Stage 8 : Saturday, July 11 2009, Andorre-la-Vieille - Saint-Girons, 176.5 km

1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.31.50
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
3 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 0.03
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.54
6 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
8 Sebastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
9 Jeremy Roy (Fra) Francaise des Jeux
10 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom


Changes in stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+41 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
+39 Thomas Voeckler
+33 David Millar
+31 Jeremy Roy
+30 Sebastien Minard
+29 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez
+29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
+29 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio
+29 Grischa Niermann
+27 Yury Trofimov

Biggest losers by position :
-40 Jerome Pineau
-38 Franco Pellizotti
-38 Johannes Frohlinger
-37 Egoi Martinez De Esteban
-35 Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios
-34 Carlos Barredo Llamazales
-31 Jussi Veikkanen
-30 Nicholas Roche
-29 Rigoberto Uran
-29 Ryder Hesjedal
-29 Stijn Devolder

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:54 Sandy Casar
+1:54 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau
+1:54 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+1:51 Vladimir Efimkin

Biggest losers by time :
-32:07 Angelo Furlan
-32:07 Danilo Napolitano
-32:07 Kenny Robert van Hummel
-21:08 Alan Perez Lezaun
-21:08 Andreas Klier
-21:08 Arnaud Coyot
-21:08 Bernhard Eisel
-21:08 Bert Grabsch
-21:08 Brett Lancaster
-21:08 Carlos Barredo Llamazales
-21:08 Christophe Kern

Favourites by position :
+6 Denis Menchov
+2 Vladimir Karpets
+1 Kim Kirchen
-1 Carlos Sastre Candil
-8 Jens Voigt
-18 Marzio Bruseghin
-38 Franco Pellizotti

Favourites by time :
-12:20 Jens Voigt
-12:20 Franco Pellizotti
-21:08 Marzio Bruseghin

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Rinaldo Nocentini 30.18.16
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.06
3 Lance Armstrong 0.08
4 Levi Leipheimer 0.39
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9 Andy Schleck 1.49
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13 Frank Schleck 2.25
14 Roman Kreuziger 2.40
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16 Carlos Sastre Candil 2.52
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18 Cadel Evans 3.07
19 Kim Kirchen 3.16
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21 Vladimir Karpets 3.49
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28 Denis Menchov 5.02
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55 Franco Pellizotti 15.23
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70 Jens Voigt 23.02
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95 Marzio Bruseghin 33.34

Retirements to date : Stage
David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel 8
Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 8
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8
Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8
Sebastien Joly (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7
Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6
Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3
Total retirements : 8