Stage 8 - June 14: Faverges - Grenoble, 146km
First 10 finishers :
1 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 3.30.17 (41.658 km/h)
2 Timothy Duggan (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.02
4 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia - High Road 1.31
5 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas
6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.33
7 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1.56
8 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C
9 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.58
10 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 2.05
Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Frantisek Rabon
+10 Anthony Geslin
+9 Sebastien Joly
+9 Aleksandr Kuschynski
+8 Cyril Gautier
+8 Brent Bookwalter
+8 Alexsandr Dyachenko
+7 Oscar Pereiro
+7 Daniele Righi
+7 Alexandr Kolobnev
Biggest losers by position :
-14 Lars Bak
-14 Mikel Nieve
-11 Christian Meier
-10 Fabrice Piemontesi
-10 Kevin De Weert
-10 Mauro Santambrogio
-10 Simon Spilak
-9 Christophe Kern
-9 Gert Steegmans
-9 Ian McKissick
-8 Alan Perez
Biggest gainers by time :
+2:05 Timothy Duggan
+2:05 Stef Clement
+2:03 Sebastien Joly
+0:34 Aleksandr Kuschynski
+0:34 Adam Hansen
+0:32 Igor Anton
+0:09 David Moncoutie
+0:09 Daniele Righi
+0:07 Hubert Dupont
Biggest losers by time :
-11:31 Gert Steegmans
-11:29 Angelo Furlan
-11:29 Fabrice Piemontesi
-11:29 Laszlo Bodrogi
-11:29 Tomas Vaitkus
-11:26 Mauro Santambrogio
-10:01 Alan Perez
-10:01 Alexander Serov
-10:01 Alexandre Pichot
-10:01 Christian Meier
-10:01 Christophe Kern
Favourites by position :
+2 Rinaldo Nocentini
+1 Igor Anton
-1 Vladimir Efimkin
-1 Daniel Martin
-8 Stijn Devolder
Favourites by time :
+0:32 Igor Anton
-1:52 Rinaldo Nocentini
-1:52 Daniel Martin
-4:34 Rigoberto Uran
-10:01 Stijn Devolder
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 26.33.15
2 Cadel Evans 0.16
3 Alberto Contador 1.18
4 Robert Gesink 2.41
5 Mikel Astarloza 3.40
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8 Haimar Zubeldia 5.05
9 David Millar 5.28
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14 Vladimir Efimkin 8.12
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18 Igor Anton 12.09
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32 Daniel Martin 20.34
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54 Rigoberto Uran 36.54
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61 Rinaldo Nocentini 41.54
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108 Stijn Devolder 1.12.07
Retirements to date : Stage
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Milram 8 <<<
Servais Knaven (Ned) Milram 8 <<<
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 8 <<<
Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 7
Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 7
Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 7
Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 7
Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 6
Michael Barry (Can) Columbia-Highroad 6
Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5
Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 5
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Columbia-Highroad 4
Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3
Trent Lowe (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 3
Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1
Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1
Total retirements : 16