Australia) + 4:27; 8. Movistar team (Spain) + 7:05; 9. Cofidis (France) + 9:27; 10. Astana Qazaqstan team (Kazakhstan) + 10:07; ... 12. Team DSM (Germany) + 12: 11