Tomas Contte (Aviludo-Louletano-Loulé Concelho) gained stage 8 on the Volta a Portugal, beating Andoni López de Abetxuko (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Rafael Reis (Sabgal-Anicolor) in a dash in Fafe.
Contte fashioned half of a giant group on the stage that broke aside on the final climb of the 182.4km stage from Viana do Castelo to Fafe.