Stage 8 : Aug 31, Jerez de la Frontera - Alto Penas Blancas (Estepona), 170 km
1 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team NetApp-Endura 4.09.46
2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 0.01
3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.05
4 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ.fr
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling
6 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 0.08
7 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.13
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.19
9 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha
10 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Sky Procycling 0.23
Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+35 Jorge Azanza Soto
+28 Francis De Greef
+28 Alexandre Geniez
+26 Thomas De Gendt
+19 Vasil Kiryienka
+18 Giampaolo Caruso
+17 Dario Cataldo
+17 Bart De Clercq
+16 Winner Anacona Gomez
+16 Thibaut Pinot
Biggest losers by position :
-35 Diego Ulissi
-31 Bartosz Huzarski
-28 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-28 Yannick Eijssen
-26 Roman Kreuziger
-22 Nikias Arndt
-20 Daniel Schorn
-20 Grega Bole
-17 Oliver Zaugg
-16 Alessandro Vanotti
-16 Jelle Vanendert
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:19 Leopold Konig
+0:14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+0:08 Nicolas Roche
+0:04 Thibaut Pinot
+0:04 Ivan Basso
+0:01 Bart De Clercq
Biggest losers by time :
-25:53 Nikias Arndt
-23:31 Matteo Bono
-23:31 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-22:24 Massimo Graziato
-22:20 Grega Bole
-22:12 Daniel Schorn
-20:50 Alessandro Vanotti
-20:50 Luca Paolini
-18:44 Adrien Petit
-18:44 Alex Rasmussen
-18:44 Andrew Fenn
Favourites by position :
+26 Thomas De Gendt
+15 Ivan Basso
+12 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+5 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+3 Michele Scarponi
+2 Lieuwe Westra
+2 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-1 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-3 Vincenzo Nibali
-12 Bauke Mollema
-26 Roman Kreuziger
Favourites by time :
+0:14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+0:04 Ivan Basso
-0:10 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:14 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-0:14 Christopher Horner
-0:18 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:31 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:48 Michele Scarponi
-2:24 Bauke Mollema
-5:18 Roman Kreuziger
-10:55 Thomas De Gendt
-18:44 Lieuwe Westra
-18:44 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Nicolas Roche 31:39:30 (was 3rd at 0:08)
2 Christopher Horner 0:17 (was 2nd at 0:03)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:17 (was 8th at 0:31)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 0:18 (was 1st at 0:00)
5 Leopold Konig 0:29 (was 14th at 0:48)
6 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 0:30 (was 4th at 0:16)
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:31 (was 5th at 0:21)
8 Rigoberto Uran Uran 0:42 (was 7th at 0:28)
9 Rafal Majka 0:52 (was 9th at 0:38)
10 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 1:03 (was 16th at 0:53)
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12 Ivan Basso 1:28 (was 27th at 1:32)
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18 Michele Scarponi 2:03 (was 21st at 1:15)
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25 Bauke Mollema 3:12 (was 13th at 0:48)
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33 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 4:28 (was 45th at 3:57)
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36 Roman Kreuziger 6:00 (was 10th at 0:42)
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118 Thomas De Gendt 48:04 (was 144th at 37:09)
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187 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 1:10:47 (was 189th at 52:03)
188 Lieuwe Westra 1:11:13 (was 190th at 52:29)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 68 (was 2nd with 48 points)
2 Nicolas Roche 54 (was 4th with 38 points)
3 Michael Matthews 53 (was 1st with 53 points)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 45 (was 6th with 37 points)
5 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze 40 (was 3rd with 40 points)
6 Leopold Konig 39 (was 24th with 14 points)
7 Gianni Meersman 38 (was 5th with 38 points)
8 Fabian Cancellara 36 (was 7th with 36 points)
9 Bauke Mollema 34 (was 8th with 34 points)
10 Christopher Horner 33 (was 11th with 28 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Nicolas Roche 15 (was 1st with 11 points)
2 Leopold Konig 12 (was 9th with 2 points)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 12 (was 3rd with 6 points)
4 Nicolas Edet 8 (was 2nd with 8 points)
5 Winner Anacona Gomez 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Domenico Pozzovivo 4 (was 5th with 4 points)
7 Christopher Horner 3 (was 6th with 3 points)
8 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente 3 (was 7th with 3 points)
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 3 (was 8th with 3 points)
10 Thibaut Pinot 2 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 8 <<<
Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 5
Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin-Sharp 2
Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 4