Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC) wins the eighth stage, Evans captures gold.<br /><br /><br />stage profile: http://www.lavuelta.com/09/imgrecorrido/8_perfil.gif<br /><br /><br />General classification after stage 8<br /><br />1 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 31:05:02<br /><br />2 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:00:02<br /><br />3 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:08<br /><br />4 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:00:13<br /><br />5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:29<br /><br />6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0:00:46<br /><br />7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:01:26<br /><br />8 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Astana 0:01:37<br /><br />9 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0:01:46<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://ll.broadbandsports.com/images/29638_cycling_stage8.flv.jpg" alt="Stage 8 - 205 km - Alzira to Alto de Aitana - Vuelta a Espana 2009" title="Stage 8 - 205 km - Alzira to Alto de Aitana - Vuelta a Espana 2009" width="150" height="90" alt="Stage 8 - 205 km - Alzira to Alto de Aitana - Vuelta a Espana 2009"/>
