Stage 8 : Friday, August 14 2009, Gondomar - Aveiro, 166.1 km
1 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 4.14.11
2 Helder Oliveira (Por) Barbot - Siper 0.49
3 Martin Hebik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
4 Pedro Lopes (Por) Centro Cilismo De Loule - Louletano 0.51
5 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 2.00
6 Ruben Reig (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo
7 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 2.26
8 Simon Clarke (Aus) ISD
9 Celestino Pinho (Por) Paredes Rota Dos Moveis 2.37
10 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Oleg Chuzhda
+12 Pedro Lopes
+8 Helder Oliveira
+7 Ruben Reig
+7 Javier Ramirez
+5 Simon Clarke
+5 Martin Hebik
+3 Tomas Buchacek
+3 Dirk Bellemakers
+3 Celestino Pinho
Biggest losers by position :
-4 Carlos Nozal
-3 Bruno Pires
-3 Candido Barbosa
-3 Carlos Pinho
-3 Frantisek Kloucek
-3 Hector Guerra
-3 Hugo Sabido
-3 Paolo Tiralongo
-2 Damiano Cunego
-2 David Blanco
-2 Eladio Jimenez
Biggest gainers by time :
+5:08 Oleg Chuzhda
+4:13 Martin Hebik
+4:10 Helder Oliveira
+4:02 Pedro Lopes
+2:54 Ruben Reig
+2:53 Javier Ramirez
+2:27 Simon Clarke
+2:27 Dirk Bellemakers
+2:18 Celestino Pinho
+2:16 Marco Marzano
Biggest losers by time :
-4:38 Carlos Nozal
-4:38 Frantisek Kloucek
-2:54 Leopold Konig
-2:52 Jose Toribio
-2:38 Giairo Ermetti
-1:53 Isidro Nozal
-1:35 Eloy Teruel
-1:35 Javier Etxarri
-1:35 Stanislav Kozubek
-0:39 Ivan Rana
-0:30 Alesandro Colo
Favourites by position :
+2 Carlos Castano
+1 Mauro Santambrogio
-2 Tiago Machado
-2 Ruben Plaza
-2 Eladio Jimenez
-2 David Blanco
-2 Damiano Cunego
-3 Hector Guerra
-3 Candido Barbosa
Favourites by time :
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Nuno Ribeiro 36.09.47
2 Joao Cabreira 0.07
3 David Bernabeu 0.57
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8 David Blanco 1.47
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10 Eladio Jimenez 1.53
11 Ruben Plaza 1.54
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13 Tiago Machado 2.09
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17 Hector Guerra 3.25
18 Candido Barbosa 3.30
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23 Damiano Cunego 6.14
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63 Mauro Santambrogio 35.25
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72 Carlos Castano 39.39
Retirements to date : Stage
Dario Cioni (Ita) ISD 8 <<<
Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 7
Jorge Montenegro (Arg) Andalucia - Cajasur 7
Antonio Amorin (Por) Barbot - Siper 5
Claudio J. Casas (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 5
Francisco Jose Pacheco (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 5
Hector Espasandin (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Mario Costa (Por) Barbot - Siper 5
Santiago Perez (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 5
Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 5
Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 4
David Calatayud (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3
David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2
Dioni Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 2
Total retirements : 15