Stage 8 : June 16, 2019 Cluses - Champery 113.5 km

1 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Ineos 3.05.48
2 Jack Haig (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
3 Carl Fredrik Hagen (Nor) Lotto Soudal 0.50
4 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 1.12
5 Sepp Kuss (USA) Team Jumbo-Visma
6 Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
7 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-QuickStep 1.16
8 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 1.59
9 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team
10 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+19 Hugo Houle
+19 Felix Grosschartner
+18 Jens Keukeleire
+17 Remi Cavagna
+16 Maxime Bouet
+15 Daryl Impey
+14 Florian Stork
+12 Zdenek Stybar
+12 Quentin Pacher
+12 Pawel Bernas

Biggest losers by position :
-6 Hernando Bohorquez
-6 Jan Tratnik
-6 Nicholas Schultz
-4 Sonny Colbrelli
-3 Wout Van Aert
-2 Guillaume Martin
-2 Ruben Fernandez
-1 Lennard Hofstede

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:11 Dylan van Baarle
+2:05 Jack Haig
+1:13 Carl Fredrik Hagen
+0:48 Sebastien Reichenbach
+0:47 Warren Barguil
+0:47 Sepp Kuss
+0:43 Julian Alaphilippe

Biggest losers by time :
-16:28 Nicholas Schultz
-15:04 Hernando Bohorquez
-15:04 Stefan De Bod
-14:02 Jan Tratnik
-14:02 Kevin Ledanois
-14:02 Lennard Hofstede
-14:02 Petr Vakoc
-14:02 Remy Mertz
-14:02 Sonny Colbrelli
-14:02 Vegard Stake Laengen
-14:02 Wout Van Aert

Favourites by position :
+5 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
+4 Michal Kwiatkowski
+3 Romain Bardet
+2 Thibaut Pinot
+2 Nairo Quintana
+2 Daniel Martin
+1 Wout Poels
+1 Richie Porte
+1 Emanuel Buchmann

Favourites by time :
-0:05 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
-0:06 Richie Porte
-1:46 Michal Kwiatkowski

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Jakob Fuglsang 30:44:27 (unchanged)
2 Tejay van Garderen 0:20 (was 3rd at 0:20)
3 Emanuel Buchmann 0:21 (was 4th at 0:21)
4 Wout Poels 0:28 (was 5th at 0:28)
5 Thibaut Pinot 0:33 (was 7th at 0:33)
6 Dylan Teuns 1:11 (was 6th at 0:32)
7 Alexey Lutsenko 1:12 (was 8th at 1:12)
8 Daniel Martin 1:21 (was 10th at 1:21)
9 Nairo Quintana 1:24 (was 11th at 1:24)
10 Romain Bardet 1:38 (was 13th at 1:38)
11 Richie Porte 1:44 (was 12th at 1:38)
.....
18 Gorka Izagirre Insausti 8:49 (was 23rd at 8:44)
.....
29 Michal Kwiatkowski 22:34 (was 33rd at 20:48)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Wout Van Aert 82 (unchanged)
2 Edvald Boasson Hagen 53 (unchanged)
3 Julian Alaphilippe 49 (was 4th with 45 points)
4 Alexey Lutsenko 48 (was 5th with 45 points)
5 Sam Bennett 47 (was 3rd with 47 points)
6 Jakob Fuglsang 39 (unchanged)
7 Wout Poels 31 (was 9th with 31 points)
8 Dylan Teuns 31 (was 10th with 31 points)
9 Nils Politt 31 (was 16th with 21 points)
10 Philippe Gilbert 30 (was 11th with 30 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Julian Alaphilippe 75 (was 1st with 52 points)
2 Magnus Cort 25 (unchanged)
3 Wout Poels 15 (was 4th with 15 points)
4 Jack Haig 14 (was 0 points)
5 Alessandro De Marchi 14 (unchanged)
6 Dylan van Baarle 14 (was 22nd with 5 points)
7 Lennard Hofstede 14 (was 6th with 14 points)
8 Jakob Fuglsang 12 (was 7th with 12 points)
9 Emanuel Buchmann 12 (was 8th with 12 points)
10 Alexey Lutsenko 10 (was 11th with 10 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 8
Alberto Bettiol (Ita) EF Education First 8
Clement Venturini (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8
Darwin Atapuma (Col) Cofidis Solutions Credits 8
Edward Ravasi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 8
Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 8
Gregor Muhlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 8
Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First 8
Pierre Rolland (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 8
Simon Clarke (Aus) EF Education First 8
Stephane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 8
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team Jumbo-Visma 8
Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Arkea-Samsic 7
Casper Pedersen (Den) Team Sunweb 7
Cyril Gautier (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 7
Davide Ballerini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 7
Dion Smith (Nzl) Mitchelton-Scott 7
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 7
Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 7
Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 7
Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 7
Mads Wurtz Schmidt (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 7
Maxime Cam (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 7
Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 7
Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 7
Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 7
Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 7
Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 7
Yoann Bagot (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotels 7
Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 6
Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal 6
Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Hansgrohe 6
Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Ineos 4
Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 3
Ruben Guerreiro (Por) Katusha-Alpecin 3
Alvaro Jose Hodeg Chagui (Col) Deceuninck-QuickStep 2
Chun Kai Feng (***) Bahrain-Merida 2
Felix GroAŸschartner (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe 2
Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 2
Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 2
Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma 2
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis Solutions Credits 2
Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 2
Riccardo Zoidl (Aut) CCC Team 2
Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal 2
Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 2
Tim Declercq (Bel) Deceuninck-QuickStep 2
Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Gobert Cycling Team 2
Maxime Daniel (Fra) Team Arkea-Samsic 1
Total retirements : 51


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