Stage 8 : Jul 11, Station des Rousses - Morzine-Avoriaz, 189 km

1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4.54.11
2 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0.10
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack
9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank


Changes in GC, stage 8 compared to stage 7 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+66 Koos Moerenhout
+66 Charles Wegelius
+65 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+52 Anthony Charteau
+50 Chris Anker Sorensen
+50 Brian Vandborg
+48 Sylvester Szmyd
+48 Eros Capecchi
+47 Matti Breschel
+44 Jeremy Roy

Biggest losers by position :
-44 David Millar
-40 Serge Pauwels
-38 Geraint Thomas
-35 Thor Hushovd
-33 Robbie McEwen
-32 Steven Cummings
-31 Fabian Cancellara
-31 Sylvain Chavanel
-27 Christian Knees
-27 Johannes Frohlinger
-27 Oscar Freire Gomez

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:35 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+1:35 Andy Schleck
+1:25 Roman Kreuziger
+1:25 Robert Gesink
+1:25 Levi Leipheimer
+1:25 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+1:25 Ivan Basso
+1:25 Denis Menchov
+1:25 Carlos Sastre
+1:25 Cadel Evans

Biggest losers by time :
-31:17 Roger Kluge
-30:59 Adriano Malori
-30:59 Alessandro Petacchi
-30:59 Andreas Klier
-30:59 Bernhard Eisel
-30:59 Bert Grabsch
-30:59 Brett Lancaster
-30:59 Dimitri Champion
-30:59 Dmitriy Muravyev
-30:59 Dries Devenyns
-30:59 Fabio Felline

Favourites by position :
+14 Ivan Basso
+14 Carlos Sastre
+14 Andreas Kloden
+12 Robert Gesink
+11 Joaquin Rodriguez
+9 Levi Leipheimer
+5 Roman Kreuziger
+5 Denis Menchov
+3 Alberto Contador Velasco
+2 Andy Schleck
+1 Cadel Evans
-3 Bradley Wiggins
-7 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-25 Lance Armstrong

Favourites by time :
+1:35 Andy Schleck
+1:25 Roman Kreuziger
+1:25 Robert Gesink
+1:25 Levi Leipheimer
+1:25 Ivan Basso
+1:25 Denis Menchov
+1:25 Carlos Sastre
+1:25 Cadel Evans
+1:25 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:56 Joaquin Rodriguez
+0:21 Andreas Kloden
-0:10 Bradley Wiggins
-1:52 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-10:10 Lance Armstrong

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Cadel Evans 37:57:09 (was 2nd at 1:25)
2 Andy Schleck 0:20 (was 4th at 1:55)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:01 (was 6th at 2:26)
.....
5 Denis Menchov 1:10 (was 10th at 2:35)
.....
7 Roman Kreuziger 1:45 (was 12th at 3:10)
8 Levi Leipheimer 2:14 (was 17th at 3:39)
.....
11 Robert Gesink 2:37 (was 23rd at 4:02)
12 Carlos Sastre 2:40 (was 26th at 4:05)
13 Ivan Basso 2:41 (was 27th at 4:06)
14 Bradley Wiggins 2:45 (was 11th at 2:35)
.....
17 Joaquin Rodriguez 3:23 (was 28th at 4:19)
.....
20 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 5:03 (was 13th at 3:11)
21 Andreas Kloden 5:39 (was 35th at 6:00)
.....
39 Lance Armstrong 13:26 (was 14th at 3:16)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Thor Hushovd 118 (unchanged)
2 Alessandro Petacchi 114 (unchanged)
3 Robbie McEwen 105 (unchanged)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 92 (unchanged)
5 Mark Cavendish 85 (unchanged)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 82 (unchanged)
7 Sebastien Turgot 79 (unchanged)
8 Geraint Thomas 74 (unchanged)
9 Gerald Ciolek 71 (unchanged)
10 Sylvain Chavanel 69 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Jerome Pineau 44 (unchanged)
2 Sylvain Chavanel 36 (unchanged)
3 Andy Schleck 30 (was 0 points)
4 Mathieu Perget 28 (was 3rd with 28 points)
5 Rafael Valls Ferri 27 (was 6th with 18 points)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 26 (was 0 points)
7 Robert Gesink 22 (was 0 points)
8 Thomas Voeckler 21 (was 4th with 21 points)
9 Ruben Perez Moreno 20 (was 5th with 20 points)
10 Mario Aerts 19 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 7
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 11


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