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Each transition stage of this Tour is like a raffle in which the jackpot is placed. Miguel Ángel López is the leader who does not want to be , at least for the moment, because it is more a nuisance than a pride. Being a leader implies that the arrival at the hotel after the stages is postponed to get on the podium, to comply with the protocol and to meet commitments and demands, as dictated by the squad codes, that the gregarious wear to control the race. Not worth it, that's what Superman and the Astana think at least.

They didn't mind giving it up on the second day, nor on the sixth, nor this Saturday on the eighth. And that attitude allows more humble runners, who by no means aspire to win La Vuelta, can enjoy wearing red at least for one day. As before Nicolas Roche and Dylan Teuns , after the eighth stage is Nicolas Edet who ascends to the first position of the general classification , with no less than three minutes on Lopez who continues, yes, wearing the white jersey as a better young man.

A distance, however, that with almost total security will evaporate this Sunday, when the five mountain ports in 94 kilometers that wait for the platoon in Andorra , in a continuous rise and fall with hardly any rest, put things in place . Faced with such a challenge, the best of the general left to do and not even tested each other, although the Port of Montserrat, where La Moreneta lives gave them the opportunity to do so. The storm that they found there, which made the descent very dangerous, ended up discouraging anyone who could bite the bug of seeking battle, if there was any.

From the departure in Valls it was known with almost complete security that this Saturday's day was for the escape that managed to form in the first kilometers. 21 cyclists enlisted in that mission, with seven Spaniards ( Luis León Sánchez, Jesús Herrada, De la Cruz, Aranburu, Lastras, Arcas and Barceló ) and several level runners such as former leader Teuns (who is now second), Sergio Henao and Stybar . They all collaborated without hostilities until Montserrat arrived, the only mountainous difficulty of the day.

There were attacks, counterattacks and finally regrouping of almost all of them in the broken terrain that happens to the top when the port is ascended by the eastern slope. There were also movements in the dangerous descent, but again the group joined four kilometers from the goal in Igualada.

In a sprint like the one that was coming, Álex Aranburu (Caja Rural) appeared as the most solid option of Spanish cycling . The Basque fought, gave his face constantly and that is to praise. But perhaps he spent too much and in the last effort he was unable to overcome Nikias Arndt , more sprinter than he, who three years after winning the Giro premiered his record in La Vuelta.

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