Stage 8 : Aug 27, Talavera de la Reina - San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 183 km

1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team 4.49.01
2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0.09
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
5 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek 0.12
6 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.15
7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC
9 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo
10 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+33 Tom Jelte Slagter
+30 Juan Manuel Garate
+29 Angel Madrazo Ruiz
+27 Aitor Perez Arrieta
+24 Rein Taaramae
+22 Steve Houanard
+22 Martin Kohler
+22 Kevin De Weert
+21 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+20 Simon Geschke

Biggest losers by position :
-22 Daniele Bennati
-21 Peter Sagan
-20 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-20 Andrey Mizourov
-20 Koen De Kort
-19 Murilo Antonio Fischer
-19 Nelson Oliveira
-18 John Degenkolb
-18 Tom Boonen
-15 Jose Luis Roldan Carmona
-15 Lloyd Mondory

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:23 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver
+0:06 Michele Scarponi
+0:02 Bauke Mollema

Biggest losers by time :
-28:28 Marcel Kittel
-28:05 Albert Timmer
-28:05 Tom Veelers
-22:28 Murilo Antonio Fischer
-22:27 Tom Boonen
-22:25 Aleksejs Saramotins
-22:25 Luca Paolini
-22:23 Antonio Cabello Baena
-22:17 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-22:17 Andreas Klier
-22:17 Andrey Mizourov

Favourites by position :
+24 Rein Taaramae
+21 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
+18 Andreas Kloden
+17 David Blanco Rodriguez
+8 Michele Scarponi
+7 Bauke Mollema
+4 Denis Menchov
+2 Janez Brajkovic
+2 Bradley Wiggins
+1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-1 Vincenzo Nibali
-1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-2 Tony Martin
-6 Carlos Sastre Candil

Favourites by time :
+0:06 Michele Scarponi
+0:02 Bauke Mollema
-0:06 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:12 Denis Menchov
-0:17 Janez Brajkovic
-0:17 Bradley Wiggins
-0:29 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:29 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:38 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-1:30 Carlos Sastre Candil
-1:50 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-3:30 David Blanco Rodriguez
-4:17 Rein Taaramae
-7:46 Andreas Kloden
-14:54 Tony Martin

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 32:18:16 (was 4th at 0:23)
2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:32 (was 2nd at 0:15)
3 Jakob Fuglsang 0:34 (was 5th at 0:25)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 0:45 (was 3rd at 0:16)
5 Michele Scarponi 0:51 (was 13th at 0:57)
6 Fredrik Kessiakoff 0:53 (was 6th at 0:41)
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:55 (was 8th at 0:49)
8 Bauke Mollema 0:59 (was 15th at 1:01)
9 Sylvain Chavanel 1:00 (was 1st at 0:00)
10 Maxime Monfort 1:01 (was 7th at 0:44)
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16 Janez Brajkovic 1:30 (was 18th at 1:13)
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18 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:43 (was 17th at 1:05)
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20 Bradley Wiggins 1:43 (was 22nd at 1:26)
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27 Denis Menchov 2:53 (was 31st at 2:41)
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30 Steven Kruijswijk 3:03 (was 30th at 2:34)
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32 Carlos Sastre Candil 3:28 (was 26th at 1:58)
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84 David Blanco Rodriguez 46:07 (was 101st at 42:37)
85 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 46:32 (was 106th at 44:42)
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107 Tony Martin 59:28 (was 105th at 44:34)
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122 Rein Taaramae 1:04:16 (was 146th at 59:59)
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126 Andreas Kloden 1:07:15 (was 144th at 59:29)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 73 (was 0 points)
2 Peter Sagan 50 (was 1st with 50 points)
3 Pablo Lastras Garcia 48 (unchanged)
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 42 (was 4th with 41 points)
5 Bauke Mollema 42 (was 8th with 26 points)
6 Marcel Kittel 41 (was 5th with 41 points)
7 Michele Scarponi 40 (was 15th with 20 points)
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 35 (was 14th with 21 points)
9 Sylvain Chavanel 32 (was 6th with 32 points)
10 Jakob Fuglsang 31 (was 20th with 19 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 20 (unchanged)
2 Matteo Montaguti 20 (was 0 points)
3 Chris Anker Sorensen 15 (was 2nd with 15 points)
4 Koen De Kort 14 (was 0 points)
5 David Moncoutie 10 (was 4th with 10 points)
6 Daniel Martin 10 (was 5th with 10 points)
7 Heinrich Haussler 7 (was 0 points)
8 Julien Fouchard 7 (was 0 points)
9 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 6 (was 0 points)
10 Eduard Vorganov 6 (was 7th with 6 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8
Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 8
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) ProTeam Astana 7
Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6
Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling 6
Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 6
Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 6
Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 5
Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 5
Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4
Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2
Total retirements : 13


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