The 2007 Volta a Portugal (Tour of Portugal) runs from 4 to 15 August over 10 stages.

The 8th stage in the Volta a Portugal (perhaps more aptly titled the Volta a Barbosa) was a 157km ride from Aveiro to São João da Madeira, over another course that should suit the sprinters.

As has been the case 3 times before, the stage winner was Candido Barbosa who took out a large bunch sprint from Marco Bandiera (Lampre-Fondital) and Paride Grillo (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare). The win served to increase his lead in the Overall GC to 27 seconds and also gives him a massive 57 point lead in the Points Classification.

The Mountains Classification remained largely unchanged at the top of the list with Andre Cardoso (Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis) unable to secure any points but Barbosa, his nearest rival, only added 2 points.

The Young Rider Classification is still headed by Tiago Machado (Riberalves-Boavista) who still holds a 2'05" lead over John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld)

Stage and overall classification details below:

Stage 8 Results (Top 10)

1 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare             3.53.48 (43.11 km/h)
2 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia                       
3 Candido Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros                           
4 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            
5 Bruno Neves (Por) LA MSS                                        
6 Fco.Jose Torres (Spa) Barbot-Halcon                             
7 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                
8 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         
9 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            
10 Martin Garrido (Arg) Duja-Tavira                               

GC After Stage 8

1 Candido Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros                    35.19.19
2 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Karpin-Galicia                                0.27
3 David Blanco (Spa) Duja-Tavira                                       0.38
4 José Azevedo (Por) Benfica                                               0.40
5 Xavier Tondo (Spa) LA MSS                                             0.47
6 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) Relax-GAM                                       1.04
7 David Bernabeu (Spa) Fuerteventura-Canarias            1.08
8 Tiago Machado (Por) Riberalves-Boavista                     1.14
9 Hector Guerra (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             1.39
10 Pedro Cardoso (Por) LA MSS                                         1.49

Points Classification

1 Candido Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros                        143 pts
2 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare             86
3 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          59

Mountains Classification

1 Andre Cardoso (Por) Fercase/Rota Dos Moveis            46 pts
2 Candido Barbosa (Por) Liberty Seguros                          28
3 Jacek Morajko (Pol) Riberalves-Boavista                       25

Teams Classification

1 Liberty Seguros                         106.14.39
2 Duja-Tavira                                         1.16
3 Benfica                                                  1.34

View details of other stages :
Prologue - Stage 1 - Stage 2 - Stage 3 - Stage 4 - Stage 5 - Stage 6 - Stage 7