Stage 8: La Pola Llaviana to Colláu Fancuaya

Stage 6 was rated the third hardest in this Vuelta; Stage 8 is rated as the second, so perhaps the Princess Stage to the Queen Stage 15?

Jay Vine in the post race interview — The new Aussie superstar: Jay Vine does it again.

Team of the Day

Jay Vine was the zwiftest to the top of the mountain again, and fog cleared enough to see a finish line celebration this time. That gives a third stage win to It’s all downhill from here and top stage velopoints with 1st, 7th (Rog) and 8th (Yates).

Team roster for Philippa's team: It's all downhill from here

In the mini-league

The Pain in Spain have nudged into the lead (ahem … Hoorah!) Meanwhile the team time category has been turned quietly on its head with Just eat the dam porridge now leading (with Evenepoel, Rodriguez and Yates) and posiblemente el último tumbling off the top spot, as Sepp Kuss lost a lot of time today.

Chart showing the progress of the team time rankings for Gree Wight Red minileague teams — Aggregate times of best 3 riders in GC

When in Llaviana …

The kit colours for the Llaviana football club — You could even wear your Southampton shirt

… while waiting for a bike race, once you’ve taken in the three churches, you might catch a football game at the local stadium, where Real Titánico de Laviana play in the fifth tier of the Spanish league. There is room for 2000 spectators which is ambitious given that it is 22% of the population of the area. Anyway, how come the football season is well underway – did it ever stop this year?