Stage 8 : August 29, 2015 Puebla de Don Fabrique - Murcia 182.5 km
1 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 4.06.05
2 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
3 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ.fr
4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
5 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka
6 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal
7 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
8 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky
Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+125 Louis Meintjes
+118 Nelson Oliveira
+84 Kristian Sbaragli
+34 Kevin Reza
+33 Omar Fraile Matarranza
+33 Andrey Zeits
+28 Pello Bilbao
+25 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez
+25 Jasper Stuyven
+25 Eduard Vorganov
Biggest losers by position :
-143 Songezo Jim
-40 Youcef Reguigui
-36 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-22 Marcel Aregger
-21 Pawel Poljanski
-18 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski
-17 Carlos Quintero
-17 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-15 Matteo Montaguti
-14 Natnael Berhane
-14 Peter Velits
Biggest gainers by time :
+50:49 Louis Meintjes
+33:57 Nelson Oliveira
+21:37 Kristian Sbaragli
+0:10 Jasper Stuyven
+0:06 Pello Bilbao
+0:04 Kevin Reza
Biggest losers by time :
-1:11:16 Songezo Jim
-26:10 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-24:46 Youcef Reguigui
-24:24 Boy van Poppel
-24:24 Geoffrey Soupe
-15:34 Marcel Aregger
-15:28 Caleb Ewan
-15:28 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski
-15:28 Markel Irizar Aranburu
-15:28 Mathew Hayman
-15:28 Moreno Moser
Favourites by position :
+2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1 Rafal Majka
+1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
+1 Mikel Landa Meana
+1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+1 Fabio Aru
+1 Domenico Pozzovivo
+1 Christopher Froome
+1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-3 Geraint Thomas
-8 Pierre Rolland
-9 Andrew Talansky
Favourites by time :
-9:53 Geraint Thomas
-13:43 Pierre Rolland
-13:43 Andrew Talansky
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 31:12:18 (unchanged)
2 Tom Dumoulin 0:10 (unchanged)
3 Nicolas Roche 0:36 (was 4th at 0:36)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:49 (was 5th at 0:49)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:56 (was 6th at 0:56)
6 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:57 (was 7th at 0:57)
7 Fabio Aru 0:57 (was 8th at 0:57)
8 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 1:18 (was 9th at 1:18)
9 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:19 (was 10th at 1:19)
10 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 1:21 (was 11th at 1:21)
11 Christopher Froome 1:22 (was 12th at 1:22)
12 Rafal Majka 1:29 (was 13th at 1:29)
13 Mikel Landa Meana 1:39 (was 14th at 1:39)
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17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:50 (was 19th at 2:50)
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56 Pierre Rolland 32:22 (was 48th at 18:39)
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64 Andrew Talansky 36:08 (was 55th at 22:25)
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71 Geraint Thomas 38:46 (was 68th at 28:53)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Esteban Chaves 70 (was 1st with 66 points)
2 Alejandro Valverde 61 (was 3rd with 56 points)
3 Peter Sagan 61 (was 2nd with 61 points)
4 Nicolas Roche 48 (was 5th with 42 points)
5 Tom Dumoulin 42 (was 4th with 42 points)
6 Joaquim Rodriguez 37 (was 7th with 37 points)
7 John Degenkolb 36 (was 8th with 36 points)
8 Jasper Stuyven 33 (was 33rd with 8 points)
9 Nairo Quintana 32 (unchanged)
10 Kristian Sbaragli 32 (was 0 points)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Omar Fraile 13 (unchanged)
2 Bertjan Lindeman 13 (unchanged)
3 Walter Pedraza 7 (unchanged)
4 Natnael Berhane 7 (unchanged)
5 Ilia Koshevoy 7 (was 0 points)
6 Esteban Chaves 6 (unchanged)
7 Fabio Aru 4 (unchanged)
8 Sylvain Chavanel 4 (unchanged)
9 Amets Txurruka 3 (unchanged)
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas 3 (was 0 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 8 <<<
Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 8 <<<
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8 <<<
Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 8 <<<
Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 7
David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 6
Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 3
Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3
Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3
David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 2
Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 2
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2
Total retirements : 13