Stage 8 : July 12, 2014, Tomblaine - Gerardmer La Mauselaine, 161 km            
            
             1 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                              3.49.28
             2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo                                               2.17
             3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team                                             2.20
             4 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Sky                                                       2.24
             5 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr                                                        2.28
             6 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                         
             7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team                                   2.36
             8 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team                                          2.40
             9 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                              2.48
            10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling                                                2.54
            
            
           Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                 +61   Blel Kadri 
                 +46   Daniel Navarro Garcia 
                 +41   Luis Angel Mate Mardones 
                 +41   Arnold Jeannesson 
                 +37   Thomas Voeckler 
                 +37   Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 
                 +30   Mickael Cherel 
                 +30   Michele Scarponi 
                 +29   Niki Terpstra 
                 +27   Jon Izaguirre Insausti 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -35   Peter Sagan 
                 -26   Fabian Cancellara 
                 -21   Michael Albasini 
                 -18   Tom Dumoulin 
                 -17   Matteo Montaguti 
                 -16   Paul Voss 
                 -15   Daniele Bennati 
                 -15   Jean-Marie Bideau 
                 -15   Rudy Molard 
                 -15   Sebastien Minard 
                 -15   Sep Vanmarcke 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +2:20   Blel Kadri 
               +0:06   Jurgen Van Den Broeck 
               +0:03   Alberto Contador Velasco 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
              -19:44   Ji Cheng 
              -19:23   Davide Cimolai 
              -19:04   Jack Bauer 
              -19:04   Ramunas Navardauskas 
              -18:48   Luca Paolini 
              -18:33   Dries Devenyns 
              -18:33   Sep Vanmarcke 
              -18:27   Daniele Bennati 
              -18:27   Tom Veelers 
              -18:12   Alessandro De Marchi 
              -18:12   Alexander Kristoff 
            
           Favourites by position :
                  +9   Alberto Contador Velasco 
                  +7   Jurgen Van Den Broeck 
                  +6   Rafal Majka 
                  +6   Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 
                  +5   Tejay van Garderen 
                  +4   Bauke Mollema 
                  +3   Richie Porte 
                  +3   Christopher Horner 
                  +3   Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 
                  +2   Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 
                  -9   Simon Spilak 
                  -9   Andrew Talansky 
            
           Favourites by time :
               +0:06   Jurgen Van Den Broeck 
               +0:03   Alberto Contador Velasco 
               -0:04   Richie Porte 
               -0:16   Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 
               -0:20   Tejay van Garderen 
               -0:35   Bauke Mollema 
               -0:41   Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 
               -1:59   Christopher Horner 
               -2:17   Andrew Talansky 
               -8:14   Rafal Majka 
              -14:02   Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 
              -18:12   Simon Spilak 
            
           Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
                   1  Vincenzo Nibali                       33:48:52         (unchanged)
                   2  Jakob Fuglsang                            1:44         (was 2nd at 0:02)
                   3  Richie Porte                              1:58         (was 6th at 1:54)
                   4  Michal Kwiatkowski                        2:26         (was 4th at 0:50)
                   5  Alejandro Valverde Belmonte               2:27         (was 8th at 2:11)
                   6  Alberto Contador Velasco                  2:34         (was 15th at 2:37)
                   7  Romain Bardet                             2:39         (was 9th at 2:11)
                   8  Rui Alberto Faria da Costa                2:52         (was 10th at 2:11)
                   9  Bauke Mollema                             3:02         (was 13th at 2:27)
                  10  Jurgen Van Den Broeck                     3:02         (was 17th at 3:08)
                   .....
                  13  Tejay van Garderen                        3:34         (was 18th at 3:14)
                   .....
                  16  Andrew Talansky                           4:22         (was 7th at 2:05)
                   .....
                  21  Christopher Horner                        6:12         (was 24th at 4:13)
                   .....
                 135  Simon Spilak                             58:48         (was 126th at 40:36)
                   .....
                 147  Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver               1:01:37         (was 153rd at 47:35)
                   .....
                 175  Rafal Majka                            1:13:13         (was 181st at 1:04:59)
            
           Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
                   1  Peter Sagan                                267         (was 1st with 259 points)
                   2  Bryan Coquard                              156         (was 2nd with 146 points)
                   3  Marcel Kittel                              146         (was 3rd with 137 points)
                   4  Alexander Kristoff                         117         (unchanged)
                   5  Mark Renshaw                               101         (was 5th with 95 points)
                   6  Andre Greipel                               98         (was 6th with 91 points)
                   7  Vincenzo Nibali                             75         (was 12th with 53 points)
                   8  Blel Kadri                                  63         (was 42nd with 20 points)
                   9  Greg Van Avermaet                           60         (was 7th with 60 points)
                  10  Tony Gallopin                               56         (was 8th with 56 points)
            
           Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
                   1  Blel Kadri                                  17         (was 2nd with 5 points)
                   2  Cyril Lemoine                                6         (was 1st with 6 points)
                   3  Sylvain Chavanel                             6         (was 0 points)
                   4  Simon Yates                                  5         (was 13th with 1 points)
                   5  Jens Voigt                                   4         (was 3rd with 4 points)
                   6  Nicolas Edet                                 4         (was 4th with 4 points)
                   7  Luis Angel Mate Mardones                     3         (was 5th with 3 points)
                   8  Thomas Voeckler                              3         (was 6th with 3 points)
                   9  Pierre Rolland                               2         (was 7th with 2 points)
                  10  Tom Jelte Slagter                            2         (was 8th with 2 points)
            
           Retirements to date :                                             Stage
              Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol                                 8 <<<
              Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling                                    8 <<<
              Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing                         7
              Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team                               7
              Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team                         7
              Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha                                      6
              Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo                        6
              Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida                      6
              Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky                               6
              Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky                                  5
              Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing                             4
              Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol                              4
              Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team        2
              Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida                                   2
            Total retirements : 14