Stage 8 - Cazeres Loudenvielle

1 Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4:02:12
2 Toms Skujins (Lva) Trek - Segafredo 0:47
3 Carlos Verona (Spa) Movistar Team 0:47
4 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) CCC Team 1:09
5 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Pro Cycling 1:41
6 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation 3:42
7 Quentin Pacher (Fra) B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM 3:42
8 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 4:04
9 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE-Team Emirates 6:00
10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6:38


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+35 Fabien Grellier
+29 Nans Peters
+27 Carlos Verona
+25 Toms Skujins
+25 Soren Kragh Andersen
+23 Neilson Powless
+22 Quentin Pacher
+20 Benoit Cosnefroy
+19 Michael Morkov
+19 Ilnur Zakarin

Biggest losers by position :
-21 Thibaut Pinot
-16 Alexey Lutsenko
-16 Davide Formolo
-15 Julian Alaphilippe
-14 Pierre Latour
-13 Cyril Gautier
-13 Hugo Houle
-12 Alberto Bettiol
-10 Tom Dumoulin
-9 Jasper Stuyven
-7 Mikel Nieve

Biggest gainers by time :
+6:58 Nans Peters
+6:01 Toms Skujins
+5:57 Carlos Verona
+5:36 Ilnur Zakarin
+4:59 Neilson Powless
+2:58 Quentin Pacher
+2:58 Ben Hermans
+2:36 Soren Kragh Andersen
+0:40 Tadej Pogacar
+0:02 Romain Bardet

Biggest losers by time :
-25:59 Alberto Bettiol
-25:59 Alessandro De Marchi
-25:59 Alexander Kristoff
-25:59 Alexey Lutsenko
-25:59 Amund Grondahl Jansen
-25:59 Andre Greipel
-25:59 Andrey Amador
-25:59 Anthony Turgis
-25:59 Bryan Coquard
-25:59 Caleb Ewan
-25:59 Cees Bol

Favourites by position :
+7 Richie Porte
+4 Richard Carapaz
+3 Romain Bardet
+3 Enric Mas
+2 Rigoberto Uran
+1 Miguel Angel Lopez
+1 Emanuel Buchmann
-5 Alejandro Valverde
-6 Domenico Pozzovivo
-10 Tom Dumoulin
-15 Julian Alaphilippe
-21 Thibaut Pinot

Favourites by time :
+0:02 Romain Bardet
-0:38 Richard Carapaz
-0:38 Enric Mas
-1:03 Emanuel Buchmann
-2:07 Tom Dumoulin
-2:07 Alejandro Valverde
-11:27 Julian Alaphilippe
-18:43 Thibaut Pinot
-18:56 Domenico Pozzovivo

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Adam Yates 34:44:52 (unchanged)
2 Primoz Roglic 0:03 (unchanged)
3 Guillaume Martin 0:09 (unchanged)
4 Romain Bardet 0:11 (was 7th at 0:13)
5 Egan Bernal 0:13 (was 4th at 0:13)
6 Nairo Quintana 0:13 (unchanged)
7 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:13 (was 8th at 0:13)
8 Rigoberto Uran 0:13 (was 10th at 0:13)
9 Tadej Pogacar 0:48 (was 16th at 1:28)
10 Enric Mas 1:00 (was 13th at 0:22)
11 Emanuel Buchmann 1:25 (was 12th at 0:22)
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13 Richie Porte 1:34 (was 20th at 1:34)
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15 Tom Dumoulin 2:20 (was 5th at 0:13)
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17 Richard Carapaz 2:40 (was 21st at 2:02)
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19 Alejandro Valverde 2:41 (was 14th at 0:34)
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26 Julian Alaphilippe 11:42 (was 11th at 0:15)
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30 Thibaut Pinot 18:56 (was 9th at 0:13)
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51 Domenico Pozzovivo 36:10 (was 45th at 17:14)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 138 (unchanged)
2 Sam Bennett 131 (was 2nd with 129 points)
3 Wout van Aert 106 (unchanged)
4 Bryan Coquard 106 (was 4th with 105 points)
5 Alexander Kristoff 93 (unchanged)
6 Matteo Trentin 91 (unchanged)
7 Julian Alaphilippe 82 (unchanged)
8 Caleb Ewan 75 (unchanged)
9 Greg Van Avermaet 64 (unchanged)
10 Cees Bol 62 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Benoit Cosnefroy 35 (was 1st with 25 points)
2 Nans Peters 31 (was 0 points)
3 Ilnur Zakarin 25 (was 0 points)
4 Toms Skujins 24 (was 11th with 6 points)
5 Quentin Pacher 20 (was 8th with 7 points)
6 Neilson Powless 14 (was 14th with 4 points)
7 Carlos Verona 14 (was 0 points)
8 Michael Gogl 12 (was 2nd with 12 points)
9 Nicolas Roche 11 (was 3rd with 11 points)
10 Primoz Roglic 10 (was 4th with 10 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 EF Pro Cycling 104:12:30 (was 1st at 91:48:46)
2 Trek - Segafredo 1:35 (was 5th at 3:58)
3 Movistar Team 2:34 (was 4th at 2:50)
4 AG2R La Mondiale 13:21 (was 8th at 7:14)
5 Team Jumbo-Visma 21:35 (was 2nd at 1:29)
6 Bahrain - McLaren 21:40 (was 7th at 6:43)
7 Astana Pro Team 22:28 (was 3rd at 2:16)
8 INEOS Grenadiers 22:56 (was 9th at 7:59)
9 Mitchelton-Scott 34:10 (was 11th at 11:32)
10 UAE-Team Emirates 40:16 (was 10th at 8:44)
11 Team Arkea Samsic 42:03 (was 12th at 19:05)
12 Cofidis, Solutions Credits 1:00:29 (was 13th at 23:22)
13 Groupama - FDJ 1:04:37 (was 6th at 5:36)
14 BORA - hansgrohe 1:05:39 (was 14th at 33:07)
15 CCC Team 1:23:08 (was 15th at 48:21)
16 Deceuninck - Quick Step 1:44:39 (was 16th at 59:28)
17 B&B Hotels - Vital Concept p/b KTM 1:46:09 (was 17th at 1:21:07)
18 Israel Start-Up Nation 2:09:29 (was 18th at 1:32:09)
19 Team Sunweb 2:36:21 (was 20th at 1:58:39)
20 NTT Pro Cycling 2:43:45 (was 19th at 1:37:15)
21 Team Total Direct Energie 3:08:55 (was 21th at 2:38:39)
22 Lotto Soudal 4:52:37 (was 22th at 3:48:17)

Retirements to date : Stage
Diego Rosa (Team Arkea Samsic) 8
Giacomo Nizzolo (NTT Pro Cycling) 8
Lilian Calmejane (Team Total Direct Energie) 8
William Bonnet (Groupama - FDJ) 8
Anthony Perez (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 3
Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal) 2
Rafael Valls (Bahrain - McLaren) 2
John Degenkolb (Lotto Soudal) 1
Toms Skujiss (Trek - Segafredo) 1
Total retirements : 9


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