Vuelta a España: Bryan Coquard edges out Mads Pedersen to win crash-marred stage 8 as Tadej Pogačar abandons

Bryan Coquard sprints to his first-ever Grand Tour stage win on stage 8 of the Vuelta a España
Bryan Coquard sprints to his first-ever Grand Tour stage win (Image credit: Getty Images)

A chaotic day full of crashes at the Vuelta a España ended with the expected bunch sprint in Xeraco, with Bryan Coquard (Cofidis) sprinting to a first-ever Grand Tour stage victory.

The Frenchman beat Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) to the line at the end of the 171km stage as Jordi Meeus (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) rounded out the podium in third place.

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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor before being hired full-time. Her favourite races include the Paris-Roubaix, Tour de France Femmes, Tro-Bro Léon, and cycling's fourth Grand Tour, the Volta a Portugal.

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