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Stage 8 - October 28Report: By Tomas Nilsson, cyclingnews.com correspondent Anton Villatoro, a Guatemalan riding for American team Seven Up (think lemonade, not slurpees), kept the white leader's jersey after the queen stage of the Vuelta a Guatemala. The eighth stage was won by Guatemalan Fermín Mendéz, one second ahead of Colombian Luis Castañeda and home riders Fernando Escobar and Guillermo Torres, with Amílcar Gramajo five seconds behind. Mexican Miguel Arroyo lost 52 seconds, Guatemalan Hugo Lara 53, Colombian Mauricio Ardila 1.20 while his compatriot Alejandro Cortés came in at 2.34 with leader Villatoro, who now has a lead of 1.47 to stage winner Mendez in the GC.
Stage 8 1. Fermín Mendéz (Gua) Bancomet 2.53.19 2. Luis Castañeda (Col) Lotería de Medellí 0.01 3. Fernando Escobar (Gua) Bancomet 4. Guillermo Torres (Gua) Foremost 5. Amílcar Gramajo (Gua) Bancomet 0.05 6. Miguel Arroyo (Mex) Canel's-Turbo 0.52 7. Hugo Lara (Gua) Foremost 0.53 8. Mauricio Ardila (Col) Lotería de Medellín 1.20 9. Alejandro Cortés (Col) Lotería de Medellín 2.34 10. Anton Villatoro (Gua) Seven Up GC 1. Anton Villatoro (Gua) Seven Up 29.08.36 2. Fermín Méndez- (Gua) Bancomet 1.47 3. Guillermo Torres (Gua) Foremost 4. Fernando Escobar (Gua) Bancomet 1.48 5. Luis Castañeda (Col) Lotería de Medellín 6. Amilcar Gramajo (Gua) Bancomet 1.52 7. Miguel Arroyo (Mex) Canel's-Turbo 2.39 8. Hugo Lara (Gua) Foremost 2.40 9. Alejandro Cortez (Col) Lotería de Medellín 4.19 10. Edgar Villanueva (Gua) Bancomet 4.20 Mountains: 1. Fernando Escobar (Gua) Bancomet 42 pts 2. Mauricio Ardila (Col) Lotería de Medellín 39 3. Anton Villatoro(Gua) Seven Up 20 4. Fernando Alvarado (Gua) Xjanal A 20 5. Luis Castañeda (Col) Lotería de Medellín 18 Sprints: 1. Chris Fisher (USA) Seven Up 48 pts 2. Josef Troster (Ger) Austria 18 3. Oscar Pineda (Gua) Seven Up 14 4. Anton Villatoro (Gua) Seven Up 14 5. Fernando Alvarado (Gua) 13 Points: 1. Carlos Hernández (Mex) Canel's-Turbo 29 pts 2. Fernando Escobar (Gua) Bancomet 27 3. Chris Fisher (USA) Seven Up 19 Teams 1. Seven Up 7.36.44
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