Vuelta a Espana: Nicolas Roche moves into overall lead as Leopold Konig wins stage eight

Ireland's Nicolas Roche moved into the race leader's red jersey at the Vuelta a Espana after finishing third on stage eight's summit finish on Alto de Penas Blancas.

Stage eight result 1 Leopold Konig (Cze) NetApp-Endura, 4:09:46
2 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha, +1sec
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Saxo-Tinkoff, +5
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ, same time
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale, st
6 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, +8
7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi, +13
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar, +19
9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, st
10 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team Sky, +23
Selected others
15 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky, +27
16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana, same time General classification 1 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Saxo-Tinkoff, 31:39:30
2 Chris Horner (USA) RadioShack-Leopard, +17secs
3 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Katusha, same time
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana, +18
5 Leopold Konig (Cze) NetApp-Endura, +29
6 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) RadioShack-Leopard, +30
7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar, +31
8 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Team Sky, +42
9 Rafal Majka (Pol) Saxo-Tinkoff, +52
10 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Katusha, +1:03 Other jerseys - Green (points classification): Daniel Moreno (Katusha)
- Blue polka dot (mountains classification): Nicolas Roche (Ire) Saxo-Tinkoff