Stage 8 : Jun 19, Wetzikon - Liestal, 172.4 km

1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 4.10.32
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.15
3 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia 0.19
4 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.34
5 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
6 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team
7 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0.39
8 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 1.14
9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 1.16
10 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+31 Thor Hushovd
+26 Allan Davis
+26 Alessandro Petacchi
+25 Christian Vandevelde
+25 Bjorn Schroder
+23 Matti Breschel
+21 Martijn Maaskant
+20 Marzio Bruseghin
+19 Jason Mccartney
+17 Rinaldo Nocentini

Biggest losers by position :
-15 Jeremy Roy
-14 Dries Devenyns
-10 Diego Ulissi
-8 Juan Antonio Flecha
-8 Juan Manuel Garate
-7 Francesco Gavazzi
-7 Xavier Florencio
-6 David Zabriskie
-6 Grischa Niermann
-6 Olivier Kaisen
-5 Gian-Paolo Cheula

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:29 Rui Albert Faria Da Costa
+1:11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+1:04 Maxime Monfort
+0:44 Lars Petter Nordhaug
+0:42 Sandy Casar
+0:42 Alessandro Vanotti
+0:37 Tom Danielson
+0:02 Daniele Pietropolli

Biggest losers by time :
-15:32 Aitor Hernandez
-15:32 Aliaksandr Kuschynski
-15:32 Andreas Klier
-15:32 Artur Gajek
-15:32 Assan Bazayev
-15:32 Bernhard Eisel
-15:32 Brett Lancaster
-15:32 Daniel Oss
-15:32 Diego Ulissi
-15:32 Dimitri Muravyev
-15:32 Dries Devenyns

Favourites by position :
+26 Allan Davis
+25 Christian Vandevelde
+20 Marzio Bruseghin
+13 Jens Voigt
+3 Fabian Cancellara

Favourites by time :
-1:11 Christian Vandevelde
-1:11 Allan Davis
-7:59 Marzio Bruseghin
-7:59 Fabian Cancellara

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Robert Gesink 34:27:47 (unchanged)
2 Rigoberto Uran 0:29 (unchanged)
3 Steve Morabito 0:36 (unchanged)
4 Frank Schleck 0:38 (unchanged)
.....
7 Lance Armstrong 0:55 (unchanged)
.....
11 Andy Schleck 1:40 (unchanged)
12 Andreas Kloden 1:48 (unchanged)
13 Levi Leipheimer 2:18 (unchanged)
14 Tony Martin 2:19 (unchanged)
15 Roman Kreuziger 2:24 (unchanged)
.....
52 Jens Voigt 27:22 (was 65th at 27:22)
.....
61 Fabian Cancellara 34:29 (was 64th at 26:30)
.....
72 Christian Vandevelde 47:52 (was 97th at 46:41)
.....
95 Allan Davis 1:03:38 (was 121st at 1:02:27)
.....
113 Marzio Bruseghin 1:16:24 (was 133rd at 1:08:25)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Marcus Burghardt 50 (unchanged)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 50 (was 4th with 30 points)
3 Marco Marcato 43 (was 2nd with 43 points)
4 Oscar Freire Gomez 33 (was 3rd with 33 points)
5 Matti Breschel 28 (unchanged)
6 Robert Gesink 27 (was 9th with 21 points)
7 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 25 (was 0 points)
8 Fabian Cancellara 24 (was 6th with 24 points)
9 Rigoberto Uran 24 (was 7th with 24 points)
10 Robbie Mcewen 24 (was 8th with 24 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Mathias Frank 49 (unchanged)
2 Wouter Poels 40 (unchanged)
3 Robert Gesink 21 (unchanged)
4 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez 19 (unchanged)
5 Marcus Burghardt 18 (was 7th with 18 points)
6 Matteo Carrara 15 (was 8th with 15 points)
7 Daniel Oss 13 (was 9th with 13 points)
8 Maxime Monfort 11 (was 0 points)
9 Roman Kreuziger 10 (was 10th with 10 points)
10 Amets Txurruka 10 (was 11th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8
Alexandre Pliuschin (MOL) Team Katusha 8
Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 8
Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 8
Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC - Columbia 8
Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Katusha 8
Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team 8
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 8
Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team Katusha 8
Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram 8
Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 8
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 8
Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini 8
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise Des Jeux 8
Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 7
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 7
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana 7
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise Des Jeux 6
Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 6
Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6
Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6
Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Transitions 5
Gerben Lowik (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto 5
Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 5
Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 4
David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto 3
Dominique Nerz (Ger) Team Milram 3
Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto 3
Joao Correia (Por) Cervelo Test Team 3
Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3
Pedro Merino Criado (Spa) Footon-Servetto 3
Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 3
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 3
Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2
Total retirements : 44


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