Stage 8 : Sep 4, Villena - Xorret del Cati, 190 km
1 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 5.14.32
2 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 0.54
3 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
4 Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) Ag2R-La Mondiale
5 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 1.29
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
7 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
8 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 1.32
9 Xavier Tondo (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.35
Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Philip Deignan
+32 Mauricio Ardila
+30 Jose Vicente Toribio
+29 Stefan Denifl
+29 Oscar Freire
+24 David Zabriskie
+22 Dominik Roels
+21 Jose-Luis Arrieta
+21 Jose Vincente Garcia Acosta
+18 Rinaldo Nocentini
Biggest losers by position :
-24 Enrico Gasparotto
-21 Mikael Cherel
-19 Pablo Urtasun
-18 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-16 Vincent Jerome
-14 Daniele Bennati
-14 Manuele Mori
-14 Xavier Florencio
-13 Allan Davis
-13 Danilo Hondo
-13 Manuel Ortega
Biggest gainers by time :
+2:03 David Moncoutie
+0:57 Serafin Martinez
+0:53 Johann Tschopp
+0:51 Jose-Luis Arrieta
+0:10 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:10 Joaquin Rodriguez
+0:10 Igor Anton
+0:09 Assan Bazayev
+0:07 Xavier Tondo
+0:04 Carlos Sastre
Biggest losers by time :
-19:24 Andreas Stauff
-19:24 Dominik Klemme
-19:24 Fabian Cancellara
-19:24 Sergio Carrasco
-19:12 Allan Davis
-19:12 Arnaud Labbe
-19:12 Benat Intxausti
-19:12 Christophe Riblon
-19:12 Daniele Righi
-19:12 Danilo Hondo
-19:12 David Vitoria
Favourites by position :
+24 David Zabriskie
+4 Carlos Sastre
+4 Andy Schleck
+3 Xavier Tondo
+3 Ruben Plaza
+3 Ezequiel Mosquera
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Joaquin Rodriguez
+1 Christian Vande Velde
-1 Luis-Leon Sanchez
-3 David Arroyo
-4 Roman Kreuziger
-5 Frank Schleck
-6 Denis Menchov
-13 Allan Davis
Favourites by time :
+0:10 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:10 Joaquin Rodriguez
+0:07 Xavier Tondo
+0:04 Carlos Sastre
-0:21 Ruben Plaza
-0:23 Ezequiel Mosquera
-0:57 Luis-Leon Sanchez
-0:57 Frank Schleck
-0:57 David Arroyo
-2:05 Denis Menchov
-6:33 Roman Kreuziger
-6:33 Andy Schleck
-8:03 David Zabriskie
-14:07 Christian Vande Velde
-19:12 Allan Davis
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Igor Anton 32:28:49 (was 2nd at 0:10)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez 0:00 (was 3rd at 0:10)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 0:02 (was 4th at 0:12)
4 Xavier Tondo 0:42 (was 7th at 0:49)
5 Marzio Bruseghin 1:10 (was 12th at 1:01)
6 Ruben Plaza 1:15 (was 9th at 0:54)
7 Ezequiel Mosquera 1:18 (was 10th at 0:55)
8 Nicholas Roche 1:19 (was 11th at 0:58)
9 Peter Velits 1:26 (was 5th at 0:16)
10 Tejay Van Garderen 1:26 (was 6th at 0:29)
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13 Frank Schleck 1:47 (was 8th at 0:50)
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16 David Arroyo 1:58 (was 13th at 1:01)
17 Carlos Sastre 2:11 (was 21st at 2:15)
18 Luis-Leon Sanchez 2:21 (was 17th at 1:24)
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20 Denis Menchov 3:16 (was 14th at 1:11)
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49 Roman Kreuziger 13:10 (was 45th at 6:37)
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87 Andy Schleck 36:33 (was 91st at 30:00)
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120 Allan Davis 54:45 (was 107th at 35:33)
121 Christian Vande Velde 55:15 (was 122nd at 41:08)
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163 David Zabriskie 1:12:24 (was 187th at 1:04:21)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 56 (unchanged)
2 Tyler Farrar 53 (unchanged)
3 Alessandro Petacchi 51 (unchanged)
4 Igor Anton 50 (was 5th with 41 points)
5 Philippe Gilbert 50 (was 4th with 50 points)
6 Joaquin Rodriguez 46 (was 6th with 34 points)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 44 (was 7th with 34 points)
8 Yauheni Hutarovich 33 (unchanged)
9 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea 30 (unchanged)
10 Daniele Bennati 28 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Serafin Martinez 36 (was 1st with 13 points)
2 David Moncoutie 26 (was 3rd with 6 points)
3 Dario Cataldo 8 (was 2nd with 8 points)
4 Johann Tschopp 7 (was 0 points)
5 Xavier Tondo 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Vladimir Karpets 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
7 Niki Terpstra 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
8 Egoi Martinez 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
9 Sergio Carrasco 5 (was 8th with 5 points)
10 Oscar Pujol 3 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step 8 <<<
Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky 8 <<<
Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Sky 8 <<<
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 8 <<<
Peter Kennaugh (GBR) Team Sky 8 <<<
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Sky 8 <<<
Thomas Lofkvist (Swi) Team Sky 8 <<<
Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky 7
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 13