February 16, 2010 (Topes De Collantes, Cuba) – Arnold Alcolea (Cub) Cuba took over the leader’s jersey from Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy on Stage 8 from S.Spiritus to Topes De Collantes, 89km, on Tuesday finishing in second behind winner Jose Alarcon (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida. Roth placed 11th and now sits in 4th overall with team mate Andrew Randell in 7th.

Results

1. Jose Alarcon (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 2:30:15
2. Arnold Alcolea (Cub) Cuba
3. Yennier Lopez (Cub) Cuba 0:39
4. Jose Chacon (Ven) Venezuela 1:00
5. Francisco Colorado (Col) Colombia
6. Vicente Sanabria (Cub) Matanzas 2:16
7. Darwins Urrea (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 2:18
8. Juan Pablo Suarez (Col) Colombia
9. Luis Pulido (Mex) Mexico
10. Yoel Solensal (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 2:21
11. Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy
12. Julian Muñoz (Col) Colombia
13. Andrew Randell (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy
14. Yasmany Martinez (Cub) Cuba 2:29
15. Ruben Flores (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 2:54
16. John Nava (Ven) Venezuela 3:14
17. Ruben Companioni (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 3:42
18. Raul Grangel (Cub) Cuba 3:44
19. Ramon Martin (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 4:17
20. Pedro Ortuondo (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 4:25
21. Jose Mujica (Cub) Pinar Del Rio 4:29
22. Yoandry Freire (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 4:31
23. Pedro Sibila (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 4:40
24. Adonis Cardoso (Cub) Ciudad De La Habana 4:56
25. Ismel Banzo (Cub) Ciudad De La Habana 5:11
26. Paul Kneppers (Ned) Global Cycling 5:19
27. Luis A. Alfaro (Cub) C.T.Cienfuegos 5:21
28. Polo Luis Masco (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 5:26
29. David Belda (Spa) Peugeot 5:41
30. Lizardo Benitez (Cub) Guantanamo 5:59
31. Alien Garcia (Cub) Cuba
32. Juan Murillo (Ven) Venezuela 6:08
33. Adrian Ceballos (Cub) C.T.Cienfuegos 6:17
34. Angel Castillo (Cub) Pinar Del Rio
35. Lisuandi Alonso (Cub) Villa Clara 6:33
36. Reinier Veloso (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 6:35
37. Yosvany Caceres (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 6:43
38. Felix Nodarse (Cub) C.T.Cienfuegos 6:56
39. Agustin Martinez (Cub) Villa Clara 6:57
40. Lazaro Valdes (Cub) Pinar Del Rio 7:09
41. Reinier Gomez (Cub) Santiago De Cuba 7:13
42. Miguel Montero (Cub) Guantanamo 7:34
43. Angel Rivas (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 7:39
44. Ivan Martinez (Spa) Peugeot 7:41
45. Dennis Luijt (Ned) Global Cycling 7:42
46. Wilmen Bravo (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida
47. Yenni Harman (Cub) Santiago De Cuba 8:13
48. Jose A. Gonzalez (Cub) Santiago De Cuba 8:37
49. Lemay Leon (Cub) Villa Clara 8:52
50. Miguel Rodriguez (Cub) Camaguey 9:01
51. William Franco (Cub) Ciudad De La Habana 9:14
52. Tino Scholz (Ger) Germany 9:30
53. Yans Carlos Arias (Cub) Universidad Del Depo
54. Eliodis Griñan (Cub) C.T. Oriente 9:44
55. Alfredo Hernandez (Cub) Matanzas
56. Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Mexico 9:50
57. Karel Pattyn (Ger) Germany 9:55
58. Rainer Vazquez (Cub) Matanzas
59. Jose A. Gonzalez (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 0:15
60. Rafael Arrate (Cub) C.T. Oriente 0:10:13
61. Fredy Buergos (Cub) Cuba 0:10:15
62. Jose A. Diez (Spa) Peugeot 0:10:31
63. Yhosvani Hernandez (Cub) Villa Clara 0:10:35
64. Damian Martinez (Cub) Guantanamo 0:11:16
65. Alejandro Aluija (Cub) C.T.Cienfuegos 0:11:29
66. Juan R. Juarez (Mex) Mexico 0:11:31
67. Jose M. Rodriguez (Cub) Ciego De Avila 0:11:35
68. Abrahan Guerra (Cub) C.T. Oriente
69. Jorge Martinez (Col) Colombia 0:11:41
70. Jaime Castañeda (Col) Colombia
71. Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Germany 0:12:27
72. Sascha Damrow (Ger) Germany
73. Carlos E. Arias (Cub) Ciudad De La Habana 0:12:35
74. Jose C. Peralta (Cub) Guantanamo 0:13:19
75. Emilio Perez (Cub) Pinar Del Rio 0:13:40
76. Osmany Lobaina (Cub) Guantanamo 0:14:03
77. Rosendo Guilarte (Cub) C.T. Oriente
78. Maidel Rodriguez (Cub) Matanzas 0:14:18
79. Vladimir Fonseca (Cub) Villa Clara 0:15:03
80. Sergio Casanova (Spa) Peugeot 0:15:13
81. Leandro Marcos (Cub) Ciudad De La Habana 0:15:15
82. Juan Basulto (Cub) Camaguey 0:15:17
83. Luis Cardoso (Cub) Camaguey 0:15:25
84. Piero Baffi (Ita) Italy 0:15:32
85. Edgar Morales (Mex) Mexico 0:15:35
86. Alvaro Torres (Ven) Venezuela 0:15:37
87. Miguel Ubeto (Ven) Venezuela
88. Geert Sijkshoorn (Ned) Global Cycling 0:15:40
89. Jorge J. Rojas (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 0:15:46
90. Arnaldo Oramas (Cub) C.T. Oriente 0:15:48
91. Carlos Roldan (Cub) C.T.Cienfuegos 0:17:14
92. Tim Nederlof (Ned) Global Cycling 0:17:19
93. Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Global Cycling
94. Riazan Fleitas (Cub) Ciego De Avila 0:17:28
95. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 0:17:38
96. Joseba Leon (Spa) Peugeot
97. Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Peugeot
98. Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy
99. Keven Lacombe (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy
100. Ulises Rodriguez (Cub) Santiago De Cuba 0:18:05
101. Yunier Alvarez (Cub) Ciego De Avila 0:18:15
102. Angelo Ciccone (Ita) Italy 0:18:29
103. Alex Buttazzoni (Ita) Italy
104. Yoel Mariño (Cub) Matanzas 0:18:34
105. Reldis Perez (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 0:18:35
106. Khalid Albalcooshi (UAE) United Arab Emirates 0:19:46
107. Randy Hernandez (Cub) Santiago De Cuba 0:29
108. Simon Lambert (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 0:20:39
109. Roger Rodriguez (Cub) Pinar Del Rio 0:21:48
110. Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy 0:22:19
111. Luca Pirini (Ita) Italy
112. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Italy
113. Daniel Avila (Cub) Camaguey 0:22:27
114. Majid Albalooshi (UAE) United Arab Emirates 0:25:47

GC after Stage 8

1. Arnold Alcolea (Cub) Cuba 27:22:34
2. Jose Alarcon (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 0:37
3. Yennier Lopez (Cub) Cuba 1:22
4. Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 2:09
5. Francisco Colorado (Col) Colombia 2:26
6. Jose Chacon (Ven) Venezuela 2:34
7. Andrew Randell (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 3:32
8. Yasmany Martinez (Cub) Cuba 4:01
9. Juan Pablo Suarez (Col) Colombia 4:10
10. Ruben Companioni (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 4:59
11. Vicente Sanabria (Cub) Matanzas 5:01
12. Raul Grangel (Cub) Cuba 5:47
13. Julian Muñoz (Col) Colombia 6:14
14. Pedro Ortuondo (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 6:18
15. Yoandry Freire (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 9:34
16. Lisuandi Alonso (Cub) Villa Clara 9:40
17. Luis Pulido (Mex) Mexico 0:10:21
18. Wilmen Bravo (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 0:10:31
19. David Belda (Spa) Peugeot 0:10:44
20. John Nava (Ven) Venezuela 0:10:45
21. Ruben Flores (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 0:10:47
22. Adonis Cardoso (Cub) Ciudad De La Habana 0:11:49
23. Pedro Sibila (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 0:13:49
24. Juan Murillo (Ven) Venezuela 0:14:29
25. Yoel Solensal (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 0:14:34
26. Damian Martinez (Cub) Guantanamo 0:14:48
27. Ramon Martin (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 0:15:01
28. Yans Carlos Arias (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 0:15:02
29. Jaime Castañeda (Col) Colombia 0:15:28
30. Alien Garcia (Cub) Cuba 0:15:42
31. Darwins Urrea (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 0:15:46
32. Fredy Buergos (Cub) Cuba 0:16:22
33. Paul Kneppers (Ned) Global Cycling 0:16:48
34. Lizardo Benitez (Cub) Guantanamo 0:17:13
35. Ismel Banzo (Cub) Ciudad De La Habana 0:19:23
36. Miguel Ubeto (Ven) Venezuela 0:19:34
37. Jorge Martinez (Col) Colombia 0:19:35
38. Adrian Ceballos (Cub) C.T.Cienfuegos 0:19:45
39. Angel Castillo (Cub) Pinar Del Rio 0:20:43
40. William Franco (Cub) Ciudad De La Habana 0:22:17
41. Felix Nodarse (Cub) C.T.Cienfuegos 0:22:40
42. Agustin Martinez (Cub) Villa Clara 0:22:48
43. Eliodis Griñan (Cub) C.T. Oriente 0:24:14
44. Yenni Harman (Cub) Santiago De Cuba 0:26:28
45. Rafael Arrate (Cub) C.T. Oriente 0:27:03
46. Karel Pattyn (Ger) Germany 0:28:34
47. Jose M. Rodriguez (Cub) Ciego De Avila 0:30:13
48. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Italy 0:30:19
49. Lemay Leon (Cub) Villa Clara 0:30:30
50. Rainer Vazquez (Cub) Matanzas 0:30:34
51. Keven Lacombe (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy
52. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 0:30:53
53. Alejandro Aluija (Cub) C.T.Cienfuegos 0:33:43
54. Reinier Veloso (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 0:34:08
55. Yosvany Caceres (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 0:34:16
56. Ivan Martinez (Spa) Peugeot 0:35:22
57. Miguel Rodriguez (Cub) Camaguey 0:35:35
58. Luis A. Alfaro (Cub) C.T.Cienfuegos 0:36:21
59. Jose A. Gonzalez (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 0:36:42
60. Lazaro Valdes (Cub) Pinar Del Rio 0:37:05
61. Geert Sijkshoorn (Ned) Global Cycling 0:37:42
62. Jose A. Gonzalez (Cub) Santiago De Cuba 0:38:16
63. Jose Mujica (Cub) Pinar Del Rio 0:38:21
64. Alvaro Torres (Ven) Venezuela 0:38:58
65. Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 0:39:15
66. Tino Scholz (Ger) Germany 0:39:57
67. Carlos E. Arias (Cub) Ciudad De La Habana 0:40:22
68. Angel Rivas (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 0:40:47
69. Tim Nederlof (Ned) Global Cycling
70. Carlos Roldan (Cub) C.T.Cienfuegos 0:41:23
71. Emilio Perez (Cub) Pinar Del Rio 0:41:35
72. Sergio Casanova (Spa) Peugeot 0:43:00
73. Edgardo Lugo (Mex) Mexico 0:43:43
74. Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy 0:44:10
75. Abrahan Guerra (Cub) C.T. Oriente 0:44:31
76. Piero Baffi (Ita) Italy 0:44:36
77. Juan R. Juarez (Mex) Mexico 0:44:51
78. Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Germany 0:45:28
79. Jose A. Diez (Spa) Peugeot 0:46:11
80. Angelo Ciccone (Ita) Italy 0:46:19
81. Yoel Mariño (Cub) Matanzas 0:46:29
82. Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Peugeot 0:46:34
83. Jose C. Peralta (Cub) Guantanamo 0:47:22
84. Sascha Damrow (Ger) Germany 0:47:26
85. Reinier Gomez (Cub) Santiago De Cuba 0:57
86. Simon Lambert (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 0:51:06
87. Polo Luis Masco (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 0:51:30
88. Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Global Cycling 0:54:20
89. Alex Buttazzoni (Ita) Italy 0:54:29
90. Rosendo Guilarte (Cub) C.T. Oriente 0:56:30
91. Dennis Luijt (Ned) Global Cycling 0:57:50
92. Osmany Lobaina (Cub) Guantanamo 0:59:27
93. Juan Basulto (Cub) Camaguey 1:01
94. Arnaldo Oramas (Cub) C.T. Oriente 1:01:00
95. Reldis Perez (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 1:01:23
96. Yunier Alvarez (Cub) Ciego De Avila 1:01:44
97. Alfredo Hernandez (Cub) Matanzas 1:01:45
98. Miguel Montero (Cub) Guantanamo 1:02:17
99. Roger Rodriguez (Cub) Pinar Del Rio 1:04:21
100. Leandro Marcos (Cub) Ciudad De La Habana 1:06:36
101. Jorge J. Rojas (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 1:08:36
102. Joseba Leon (Spa) Peugeot 1:09:06
103. Luis Cardoso (Cub) Camaguey 1:18:38
104. Edgar Morales (Mex) Mexico 1:22:52
105. Maidel Rodriguez (Cub) Matanzas 1:23:39
106. Vladimir Fonseca (Cub) Villa Clara 1:36:56
107. Ulises Rodriguez (Cub) Santiago De Cuba 1:42:15
108. Randy Hernandez (Cub) Santiago De Cuba 1:44:39
109. Riazan Fleitas (Cub) Ciego De Avila 1:49:45
110. Yhosvani Hernandez (Cub) Villa Clara 2:06:28
111. Khalid Albalcooshi (UAE) United Arab Emirates 2:19:12
112. Daniel Avila (Cub) Camaguey 2:19:41
113. Majid Albalooshi (UAE) United Arab Emirates 2:27:49
114. Luca Pirini (Ita) Italy 2:32:29

Points Classification

1. Wilmen Bravo (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 45 pts
2. Miguel Ubeto (Ven) Venezuela 34
3. Elia Viviani (Ita) Italy 34
4. Damian Martinez (Cub) Guantanamo 34
5. Arnold Alcolea (Cub) Cuba 33
6. Yoel Mariño (Cub) Matanzas 30
7. Joaquin Sobrino (Spa) Peugeot 28
8. Jose Alarcon (Ven) Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 26
9. Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 21
10. Jaime Castañeda (Col) Colombia 20
11. Ryan Roth (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 17
12. Yans Carlos Arias (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 16
13. Keven Lacombe (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 15
14. Peter Woestenberg (Ned) Global Cycling 15
15. Vicente Sanabria (Cub) Matanzas 15
16. Yennier Lopez (Cub) Cuba 13
17. Raul Grangel (Cub) Cuba 12
18. Tim Nederlof (Ned) Global Cycling 12
19. Lizardo Benitez (Cub) Guantanamo 11
20. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 11
21. Pedro Sibila (Cub) Universidad Del Depo 10
22. Yoel Solensal (Cub) Sancti Spitirus 10
23. Geert Sijkshoorn (Ned) Global Cycling 10
24. Rainer Vazquez (Cub) Matanzas 9
25. Jose Chacon (Ven) Venezuela 8

Teams Classification

1. Cuba 82:13:15
2. Colombia 4:54
3. Sumiglov-Gober. Merida 8:39
4. Universidad Del Deporte 0:10:44
5. Venezuela 0:16:47
6. Spidertech p/b Planet Energy 0:29:02
7. Sancti Spitirus 0:38:14
8. Ciudad De La Habana 0:47:14
9. C.T.Cienfuegos 0:52:13
10. Villa Clara 0:53:49
11. Guantanamo 0:54:02
12. Matanzas 1:02:41
13. Peugeot 1:03:00
14. Global Cycling 1:04:16
15. Pinar Del Rio 1:06:36
16. C.T. Oriente 1:19:52
17. Mexico 1:31:48
18. Germany 1:34:02
19. Italy 1:37:32
20. Santiago De Cuba 1:47:09
21. Camaguey 2:27:34
22. Ciego De Avila 2:46:10