Stage 8 : Mar 11, Nice - Col d'Eze, 9.6 km 1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.19.12 2 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM 0.02 3 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 0.33 4 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 0.47 5 Jerome Coppel (Fra) Saur-Sojasun 0.51 6 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0.52 7 Andreas Kloden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 0.58 8 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne 0.59 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD 10 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 1.06 Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 : Biggest gainers by position : +9 Andreas Kloden +8 Danny Pate +7 Jaroslaw Marycz +7 David Moncoutie +6 Tiziano Dall'Antonia +6 Bart De Clercq +5 Sylvester Szmyd +5 Pierre Cazaux +5 Patrick Gretsch +5 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen Biggest losers by position : -8 Francesco Gavazzi -8 Mickael Cherel -6 Koen de Kort -6 Thomas Voeckler -5 Anders Lund -5 Daniele Pietropolli -5 Gregory Henderson -5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil -5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -4 Gorka Izagirre Insausti -4 Simon Geschke Biggest gainers by time : Biggest losers by time : -6:20 Yauheni Hutarovich -5:51 Sep Vanmarcke -5:18 Damien Gaudin -5:05 Nikolas Maes -4:59 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea -4:58 Sebastien Chavanel -4:57 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen -4:56 Gregory Henderson -4:48 Murilo Antonio Fischer -4:41 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen -4:37 Dennis van Winden Favourites by position : +9 Andreas Kloden +4 Levi Leipheimer +3 Tony Martin +3 Damiano Cunego +1 Janez Brajkovic +1 Frank Schleck -1 Rein Taaramae -5 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -6 Thomas Voeckler Favourites by time : -0:58 Andreas Kloden -0:59 Damiano Cunego -1:33 Levi Leipheimer -1:37 Tony Martin -1:41 Frank Schleck -1:55 Janez Brajkovic -2:27 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -2:38 David Arroyo Duran -2:54 Thomas Voeckler -3:16 Rein Taaramae Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Bradley Wiggins 28:12:16 (unchanged) 2 Lieuwe Westra 0:08 (was 2nd at 0:06) 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:10 (was 3rd at 0:18) 4 Simon Spilak 1:24 (was 4th at 0:37) 5 Tejay Van Garderen 1:54 (was 5th at 0:39) 6 Arnold Jeannesson 2:13 (was 7th at 1:06) 7 Maxime Monfort 2:21 (was 6th at 0:46) 8 Sylvain Chavanel 2:42 (was 8th at 1:16) 9 Robert Kiserlovski 3:30 (was 9th at 1:21) 10 Angel Vicioso Arcos 3:59 (was 10th at 2:24) ..... 13 Damiano Cunego 4:41 (was 16th at 3:42) ..... 17 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 5:54 (was 12th at 3:27) 18 Andreas Kloden 6:11 (was 27th at 5:13) ..... 24 Frank Schleck 6:46 (was 25th at 5:05) ..... 30 Thomas Voeckler 7:45 (was 24th at 4:51) ..... 35 Levi Leipheimer 9:09 (was 39th at 7:36) ..... 56 Janez Brajkovic 17:05 (was 57th at 15:10) ..... 62 Tony Martin 19:02 (was 65th at 17:25) ..... 70 David Arroyo Duran 22:36 (was 70th at 19:58) ..... 87 Rein Taaramae 31:09 (was 86th at 27:53) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Bradley Wiggins 92 (was 2nd with 67 points) 2 Alejandro Valverde 89 (was 1st with 74 points) 3 Lieuwe Westra 85 (was 3rd with 63 points) 4 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 52 (unchanged) 5 Tejay Van Garderen 50 (was 11th with 43 points) 6 Levi Leipheimer 50 (was 5th with 50 points) 7 Grega Bole 49 (was 6th with 49 points) 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre 46 (was 7th with 46 points) 9 Thomas De Gendt 45 (was 10th with 44 points) 10 Gianni Meersman 45 (was 8th with 45 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Frederik Veuchelen 64 (unchanged) 2 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 28 (was 3rd with 28 points) 3 Rein Taaramae 20 (was 5th with 20 points) 4 David Lelay 20 (unchanged) 5 Yukiya Arashiro 19 (was 6th with 19 points) 6 Bart De Clercq 15 (was 7th with 15 points) 7 Simon Clarke 8 (was 11th with 8 points) 8 Jean-Christophe Peraud 5 (was 16th with 5 points) 9 Laurens Ten Dam 5 (was 14th with 5 points) 10 Simon Geschke 5 (was 15th with 5 points) Retirements to date : Stage Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 8 <<< Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Procycling 8 <<< Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Pro Team Astana 8 <<< Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 <<< Marcel Kittel (Ger) Project 1t4i 8 <<< Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Lampre - ISD 8 <<< Matthew Wilson (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 8 <<< Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling 7 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 7 Jeremie Galland (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team 7 Leigh Howard (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team 7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 7 Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 Remy Di Gregorio (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 7 Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1t4i 7 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 6 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 6 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 6 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 6 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 6 Remi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 6 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 5 Tom Veelers (Ned) Project 1t4i 5 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Belisol Team 4 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan 4 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 4 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 3 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Katusha Team 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2 Total retirements : 38