Stage 8 : July 13, 2019 Macon - Saint-Etienne 200 km 1 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 5.00.17 2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0.06 3 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 4 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0.26 5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 6 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Mitchelton-Scott 7 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 9 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Team Ineos 10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Ineos Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 : Biggest gainers by position : +34 Christopher Juul Jensen +26 Pierre-Luc Perichon +24 Thomas De Gendt +23 Lennard Kamna +23 Dylan van Baarle +21 Soren Kragh Andersen +21 Niki Terpstra +21 Magnus Cort +21 Lukas Postlberger +21 Carlos Verona Quintanilla Biggest losers by position : -49 Dylan Teuns -27 Edvald Boasson Hagen -26 Jasper Stuyven -26 Luis Leon Sanchez -26 Michael Woods -24 Fabio Felline -22 Daryl Impey -22 Nils Politt -20 Michael Valgren Andersen -19 Julien Simon -19 Wout Van Aert Biggest gainers by time : +0:21 Thomas De Gendt +0:06 Julian Alaphilippe +0:05 Thibaut Pinot Biggest losers by time : -29:41 Lars Ytting Bak -29:41 Yoann Offredo -26:49 Michael Hepburn -26:29 Aime De Gendt -26:29 Alex Dowsett -26:29 Alexander Kristoff -26:29 Alexis Gougeard -26:29 Amund Grondahl Jansen -26:29 Andre Greipel -26:29 Anthony Turgis -26:29 Benoit Cosnefroy Favourites by position : +15 Ilnur Zakarin +10 Wilco Kelderman +4 Thibaut Pinot +3 Simon Yates +3 Romain Bardet +3 Patrick Konrad +2 Nairo Quintana +2 Mikel Landa Meana +2 Jakob Fuglsang +2 Enric Mas +2 Adam Yates +1 Steven Kruijswijk -8 Vincenzo Nibali Favourites by time : +0:05 Thibaut Pinot -0:23 Steven Kruijswijk -0:23 Romain Bardet -0:23 Patrick Konrad -0:23 Nairo Quintana -0:23 Mikel Landa Meana -0:23 Jakob Fuglsang -0:23 Geraint Thomas -0:23 Enric Mas -0:23 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez -0:23 Adam Yates -4:22 Vincenzo Nibali -4:58 Ilnur Zakarin -5:42 Wilco Kelderman -17:10 Simon Yates Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Julian Alaphilippe 34:17:59 (was 2nd at 0:06) 2 Giulio Ciccone 0:23 (was 1st at 0:00) 3 Thibaut Pinot 0:53 (was 7th at 0:58) 4 George Bennett 1:10 (was 4th at 0:47) 5 Geraint Thomas 1:12 (was 5th at 0:49) 6 Egan Arley Bernal Gomez 1:16 (was 6th at 0:53) 7 Steven Kruijswijk 1:27 (was 8th at 1:04) 8 Rigoberto Uran 1:38 (was 10th at 1:15) 9 Jakob Fuglsang 1:42 (was 11th at 1:19) 10 Emanuel Buchmann 1:45 (was 12th at 1:22) 11 Enric Mas 1:46 (was 13th at 1:23) 12 Adam Yates 1:47 (was 14th at 1:24) ..... 14 Nairo Quintana 2:04 (was 16th at 1:41) 15 Mikel Landa Meana 2:06 (was 17th at 1:43) ..... 20 Patrick Konrad 2:46 (was 23rd at 2:23) ..... 23 Romain Bardet 3:20 (was 26th at 2:57) ..... 28 Vincenzo Nibali 6:18 (was 20th at 1:56) ..... 51 Wilco Kelderman 26:40 (was 61st at 20:58) ..... 72 Ilnur Zakarin 37:52 (was 87th at 32:54) ..... 92 Simon Yates 55:14 (was 95th at 38:04) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Peter Sagan 204 (was 1st with 177 points) 2 Michael Matthews 144 (was 4th with 116 points) 3 Sonny Colbrelli 129 (was 2nd with 121 points) 4 Elia Viviani 128 (was 3rd with 117 points) 5 Matteo Trentin 90 (was 6th with 75 points) 6 Greg Van Avermaet 81 (was 7th with 70 points) 7 Caleb Ewan 76 (was 5th with 76 points) 8 Julian Alaphilippe 69 (was 13th with 47 points) 9 Jasper Stuyven 69 (was 10th with 63 points) 10 Dylan Groenewegen 66 (was 8th with 66 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Tim Wellens 43 (unchanged) 2 Thomas De Gendt 37 (was 7th with 8 points) 3 Giulio Ciccone 30 (was 2nd with 30 points) 4 Xandro Meurisse 27 (was 3rd with 27 points) 5 Dylan Teuns 13 (was 4th with 13 points) 6 Natnael Berhane 13 (was 5th with 13 points) 7 Benjamin King 13 (was 0 points) 8 Alessandro De Marchi 12 (was 0 points) 9 Toms Skujins 9 (was 6th with 9 points) 10 Niki Terpstra 5 (was 0 points) Retirements to date : Stage Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 8 <<< Tejay van Garderen (USA) EF Education First 8 <<< Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 6 Patrick Bevin (Nzl) CCC Team 6 Total retirements : 4