Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                 +47   William Walker 
                 +46   Marco Marzano 
                 +44   Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez 
                 +41   Paolo Bettini 
                 +39   Francis Mourey 
                 +35   George Hincapie 
                 +34   Rinaldo Nocentini 
                 +33   Mario Aerts 
                 +25   Emanuele Sella 
                 +23   Alexandr Arekeev 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -50   Brian Vandborg 
                 -50   Tristan Valentin 
                 -49   Simone Masciarelli 
                 -29   Pedro Horrillo Munoz 
                 -24   Lorenzo Bernucci 
                 -22   Robbie McEwen 
                 -19   Max Van Heeswijk 
                 -16   Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez 
                 -14   Andrey Mizourov 
                 -14   Danilo Di Luca 
                 -14   David Zabriskie 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +4:39   Kurt-Asle Arvesen 
               +4:31   Paolo Bettini 
               +4:27   Assan Bazayev 
               +4:25   Serguei Yakovlev 
               +4:23   Marzio Bruseghin 
               +4:21   Dario David Cioni 
               +4:19   William Walker 
               +4:19   Rinaldo Nocentini 
               +4:19   Mario Aerts 
               +4:19   José Luis Rubiera Vigil 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
              -20:06   Koldo Fernandez 
              -20:03   Aaron Olson 
              -20:03   Brian Vandborg 
              -20:03   Fabio Sabatini 
              -20:03   Gabriele Balducci 
              -20:03   Max Van Heeswijk 
              -20:03   Nicholas Roche 
              -20:03   Oscar Gatto 
              -20:03   Robbie McEwen 
              -20:03   Simone Masciarelli 
              -20:03   Sven Krauss 
            
           Favourites by position :
                 +41   Paolo Bettini 
                 +21   Dario David Cioni 
                  +3   Andrea Noe' 
                  -1   Fabian Cancellara 
                  -4   Davide Rebellin 
                  -5   Pietro Caucchioli 
                 -10   Leonardo Piepoli 
                 -10   Gilberto Simoni 
                 -11   Iban Mayo Diez 
                 -12   Yaroslav Popovych 
                 -12   Stefano Garzelli 
                 -12   Riccardo Ricco 
                 -13   Damiano Cunego 
                 -14   Paolo Savoldelli 
                 -14   Franco Pellizotti 
                 -14   Danilo Di Luca 
            
           Favourites by time :
               +4:31   Paolo Bettini 
               +4:21   Dario David Cioni 
               +4:19   Andrea Noe' 
               -0:50   Fabian Cancellara 
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Marco Pinotti                              34.48.34
                   2  Andrea Noe'                                    0.28
                   3  Serguei Yakovlev                               0.54
                   .....
                   9  Dario David Cioni                              2.13
                   .....
                  17  Danilo Di Luca                                 4.12
                  18  Franco Pellizotti                              4.38
                   .....
                  22  Damiano Cunego                                 5.06
                   .....
                  25  Paolo Savoldelli                               5.19
                   .....
                  32  Stefano Garzelli                               5.37
                  33  Riccardo Ricco                                 5.45
                  34  Yaroslav Popovych                              5.55
                  35  Paolo Bettini                                  6.08
                  36  Gilberto Simoni                                6.12
                  37  Leonardo Piepoli                               6.12
                   .....
                  40  Iban Mayo Diez                                 6.31
                   .....
                  65  Pietro Caucchioli                              8.17
                   .....
                  69  Davide Rebellin                                8.44
                   .....
                 134  Fabian Cancellara                             29.40
            
           Retirements to date :
               AG2r Prévoyance                         Julien Loubet 
               Bouygues Telecom                        Thomas Voeckler 
               Caisse d'Epargne                        Joan Horrach Rippoll 
               Crédit Agricole                         Patrice Halgand 
               Euskaltel - Euskadi                     Benat Albizuri Aransolo 
               Française des Jeux                      Cyrille Monnerais 
                  "                                    Ian McLeod 
                  "                                    Timothy Gudsell 
               Gerolsteiner                            Volker Ordowski 
               Quickstep - Innergetic                  Andrea Tonti 
               Rabobank                                Graeme Brown 
                  "                                    Leon Van Bon 
               T-Mobile Team                           Adam Hansen 
                  "                                    Michael Barry 
                  "                                    Thomas Ziegler 
               Team CSC                                Michael Blaudzun 
            Total retirements : 16