Stage 8 : March 17, 2019 Nice - Nice 110 km 1 Ion Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 2.41.10 2 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0.18 3 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 4 Daniel Martinez (Col) EF Education First 5 Felix Grosschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 7 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 8 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0.20 9 Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 10 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0.22 Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 : Biggest gainers by position : +26 Benoit Cosnefroy +25 Pierre-Luc Perichon +25 Mauro Finetto +23 Amael Moinard +18 Olivier Le Gac +17 Mikel Nieve Ituralde +16 Ignatas Konovalovas +16 Hector Carretero +15 Julien Vermote +15 Jonathan Hivert Biggest losers by position : -13 Jack Bauer -13 Philippe Gilbert -12 Giulio Ciccone -11 Scott Davies -8 Pawel Poljanski -6 Bryan Coquard -6 Koen de Kort -6 Maxime Monfort -6 Mike Teunissen -6 Nils Politt -6 Sonny Colbrelli Biggest gainers by time : +0:36 Ion Izagirre Insausti +0:14 Oliver Naesen +0:12 Wilco Kelderman +0:08 Luis Leon Sanchez +0:08 Felix GroAŸschartner +0:08 Domenico Pozzovivo +0:08 Daniel Martinez +0:07 Tejay van Garderen +0:07 Nairo Quintana +0:06 Simon Yates Biggest losers by time : -21:32 Ramon Sinkeldam -18:13 Jack Bauer -16:14 Adam Hansen -16:14 Alex Kirsch -16:14 Amund Grondahl Jansen -16:14 Andre Greipel -16:14 Anthony Turgis -16:14 Arnaud Demare -16:14 Bernhard Eisel -16:14 Bert Van Lerberghe -16:14 Bert-Jan Lindeman Favourites by position : +8 Simon Yates +8 Domenico Pozzovivo +6 Ion Izagirre Insausti +4 Simon Spilak +2 Wilco Kelderman +1 Romain Bardet +1 Nairo Quintana +1 Michal Kwiatkowski +1 Marc Soler +1 George Bennett -1 Patrick Konrad -2 Ilnur Zakarin Favourites by time : +0:36 Ion Izagirre Insausti +0:12 Wilco Kelderman +0:08 Domenico Pozzovivo +0:07 Nairo Quintana +0:06 Simon Yates -1:15 Ilnur Zakarin -7:06 Patrick Konrad -8:09 Miguel Angel Lopez -8:47 Marc Soler -11:36 Simon Spilak Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez 29:17:02 (unchanged) 2 Nairo Quintana 0:39 (was 3rd at 0:46) 3 Michal Kwiatkowski 1:03 (was 4th at 1:03) 4 Jack Haig 1:21 (was 5th at 1:21) 5 Romain Bardet 1:45 (was 6th at 1:45) 6 George Bennett 2:20 (was 7th at 2:20) 7 Rudy Molard 3:02 (was 9th at 3:02) 8 Bob Jungels 3:06 (was 10th at 3:06) 9 Luis Leon Sanchez 3:12 (was 11th at 3:20) 10 Ilnur Zakarin 4:07 (was 8th at 2:52) ..... 14 Wilco Kelderman 5:57 (was 16th at 6:09) ..... 21 Ion Izagirre Insausti 14:52 (was 27th at 15:28) ..... 25 Simon Yates 22:30 (was 33rd at 22:36) 26 Domenico Pozzovivo 22:42 (was 34th at 22:50) ..... 28 Miguel Angel Lopez 23:44 (was 28th at 15:35) ..... 36 Patrick Konrad 29:57 (was 35th at 22:51) ..... 50 Marc Soler 38:55 (was 51st at 30:08) ..... 59 Simon Spilak 49:19 (was 63rd at 37:43) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Michal Kwiatkowski 33 (unchanged) 2 Daniel Martinez 28 (was 5th with 21 points) 3 Simon Yates 25 (was 3rd with 22 points) 4 Luis Leon Sanchez 24 (was 6th with 20 points) 5 Matteo Trentin 24 (was 2nd with 24 points) 6 Arnaud Demare 22 (was 4th with 22 points) 7 Magnus Cort 18 (unchanged) 8 Ion Izagirre Insausti 18 (was 33rd with 3 points) 9 Philippe Gilbert 16 (was 8th with 16 points) 10 Oliver Naesen 16 (was 28th with 4 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Thomas De Gendt 76 (was 1st with 64 points) 2 Alessandro De Marchi 43 (unchanged) 3 Nairo Quintana 25 (was 0 points) 4 Matteo Trentin 16 (was 28th with 2 points) 5 Ion Izagirre Insausti 16 (was 0 points) 6 Tejay van Garderen 16 (was 0 points) 7 Miguel Angel Lopez 15 (was 6th with 11 points) 8 Daniel Martinez 14 (was 4th with 14 points) 9 Luis Leon Sanchez 12 (was 0 points) 10 Giulio Ciccone 12 (was 5th with 12 points) Retirements to date : Stage Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 8 <<< Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 8 <<< Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 8 <<< Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 8 <<< Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First 8 <<< Florian Senechal (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 8 <<< Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Bora-Hansgrohe 8 <<< Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 8 <<< Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 8 <<< Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 8 <<< Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 8 <<< Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence 8 <<< Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal 8 <<< Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 8 <<< Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 <<< Arthur Vichot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 7 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Arkea-Samsic 7 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal 7 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 7 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) CCC Team 7 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 7 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 7 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 7 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 6 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-QuickStep 6 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) CCC Team 6 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Dimension Data 6 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First 6 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Team Sunweb 6 Rafael Valls (Spa) Movistar Team 6 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 4 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 3 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 3 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Astana Pro Team 2 Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 2 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First 2 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 2 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 1 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 1 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 1 Total retirements : 43