Stage 8 : Jun 16, Bischofszell - Arosa, 148.2 km

1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 3.45.39
2 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.15
3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Omega Pharma - QuickStep
4 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1.36
6 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
7 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Barracuda
8 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 1.39
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana 1.57
10 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+49 Vladimir Gusev
+28 Danilo Hondo
+27 Marzio Bruseghin
+24 Peter Velits
+23 Nikita Novikov
+23 Alessandro Bazzana
+22 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+22 Michael Albasini
+22 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios
+19 Steven Cummings

Biggest losers by position :
-30 Damiano Cunego
-26 Georg Preidler
-26 Salvatore Puccio
-22 Johnny Hoogerland
-21 Gregory Rast
-21 Peter Sagan
-21 Sebastien Minard
-20 Oscar Freire Gomez
-20 Ruben Perez Moreno
-20 Sebastiaan Langeveld
-20 Vladimir Isaychev

Biggest gainers by time :
+12:24 Vladimir Gusev
+2:20 Michael Albasini
+0:56 Mikel Nieve Ituralde
+0:54 Levi Leipheimer
+0:50 Frank Schleck
+0:30 Robert Gesink
+0:29 Thomas Danielson
+0:29 Thibaut Pinot
+0:26 Steven Kruijswijk
+0:08 Roman Kreuziger

Biggest losers by time :
-23:26 Alessandro Petacchi
-23:26 Alexander Efimkin
-23:26 Anthony Geslin
-23:26 Assan Bazayev
-23:26 Baden Cooke
-23:26 Ben Swift
-23:26 Brent Bookwalter
-23:26 Brian Vandborg
-23:26 Caleb Fairly
-23:26 Cedric Pineau
-23:26 Damiano Cunego

Favourites by position :
+24 Peter Velits
+15 Bauke Mollema
+4 Levi Leipheimer
+3 Frank Schleck
+2 Steven Kruijswijk
-1 Thomas Danielson
-1 Robert Gesink
-1 Jakob Fuglsang
-1 Andreas Kloden
-4 Roman Kreuziger
-5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-10 Maxime Monfort
-12 John Gadret
-30 Damiano Cunego

Favourites by time :
+0:54 Levi Leipheimer
+0:50 Frank Schleck
+0:30 Robert Gesink
+0:29 Thomas Danielson
+0:26 Steven Kruijswijk
+0:08 Roman Kreuziger
+0:08 Jakob Fuglsang
-5:30 Peter Velits
-9:23 Maxime Monfort
-9:23 Bauke Mollema
-9:23 Andreas Kloden
-10:06 John Gadret
-23:26 Damiano Cunego

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 29:58:39 (unchanged)
2 Frank Schleck 0:14 (was 5th at 1:04)
3 Levi Leipheimer 0:21 (was 7th at 1:15)
4 Robert Gesink 0:25 (was 3rd at 0:55)
5 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:40 (was 12th at 1:36)
6 Roman Kreuziger 0:42 (was 2nd at 0:50)
7 Thomas Danielson 0:43 (was 6th at 1:12)
8 Steven Kruijswijk 1:01 (was 10th at 1:27)
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:04 (was 4th at 1:04)
10 Thibaut Pinot 1:13 (was 14th at 1:42)
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12 Jakob Fuglsang 1:26 (was 11th at 1:34)
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31 Maxime Monfort 11:48 (was 21st at 2:25)
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34 John Gadret 12:45 (was 22nd at 2:39)
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40 Andreas Kloden 15:46 (was 39th at 6:23)
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51 Peter Velits 23:17 (was 75th at 17:47)
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56 Bauke Mollema 25:53 (was 71st at 16:30)
57 Damiano Cunego 26:22 (was 27th at 2:56)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Michael Albasini 28 (was 0 points)
2 Frank Schleck 26 (was 3rd with 20 points)
3 Vladimir Isaichev 21 (was 1st with 21 points)
4 Matteo Montaguti 21 (was 2nd with 21 points)
5 Ryan Anderson 20 (was 4th with 20 points)
6 Brian Vandborg 17 (was 5th with 17 points)
7 Michael Morkov 17 (was 6th with 17 points)
8 Levi Leipheimer 16 (was 0 points)
9 Ruben Perez Moreno 16 (was 7th with 16 points)
10 Thomas Danielson 15 (was 8th with 15 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 8
David Boily (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 8
Mehdi Sohrabi (Ira) Lotto Belisol Team 8
Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 5
Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 5
Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 4
Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 4
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Will Routley (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 4
Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 3
Total retirements : 16


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