Stage 8 : March 11, 2018 Nice - Nice 110 km
1 David de la Cruz (Spa) Team Sky 2.53.06
2 Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa) Astana Pro Team
3 Marc Soler (Spa) Movistar Team 0.03
4 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 0.38
5 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
6 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
7 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
8 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team
9 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
10 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+36 Lars Ytting Bak
+35 Jay Robert Thomson
+34 Thomas De Gendt
+33 Paul Martens
+33 Michael Morkov
+33 Dylan van Baarle
+30 Michael Schwarzmann
+28 Ryan Gibbons
+28 Pierre-Luc Perichon
+28 Markel Irizar Aranburu
Biggest losers by position :
-12 Julien Bernard
-10 Jarlinson Pantano
-9 Julian Alaphilippe
-6 Bauke Mollema
-6 Roman Kreuziger
-5 Romain Combaud
-4 Luis Leon Sanchez
-4 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
-2 Cyril Gautier
-2 Jon Izagirre Insausti
-2 Jose Herrada Lopez
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:44 David de la Cruz
+0:41 Omar Fraile Matarranza
+0:37 Marc Soler
Biggest losers by time :
-25:03 Axel Domont
-25:03 Gregory Rast
-25:03 Ivan Garcia Cortina
-25:03 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-25:03 Michael Morkov
-25:03 Pavel Kochetkov
-25:03 Roy Curvers
-25:03 Stijn Vandenbergh
-24:01 Jay Robert Thomson
-24:01 Ryan Gibbons
-23:42 Jarlinson Pantano
Favourites by position :
+5 Marc Soler
+5 David de la Cruz
+3 Ilnur Zakarin
+1 Jakob Fuglsang
-1 Simon Yates
-2 Jon Izagirre Insausti
-4 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
-6 Bauke Mollema
-9 Julian Alaphilippe
Favourites by time :
+0:44 David de la Cruz
+0:37 Marc Soler
-0:02 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
-0:04 Simon Yates
-0:05 Jon Izagirre Insausti
-2:12 Jakob Fuglsang
-3:11 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
-5:40 Ilnur Zakarin
-12:25 Julian Alaphilippe
-18:38 Bauke Mollema
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Marc Soler 30:22:41 (was 6th at 0:37)
2 Simon Yates 0:04 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 0:14 (was 3rd at 0:12)
4 Jon Izagirre Insausti 0:16 (was 2nd at 0:11)
5 Tim Wellens 0:16 (was 4th at 0:13)
6 Dylan Teuns 0:32 (was 5th at 0:27)
7 Patrick Konrad 0:44 (was 7th at 0:39)
8 Alexis Vuillermoz 1:54 (was 10th at 1:49)
9 David de la Cruz 2:15 (was 14th at 2:59)
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12 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 4:08 (was 8th at 0:57)
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14 Jakob Fuglsang 5:51 (was 15th at 3:39)
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16 Ilnur Zakarin 11:35 (was 19th at 5:55)
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18 Julian Alaphilippe 14:13 (was 9th at 1:48)
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30 Bauke Mollema 29:47 (was 24th at 11:09)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Tim Wellens 37 (was 1st with 29 points)
2 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 31 (was 3rd with 26 points)
3 Julian Alaphilippe 28 (was 2nd with 28 points)
4 Marc Soler 27 (was 13th with 15 points)
5 Simon Yates 24 (was 7th with 18 points)
6 Dylan Teuns 24 (was 6th with 20 points)
7 Luis Leon Sanchez 23 (was 4th with 23 points)
8 Patrick Konrad 20 (was 15th with 13 points)
9 Jon Izagirre Insausti 17 (was 11th with 16 points)
10 David de la Cruz 16 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas De Gendt 69 (was 1st with 60 points)
2 Omar Fraile Matarranza 37 (was 0 points)
3 Simon Yates 21 (was 4th with 20 points)
4 Marc Soler 21 (was 0 points)
5 David de la Cruz 19 (was 0 points)
6 Jon Izagirre Insausti 14 (was 10th with 12 points)
7 Nicolas Edet 14 (was 6th with 14 points)
8 Amael Moinard 14 (was 7th with 14 points)
9 Tony Gallopin 13 (unchanged)
10 Julian Alaphilippe 12 (was 20th with 4 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alex Edmondson (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 8 <<<
Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 8 <<<
Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8 <<<
Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8 <<<
Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 8 <<<
Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 8 <<<
Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 8 <<<
Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 8 <<<
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain-Merida 8 <<<
Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 8 <<<
Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 8 <<<
Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 8 <<<
Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 8 <<<
Jerome Cousin (Fra) Direct Energie 8 <<<
Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 8 <<<
Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 8 <<<
Laurent Pichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 8 <<<
Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 8 <<<
Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie 8 <<<
Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb 8 <<<
Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 8 <<<
Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 8 <<<
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 8 <<<
Mathew Hayman (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 8 <<<
Matti Breschel (Den) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 8 <<<
Mitchell Docker (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 8 <<<
Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 8 <<<
Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 8 <<<
Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 8 <<<
Rory Sutherland (Aus) UAE Team Emirates 8 <<<
Simon Gerrans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 8 <<<
Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 8 <<<
Thomas Scully (Nzl) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 8 <<<
Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 8 <<<
Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 8 <<<
Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 7
Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 7
Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 7
Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 7
Brenton Jones (Aus) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 7
Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates 7
Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 7
Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 7
Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin 7
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Groupama-FDJ 7
Johann Van Zyl (RSA) Dimension Data 7
Julien El Fares (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 7
Koen de Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 7
Mickael Delage (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 7
Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 7
Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 7
Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 7
Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 7
Angelo Tulik (Fra) Direct Energie 6
Ben Swift (GBr) UAE Team Emirates 6
Chris Hamilton (Aus) Team Sunweb 6
Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 6
John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 6
Kevin Ledanois (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 6
Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 6
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 6
Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Dimension Data 6
Tom Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 6
Wout Poels (Ned) Team Sky 6
Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 5
Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 5
Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 5
Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb 5
Lars Boom (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 5
Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 5
Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 5
Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 3
Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 3
Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 2
Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 1
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 76