La Vuelta: Sam Bennett loses green jersey as Jay Vine takes stage eight

Australia's Jay Vine claimed stage eight of the Vuelta a España with an impressive solo climb on Saturday as Belgian Remco Evenepoel maintained his advantage at the top of the general classification.

However, Ireland's Sam Bennett lost the sprinter's green jersey to Mads Pedersen of Denmark. Bennett is in second place, five points down.

Pedersen captured the green jersey from Bennett after scoring 20 points in the intermediate points sprint.

It was a second stage win in three days for Vine, who made his move and sped away from the breakaway group with 6km to go, finishing ahead of Marc Soler, who threatened with a late surge, and Rein Taaramee.