Stage 8 (ITT) - San Benedetto del Tronto San Benedetto del Tronto

1 Filippo Ganna (Ita) INEOS Grenadiers 10:42
2 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) NTT Pro Cycling 0:18
3 Rohan Dennis (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers 0:26
4 Geraint Thomas (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers 0:28
5 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Groupama - FDJ 0:33
6 Benjamin Thomas (Fra) Groupama - FDJ 0:34
7 Jos van Emden (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:39
8 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) CCC Team 0:40
9 Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain - McLaren 0:40
10 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb 0:42


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+6 Julien Simon
+6 Albert Torres
+6 Adam Hansen
+5 Tobias Ludvigsson
+5 Matthias Brandle
+5 Juan Sebastian Molano
+5 Edoardo Affini
+5 Alberto Dainese
+4 Stijn Steels
+4 Rohan Dennis

Biggest losers by position :
-2 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
-2 Denis Nekrasov
-2 Nathan Haas
-1 Aleksandr Vlasov
-1 Alex Dowsett
-1 Chris Froome
-1 Daniel Navarro
-1 Davide Ballerini
-1 Dries Van Gestel
-1 Eduardo Sepulveda
-1 Enrico Gasparotto

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:50 Filippo Ganna
+0:32 Victor Campenaerts
+0:24 Rohan Dennis
+0:22 Geraint Thomas
+0:17 Tobias Ludvigsson
+0:16 Benjamin Thomas
+0:11 Jos van Emden
+0:10 Nathan Van Hooydonck
+0:10 Jan Tratnik
+0:08 Michael Matthews

Biggest losers by time :
-1:57 Alex Dowsett
-1:50 Jhonatan Restrepo
-1:49 James Mitri
-1:48 Davide Ballerini
-1:44 Simon Clarke
-1:41 Simon Pellaud
-1:39 Marco Frapporti
-1:36 Igor Boev
-1:35 Giovanni Lonardi
-1:33 Fabio Sabatini
-1:33 Juan Diego Alba

Favourites by position :
+4 Rohan Dennis
+2 Wilco Kelderman
+2 Jakob Fuglsang
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Geraint Thomas
-1 Simon Clarke
-1 Rafal Majka
-1 Daniel Navarro
-1 Chris Froome

Favourites by time :
+0:24 Rohan Dennis
+0:22 Geraint Thomas
+0:03 Wilco Kelderman
-0:03 Jakob Fuglsang
-0:07 Dylan Teuns
-0:13 Rafal Majka
-0:17 Sam Oomen
-0:17 Patrick Konrad
-0:23 Jack Haig
-0:26 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:43 Chris Froome
-1:11 Daniel Navarro
-1:44 Simon Clarke

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Simon Yates 32:07:34 (unchanged)
2 Geraint Thomas 0:17 (was 3rd at 0:39)
3 Rafal Majka 0:29 (was 2nd at 0:16)
4 Wilco Kelderman 0:56 (was 6th at 0:59)
5 Aleksandr Vlasov 0:58 (was 4th at 0:49)
6 Fausto Masnada 1:18 (was 5th at 0:57)
7 James Knox 1:41 (was 8th at 1:26)
8 Michael Woods 2:12 (was 7th at 1:22)
9 Gianluca Brambilla 3:02 (was 9th at 2:33)
10 Jack Haig 3:10 (was 10th at 2:47)
11 Sam Oomen 3:11 (was 11th at 2:54)
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14 Jakob Fuglsang 3:58 (was 16th at 3:55)
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19 Vincenzo Nibali 8:02 (was 20th at 7:36)
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26 Daniel Navarro 10:17 (was 25th at 9:06)
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33 Patrick Konrad 15:25 (was 33rd at 15:08)
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49 Dylan Teuns 26:20 (was 49th at 26:13)
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87 Rohan Dennis 1:02:13 (was 91st at 1:02:37)
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91 Chris Froome 1:02:52 (was 90th at 1:02:09)
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108 Simon Clarke 1:11:53 (was 107th at 1:10:09)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Pascal Ackermann 34 (unchanged)
2 Geraint Thomas 27 (was 7th with 20 points)
3 Fernando Gaviria 27 (was 2nd with 27 points)
4 Wilco Kelderman 26 (was 3rd with 26 points)
5 Michael Woods 24 (was 4th with 24 points)
6 Rafal Majka 22 (was 5th with 22 points)
7 Aleksandr Vlasov 22 (was 6th with 22 points)
8 Simon Yates 18 (unchanged)
9 Tim Merlier 18 (unchanged)
10 Fausto Masnada 17 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Hector Carretero 31 (unchanged)
2 Simon Yates 25 (was 3rd with 25 points)
3 Michael Woods 20 (was 4th with 20 points)
4 Michael Matthews 15 (was 5th with 15 points)
5 Aleksandr Vlasov 15 (was 6th with 15 points)
6 Mathias Frank 14 (was 7th with 14 points)
7 Carl Fredrik Hagen 13 (was 8th with 13 points)
8 Geraint Thomas 13 (was 9th with 13 points)
9 Rafal Majka 12 (was 10th with 12 points)
10 Dries De Bondt 11 (was 11th with 11 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 Team Sunweb 96:29:59 (was 1st at 95:55:32)
2 Astana Pro Team 0:46 (was 2nd at 0:19)
3 EF Pro Cycling 8:44 (was 3rd at 7:56)
4 Mitchelton-Scott 10:44 (was 4th at 10:31)
5 AG2R La Mondiale 16:15 (was 5th at 14:49)
6 BORA - hansgrohe 21:55 (was 6th at 21:14)
7 Trek - Segafredo 23:29 (was 7th at 21:41)
8 CCC Team 27:15 (was 8th at 27:10)
9 Groupama - FDJ 29:06 (was 9th at 29:38)
10 INEOS Grenadiers 33:50 (was 11th at 35:17)
11 Movistar Team 35:40 (was 10th at 34:08)
12 NTT Pro Cycling 37:59 (was 12th at 37:22)
13 Deceuninck - Quick Step 39:45 (was 13th at 39:00)
14 Bahrain - McLaren 1:07:19 (was 14th at 1:06:47)
15 Alpecin-Fenix 1:08:52 (was 15th at 1:08:15)
16 Team Jumbo-Visma 1:18:15 (was 16th at 1:17:46)
17 UAE-Team Emirates 1:19:34 (was 17th at 1:18:38)
18 Gazprom - RusVelo 1:40:31 (was 18th at 1:37:40)
19 Lotto Soudal 1:46:37 (was 20th at 1:45:32)
20 Vini Zabu - KTM 1:48:32 (was 19th at 1:44:01)
21 Israel Start-Up Nation 2:04:10 (was 0th at XTM.Israel Start-Up Nation )
22 Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 2:13:01 (was 0th at XTM.Bardiani-CSF-Faizane )
23 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 2:29:38 (was 0th at XTM.Cofidis, Solutions Credits )
24 Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec 2:40:11 (was 0th at XTM.Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec )
25 Team Total Direct Energie 2:48:24 (was 0th at XTM.Team Total Direct Energie )

Retirements to date : Stage
Davide Cimolai (Israel Start-Up Nation) 8
Giovanni Visconti (Vini Zabu - KTM) 8
Magnus Cort (EF Pro Cycling) 8
Riccardo Stacchiotti (Vini Zabu - KTM) 8
Szymon Sajnok (CCC Team) 8
Imerio Cima (Gazprom - RusVelo) 7
Luca Wackermann (Vini Zabu - KTM) 7
Lukasz Wisniowski (CCC Team) 7
Manuele Boaro (Astana Pro Team) 7
Marco Canola (Gazprom - RusVelo) 7
Aleksey Rybalkin (Gazprom - RusVelo) 6
Alex Kirsch (Trek - Segafredo) 6
Daniel Savini (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 5
Romain Seigle (Groupama - FDJ) 5
Eddie Dunbar (INEOS Grenadiers) 4
Luca Pacioni (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) 4
Rein Taaramae (Team Total Direct Energie) 4
Rudiger Selig (BORA - hansgrohe) 4
Umberto Orsini (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 4
Mark Padun (Bahrain - McLaren) 3
Nicola Bagioli (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) 3
Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain - McLaren) 3
Kevin Rivera (Androni Giocattoli - Sidermec) 1
Total retirements : 23


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