Stage 8 : Sunday, September 6 2009, Alzira - Alto de Aitana, 206 km
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-NGC 6.04.54
2 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 0.33
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.36
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0.44
5 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
6 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
7 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 0.50
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
9 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
10 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+90 Julien El Fares
+88 Matteo Carrara
+84 Matthew Lloyd
+84 John Gadret
+81 Daniel Martin
+77 David Moncoutie
+76 Inigo Cuesta
+76 David De La Fuente
+76 Adrian Palomares
+70 Sebastien Hinault
Biggest losers by position :
-113 Tom Boonen
-107 Imanol Erviti
-96 Andre Greipel
-94 Fabian Cancellara
-90 Marcel Sieberg
-84 Linus Gerdemann
-82 Bjorn Schroder
-74 Markel Irizar
-73 Daniele Bennati
-63 David Herrero
-63 Svein Tuft
Biggest gainers by time :
+2:16 Damiano Cunego
+1:35 David Moncoutie
+1:28 Robert Gesink
+1:12 Samuel Sanchez
+1:12 Cadel Evans
+1:12 Alejandro Valverde
+1:06 Tom Danielson
+1:06 Tadej Valjavec
+1:06 Paolo Tiralongo
+1:06 Joaquim Rodriguez
Biggest losers by time :
-29:29 Jean Eudes Demaret
-29:29 Remy Di Gregorio
-28:44 Jens Mouris
-27:36 Damien Gaudin
-27:36 Jose Vicente Garcia
-27:36 Julian Dean
-27:32 Javier Benitez
-27:24 Adam Hansen
-27:24 Aitor Hernandez
-27:24 Aitor Perez Arrieta
-27:24 Allan Davis
Favourites by position :
+60 Damiano Cunego
+32 Ezequiel Mosquera
+15 Xavier Tondo
+14 Robert Gesink
+11 Ivan Basso
+7 Frank Schleck
+6 Samuel Sanchez
+5 Cadel Evans
+5 Alejandro Valverde
+4 Haimar Zubeldia
-21 Alexander Vinokourov
-52 Roman Kreuziger
-84 Linus Gerdemann
-94 Fabian Cancellara
Favourites by time :
+2:16 Damiano Cunego
+1:28 Robert Gesink
+1:12 Samuel Sanchez
+1:12 Cadel Evans
+1:12 Alejandro Valverde
+1:06 Ivan Basso
+1:06 Ezequiel Mosquera
+0:06 Haimar Zubeldia
-0:48 Xavier Tondo
-7:05 Alexander Vinokourov
-8:46 Frank Schleck
-23:49 Roman Kreuziger
-23:49 Linus Gerdemann
-23:58 Fabian Cancellara
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Cadel Evans 31.05.02
2 Alejandro Valverde 0.02
3 Samuel Sanchez 0.08
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5 Robert Gesink 0.29
6 Ivan Basso 0.46
7 Damiano Cunego 1.26
8 Haimar Zubeldia 1.37
9 Ezequiel Mosquera 1.46
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19 Xavier Tondo 3.26
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35 Alexander Vinokourov 8.53
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46 Frank Schleck 12.01
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95 Fabian Cancellara 23.58
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100 Linus Gerdemann 25.41
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110 Roman Kreuziger 27.14
Retirements to date : Stage
Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 8 <<<
Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8 <<<
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8 <<<
Kim Kirchen (Lux) Columbia-HTC 6
Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 6
Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 6
Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto 5
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 9