Cycling-Contador doubles his lead after eighth Giro stage (Reuters)
Spain’s Alberto Contador doubled his Giro d’Italia lead to four seconds after a hilly eighth stage won by compatriot Benat Intxausti on Saturday. The two times Tour de France winner finished fifth in the undu1ating 186km stage from Fiuggi to Campitello Matese in central Italy, with the same time as his closest rivals, but picked up two bonus seconds in the first intermediate sprint. Contador, who has worn the pink jersey since Wednesday’s fifth stage but dislocated his shoulder in a crash on Thursday, leads Italy’s Fabio Aru with Australian Richie Porte 22 seconds behind the Spaniard. Movistar rider Intxausti crossed the line 20 seconds clear of compatriot Mikel Landa for the Astana team after a 15km category one climb to the finish, with Switzerland’s Sebastien Reichenbach (Iam) third.