Tour de Suisse, stage 8 summary

Stage 8 : Jun 18, Tubach - Schaffhausen, 167.3 km

1 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale 3.52.00
2 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad
3 Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling
4 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Quickstep Cycling Team
8 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
9 Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana
10 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) HTC-Highroad


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Mark Cavendish
+11 Daniel Schorn
+8 Gregory Henderson
+7 Jaroslaw Marycz
+7 Gregory Rast
+7 Damiano Caruso
+7 Ben Swift
+6 Peter Sagan
+6 Matthew Harley Goss
+6 Luca Paolini

Biggest losers by position :
-13 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
-12 Danilo Hondo
-11 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-10 Dario David Cioni
-10 Manuele Boaro
-10 Marzio Bruseghin
-10 Olivier Kaisen
-10 Robert Hunter
-10 Thomas De Gendt
-9 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
-8 Alexander Gottfried

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:10 Peter Sagan
+0:06 Matthew Harley Goss
+0:05 Jaroslaw Marycz
+0:04 Luca Paolini
+0:04 Ben Swift

Biggest losers by time :
-10:06 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
-9:05 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-9:05 Bert Grabsch
-9:05 Danilo Hondo
-9:05 Dominique Nerz
-9:05 Enrico Magazzini
-9:05 Jack Bobridge
-9:05 Manuele Boaro
-9:05 Robbie McEwen
-9:05 Robert Hunter
-9:03 Enrico Gasparotto

Favourites by position :
+4 Stuart O'Grady
+2 Ryder Hesjedal
+2 Fabian Cancellara
+1 Levi Leipheimer
+1 Frank Schleck
+1 Christian Vande Velde
+1 Andy Schleck
-2 Alessandro Ballan

Favourites by time :
-0:24 Christian Vande Velde
-0:48 Stuart O'Grady
-0:59 Ryder Hesjedal
-1:56 Linus Gerdemann
-2:00 Sylvain Chavanel
-2:00 Andy Schleck
-2:40 Jens Voigt
-2:40 Fabian Cancellara
-2:40 Andreas Kloden
-2:52 Alessandro Ballan

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Damiano Cunego 31:01:49 (unchanged)
2 Steven Kruijswijk 1:36 (was 3rd at 1:36)
3 Frank Schleck 1:41 (was 4th at 1:41)
4 Levi Leipheimer 1:59 (was 5th at 1:59)
5 Bauke Mollema 2:11 (was 2nd at 1:23)
6 Jakob Fuglsang 2:38 (unchanged)
7 Laurens ten Dam 3:10 (unchanged)
8 Giampaolo Caruso 3:11 (unchanged)
9 Mathias Frank 3:20 (unchanged)
10 Tejay Van Garderen 3:22 (unchanged)
.....
19 Andy Schleck 18:18 (was 20th at 16:18)
20 Ryder Hesjedal 20:29 (was 22nd at 19:30)
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26 Linus Gerdemann 26:15 (was 26th at 24:19)
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29 Christian Vande Velde 27:18 (was 30th at 26:54)
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41 Andreas Kloden 37:32 (was 41st at 34:52)
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74 Jens Voigt 1:00:31 (was 74th at 57:51)
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79 Sylvain Chavanel 1:01:39 (was 79th at 59:39)
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82 Alessandro Ballan 1:04:04 (was 80th at 1:01:12)
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98 Stuart O'Grady 1:12:30 (was 102nd at 1:11:42)
.....
102 Fabian Cancellara 1:16:02 (was 104th at 1:13:22)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Lloyd Mondory 27 (was 0 points)
2 Thomas De Gendt 12 (was 7th with 25 points)
3 Sylvain Chavanel 11 (was 0 points)
4 Luca Paolini 10 (was 49th with 1 points)
5 Jose Gutierrez Palacios 10 (was 0 points)
6 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 9 (was 0 points)
7 Jaroslaw Marycz 9 (was 0 points)
8 Jan Bakelants 7 (was 25th with 9 points)
9 Alessandro Bazzana 7 (was 0 points)
10 Andreas Dietziker 6 (was 48th with 1 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Andy Schleck 44 (was 1st with 42 points)
2 Laurens Ten Dam 35 (unchanged)
3 Damiano Cunego 30 (unchanged)
4 Christian Vande Velde 21 (was 0 points)
5 Steven Kruijswijk 20 (unchanged)
6 Matti Breschel 20 (unchanged)
7 Thomas De Gendt 18 (unchanged)
8 Luca Paolini 18 (was 19th with 10 points)
9 Lloyd Mondory 17 (was 8th with 17 points)
10 Levi Leipheimer 16 (was 9th with 16 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Katusha Team 7
Jeffry Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 7
Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 7
Philip Deignan (Irl) Team RadioShack 7
David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - ISD 6
Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Col) Movistar Team 6
Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis 6
Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Scott Alan Stewart (USA) Team Type 1 - Sanofi Aventis 6
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 5
Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Alfredo Balloni (Ita) Lampre - ISD 3
Allan Davis (Aus) Pro Team Astana 3
Andrew Talansky (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Cristiano Salerno (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 3
Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo 3
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3
Total retirements : 20


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