Giro 2014 Stage 8 - Diego Does It; Arrendondo Don't

As the race headed into its second week, we finally got to see some beautiful mountain views.

Bile Beans climber Julian Arrendondo was away for much of the stage, but I was upset to see him caught on the slopes of the final climb.  On the plus side, he did earn himself the climbers Jersey for his trouble.

Most of the favourites were in the group that flew past Arrendondo on the way to the finish, but it was Diego Ulissi who timed it best and earned himself a another stage win.

The young Italian has had a great race so far, but when I hear his name it brings me back to my childhood and makes me think of this.

With Pink Jersey Micheal Matthews not built for climbing, it was no surprise to see his homeboy Cadel  Evans take over the lead.

Doing best for the day was newcomer OJ.

League Standings - Stage 8

	Team	Directeur	Rank	Score
	Ollysaurus	OJ	1	426
	Rouleurs	tdm911	2	421
	MADFORITS	Warwick Anderson	3	391
	Charmers	Craigatron	4	329
	Smugblokes	Mark Philo	5	311
	ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	6	309
	Evil Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	7	271
	Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	8	259
	Mungo Cycling	Mungo	9	190
	Sean Kelly All-Stars	Patrick Hough	10	190
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	11	162
	KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	12	138
	Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	13	123
	Pretty in Pink	Vincent Paul Lavallee	14	117
	Dead Rubbers Usually Give Surprises	drew stephenson	15	30

And in the overall Mungo is leading again.

League Standings - Overall

	Team	Directeur	Rank	Score
	Mungo Cycling	Mungo	1	1685
	Bile Beans	Vestan Pance	2	1610
	Ollysaurus	OJ	3	1425
	MADFORITS	Warwick Anderson	4	1372
	Charmers	Craigatron	5	1323
	Rouleurs	tdm911	6	1282
	Evil Chanbots	Evil Dr Chan	7	1202
	ENRICO 666	Erik Mortier	8	1149
	Smugblokes	Mark Philo	9	1056
	Pretty in Pink	Vincent Paul Lavallee	10	1052
	Flying Hutchmen	Hutch	11	1031
	KLOEFEKAPPERS FC	Jan Van Belleghem	12	843
	Wilko	Oliver Wilkens	13	792
	Dead Rubbers Usually Give Surprises	drew stephenson	14	582
	Sean Kelly All-Stars	Patrick Hough	15	568

More hills today.