Tour de France, stage 8 summary

Stage 8 : Jul 9, Aigurande - Super-Besse Sancy, 190 km

1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 4.36.46
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0.12
3 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0.15
4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
10 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+71 Richie Porte
+71 Chris Anker Sorensen
+66 Sylvester Szmyd
+64 Ivan Santaromita
+62 David Arroyo Duran
+62 Christophe Riblon
+60 Andrey Zeits
+55 Dmitriy Fofonov
+55 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+51 Remy Di Gregorio

Biggest losers by position :
-84 Wout Poels
-59 Sebastien Hinault
-54 Jurgen Roelandts
-54 Mark Cavendish
-54 Roman Kreuziger
-54 William Bonnet
-53 Matthew Harley Goss
-48 Alessandro Petacchi
-48 Ben Swift
-46 Arthur Vichot
-44 Stuart O'Grady

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:15 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+0:03 Philippe Gilbert

Biggest losers by time :
-28:33 Wout Poels
-19:52 Jimmy Engoulvent
-19:52 Jonathan Hivert
-19:52 Roman Kreuziger
-19:44 Alessandro Petacchi
-19:44 Alessandro Vanotti
-19:44 Andre Greipel
-19:44 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-19:44 Andriy Grivko
-19:44 Arnaud Coyot
-19:44 Ben Swift

Favourites by position :
+62 David Arroyo Duran
+28 Jens Voigt
+8 Levi Leipheimer
+4 Alberto Contador Velasco
+3 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+2 Ivan Basso
+1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+1 Andy Schleck
+1 Andreas Kloden
-7 Robert Gesink
-7 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-54 Roman Kreuziger

Favourites by time :
-0:14 Levi Leipheimer
-1:08 Robert Gesink
-1:08 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-2:29 David Arroyo Duran
-9:23 Jens Voigt
-19:52 Roman Kreuziger

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Thor Hushovd 33:06:28 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 0:01 (unchanged)
3 Frank Schleck 0:04 (unchanged)
4 Andreas Kloden 0:10 (was 5th at 0:10)
5 Jakob Fuglsang 0:12 (was 6th at 0:12)
6 Andy Schleck 0:12 (was 7th at 0:12)
7 Tony Martin 0:13 (was 8th at 0:13)
8 Peter Velits 0:13 (was 9th at 0:13)
9 David Millar 0:19 (was 4th at 0:08)
10 Philippe Gilbert 0:30 (was 12th at 0:33)
.....
12 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:39 (was 13th at 0:39)
13 Ivan Basso 1:03 (was 15th at 1:03)
.....
17 Robert Gesink 1:28 (was 10th at 0:20)
.....
20 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:42 (was 24th at 1:42)
.....
29 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:36 (was 32nd at 2:36)
.....
36 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 3:23 (was 29th at 2:15)
.....
42 Levi Leipheimer 4:43 (was 50th at 4:29)
.....
87 David Arroyo Duran 19:50 (was 149th at 17:21)
.....
102 Jens Voigt 23:46 (was 130th at 14:23)
.....
111 Roman Kreuziger 25:27 (was 57th at 5:35)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Philippe Gilbert 187 (was 2nd with 156 points)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 172 (was 1st with 167 points)
3 Mark Cavendish 153 (was 3rd with 150 points)
4 Thor Hushovd 130 (unchanged)
5 Cadel Evans 120 (was 6th with 98 points)
6 Romain Feillu 99 (was 5th with 99 points)
7 Andre Greipel 78 (unchanged)
8 Tyler Farrar 76 (unchanged)
9 Sebastien Hinault 60 (unchanged)
10 Denis Galimzyanov 55 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Tejay Van Garderen 5 (was 0 points)
2 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 5 (was 0 points)
3 Johnny Hoogerland 4 (was 1st with 4 points)
4 Anthony Roux 3 (was 2nd with 3 points)
5 Cadel Evans 2 (was 3rd with 2 points)
6 Philippe Gilbert 2 (was 4th with 1 points)
7 Christophe Riblon 2 (was 0 points)
8 Julien El Fares 1 (was 0 points)
9 Alexandr Kolobnev 1 (was 0 points)
10 Mickael Delage 1 (was 5th with 1 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 8
Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 8
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 7
Remi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ 7
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 7
Ivan Murillo Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 6
Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 5
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 10


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On 09/07/2011 21:25, Bob Martin wrote:
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Philippe Gilbert 187 (was 2nd with 156 points)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 172 (was 1st with 167 points)
3 Mark Cavendish 153 (was 3rd with 150 points)
4 Thor Hushovd 130 (unchanged)
5 Cadel Evans 120 (was 6th with 98 points)

The new sprint points system really has changed the game, Phil must be pretty
much the favorite for the jersey.