Stage 8 : Mar 13, Nice - Nice, 124 km 1 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 3.15.58 2 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0.23 3 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 1.06 4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 6 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 1.08 7 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.12 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 1.22 9 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - ISD 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 : Biggest gainers by position : +40 Geraint Thomas +40 Christophe Riblon +38 Maciej Paterski +35 Pierre Cazaux +34 Tomas Vaitkus +32 Ivan Santaromita +32 Grischa Niermann +31 Jussi Veikkanen +30 Sebastien Minard +30 Pablo Lastras Garcia Biggest losers by position : -16 Kanstantsin Sivtsov -14 Ryder Hesjedal -8 Christophe Le Mevel -7 Heinrich Haussler -7 Sergey Lagutin -7 Sergio Pardilla Belllon -6 Eduard Vorganov -5 Xavier Tondo Volpini -3 Brent Bookwalter -2 Luis Pasamontes -2 Roman Kreuziger Biggest gainers by time : +1:34 Thomas Voeckler +1:08 Diego Ulissi +0:20 Julien El Fares +0:16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez +0:16 David Lopez Garcia +0:15 Matteo Carrara +0:10 Gorka Izagirre Insausti Biggest losers by time : -16:40 Anthony Ravard -16:40 Bart De Clercq -16:40 Brent Bookwalter -16:40 Christophe Le Mevel -16:40 Grischa Niermann -16:40 Kanstantsin Sivtsov -16:40 Karsten Kroon -16:40 Maciej Paterski -16:40 Ryder Hesjedal -16:40 Sergey Lagutin -16:40 Sergio Pardilla Belllon Favourites by position : +18 Lars Ytting Bak +14 Jens Voigt +1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez -1 Linus Gerdemann -2 Roman Kreuziger -5 Xavier Tondo Volpini Favourites by time : +0:16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez -0:03 Michael Rogers -3:50 Xavier Tondo Volpini -3:50 Roman Kreuziger -3:50 Linus Gerdemann -3:50 Jens Voigt -8:10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -11:48 Lars Ytting Bak Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Tony Martin 34:03:37 (unchanged) 2 Andreas Kloden 0:36 (unchanged) 3 Bradley Wiggins 0:41 (unchanged) 4 Rein Taaramae 1:10 (unchanged) 5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 1:13 (was 6th at 1:29) 6 Jean-Christophe Peraud 1:24 (was 5th at 1:21) 7 Janez Brajkovic 1:34 (unchanged) 8 Levi Leipheimer 1:36 (unchanged) 9 Bauke Mollema 2:04 (was 10th at 2:04) 10 Maxime Monfort 2:26 (was 11th at 2:26) ..... 12 Michael Rogers 2:42 (was 12th at 2:39) ..... 14 Xavier Tondo Volpini 5:43 (was 9th at 1:53) ..... 17 Roman Kreuziger 7:10 (was 15th at 3:20) 18 Linus Gerdemann 8:11 (was 17th at 4:21) ..... 28 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 15:58 (was 28th at 7:48) ..... 44 Jens Voigt 27:55 (was 58th at 24:05) ..... 78 Lars Ytting Bak 53:23 (was 96th at 41:35) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Heinrich Haussler 84 (was 1st with 82 points) 2 Andreas Kloden 70 (was 2nd with 62 points) 3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 67 (was 6th with 49 points) 4 Tony Martin 64 (was 4th with 59 points) 5 Thomas De Gendt 61 (was 3rd with 61 points) 6 Thomas Voeckler 56 (was 14th with 29 points) 7 Matthew Harley Goss 55 (was 5th with 55 points) 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 54 (was 11th with 41 points) 9 Rein Taaramae 47 (was 7th with 44 points) 10 Bradley Wiggins 46 (was 10th with 42 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Remi Pauriol 56 (was 1st with 49 points) 2 Thomas Voeckler 29 (was 16th with 6 points) 3 David Lopez Garcia 28 (was 9th with 14 points) 4 Eric Berthou 27 (was 3rd with 27 points) 5 Diego Ulissi 21 (was 0 points) 6 Remy Di Gregorio 21 (was 4th with 21 points) 7 Karsten Kroon 21 (was 5th with 21 points) 8 Hubert Dupont 18 (was 6th with 18 points) 9 Matteo Carrara 17 (was 15th with 6 points) 10 Thomas De Gendt 15 (was 7th with 15 points) Retirements to date : Stage Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD 8 <<< Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad 8 <<< Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 8 <<< Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team 8 <<< Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team 8 <<< Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 8 <<< Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 8 <<< Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 8 <<< Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 8 <<< Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar 8 <<< Damien Gaudin (Fra) Team Europcar 8 <<< Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8 <<< Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8 <<< Danny Pate (USA) HTC-Highroad 8 <<< Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale 8 <<< Florian Guillou (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<< Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<< Francesco Reda (Ita) Quickstep Cycling Team 8 <<< Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8 <<< Gael Malacarne (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<< Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 8 <<< Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<< Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 8 <<< Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling 8 <<< Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ 8 <<< Jerome Pineau (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 8 <<< Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8 <<< Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 <<< Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 8 <<< Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 8 <<< Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 <<< Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 8 <<< Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 <<< Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8 <<< Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 <<< Mads Christensen (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 8 <<< Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 8 <<< Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr) Lampre - ISD 8 <<< Oscar Pujol Munoz (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto 8 <<< Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 8 <<< Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar 8 <<< Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar 8 <<< Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ 8 <<< Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<< Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8 <<< Robert Hunter (RSA) Team RadioShack 8 <<< Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 8 <<< Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne - Schuller 8 <<< Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 8 <<< Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team 8 <<< Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 8 <<< Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 7 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 7 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek 7 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 7 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Team RadioShack 7 Greg Henderson (NZl) Sky Procycling 7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 7 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Cervelo 7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Katusha Team 7 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 7 Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 7 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 7 Sebastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar 7 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha Team 7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quickstep Cycling Team 7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 7 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 7 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ 5 Brian Vandborg (Den) Saxo Bank Sungard 5 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 5 Leif Hoste (Bel) Katusha Team 5 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 5 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team 4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 4 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 4 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 2 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard 2 Martin Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad 2 Total retirements : 87