Results from stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia on Saturday, a 200km run from Giovinazzo to Vieste: 1. Alex Dowsett (GBR/ISN) 4hrs 50min 09sec, 2. Salvatore Puccio (ITA/INE) at 1min 15sec, 3. Matthew Holmes (GBR/LOT) same time, 4. Joey Rosskopf (USA/CCC) s.t., 5. Matthias Brändle (AUT/ISR) 2:10., 6. Simone Ravanelli (ITA/AND) 2:13.,7. Michael Matthews (AUS/SUN) 13:56., 8. Fernando Gaviria (COL/UAE) same time, 9. Mikkel Bjerg (DEN/UAE) s.t., 10. Andrea Vendrame (ITA/ALM) 13:56. Selected: 17. Joao Almeida (POR/DEC) 13min 56sec, 26. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/AST) same time, 30. Pello Bilbao (ESP/BAH) s.t, 35. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/TRE) s.t. Overall standings 1. Joao Almeida (POR/DEC) 29hr 52min 34sec, 2. Pello Bilbao (ESP/BAH) at 43sec, 3. Wilco Kelderman (NED/SUN) 48, 4. Harm Vanhoucke (BEL/LOT) 59, 5. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA/TRE) 1:01, 6. Domenico Pozzovivo (ITA/NTT) 1:05, 7. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN/AST) 1:19, 8. Steven Kruijswijk (NED/JUM) 1:21, 9. Patrick Konrad (AUT/BOR) 1:26, 10. Rafal Majka (POL/BOR) 1:32. Selected: 104. Peter Sagan (SVK/BOR) 51:21, 117. Alex Dowsett (GBR/ISR) 1hr 00min 23sec. afp