SALTARA, Italy (AP) — Alex Dowsett won the individual time trial in the eighth stage of the Giro d’Italia on Saturday after favorite Bradley Wiggins was slowed by a puncture.
Vincenzo Nibali, Wiggins’ main rival for the title, took the overall lead from Benat Intxausti.
Dowsett won his first Grand Tour stage by finishing the hilly 34.05-mile route from Gabicce Mare to Saltara in 1 hour, 16 minutes, 27 seconds, beating fellow Briton Wiggins by 10 seconds. Tanel Kangert of Estonia was third.
Nibali is nearly half a minute in front of second-place Cadel Evans of Australia. Wiggins moved up to fourth in the overall standings, 1:16 behind the Italian.
The Giro ends May 26 in Brescia.
